Commencement May 2026
Commencement
May 9, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.
Columbus Convention and Trade Center – Columbus, Georgia
*Processional Pomp and Circumstance, “March No. 1,” Edward Elgar
President’s Welcome
Invocation..............................................................................................................................................
Dr. Stacy A. Bartlett President
Dr. Dedra Woolfolk Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Scripture Reading .......................................................................................................................................
Dr. Jeff Haverly Interim Dean, Stith College of Business
Introduction of Special Music ......................................................................................................... Dr. Jon Ernstberger Chief Academic Officer
Special Music
“Yet Not I But Through Christ In Me” Point University Singers by M. Farren, J. Robinson, & R. Thompson
Presentation of Honorary Doctorate and Introduction of Speaker ........................................ Dr. Stacy A. Bartlett President
Commencement Address ........................................................................................................... Mr. Samuel W. Huxford Dean, College of Biblical Studies and Ministry
Special Recognitions
Presentation of Candidates for Degrees
Conferral of Degrees
Dr. Susan Ryan Dean, College of Education and Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Jon Ernstberger Chief Academic Officer
Dr. Jon Ernstberger Chief Academic Officer
Dr. Stacy A. Bartlett President
*Prayer ......................................................................................................................................................... Dr. Nathan Jones Director of Spiritual Formation
*Introduction of the Alma Mater ...................................................................................................... Ms. Jaunelle White Chief Student Development Officer and Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics
*Alma Mater L. Motes, D. Glenn, M. Plank Point University Choir Hail to thee, our Alma Mater, cherished gold and blue. For teaching us to lead and serve, and to God’s Word be true. Lifting high the cross of Christ, our faithful legacy. From east to west our song shall be, “We are Point University.”
*Recessional .............................................................................. Pomp and Circumstance, “March No. 1,” Edward Elgar
*Audience please stand
Candidates for Graduation
Associate of Science
Information Technology
Marcus M. Allen^
Nash Stuart Blount
Steffen Brown
George Allen Burke*
Matthew Benoit Camille^
Accounting
Desiree Calhoun
Jesus Alejandro Chavarria†
Adam J. Hymel Jr.
Jhanae Lee
Wendy Molina Gutierrez†
Johnathon Ryder Smith*
Business Administration
Quincy S. Andrus*
Morgan Leigh Barlock*
Bryan Juaken Barlock^
Cristofer Sergio Diaz^
Jacqueline Socorro Dominguez
Jacob Edward Dykema†
Gerardo J. Fernandez
Corbin R. Fowler
Lessly C. Guzman
Staci Nicole Harper*
Jaydean Camil Ireland
Ashley A. Kuttner
Lakyn Elizabeth Lear*
MacKenzie McCaughey†
Justine A. Orozco
Meghan Renee Parks
Alice R. Patterson*
Mildred Beverly Pecoraro-Roberts
Alyssa N. Phillips
Devin J. Poindexter^
Micah John Quick†
Associate of Arts
Juan P. Quintero
Gabrielle Mishelle Redding†
Christian A. Rice
Joshua M. Segule
Kimberly May Smith
Emily Speich
Diana Lynn L. Sweeney^
Zachary Phillip Vascocu
Marshall James Voyles I
Matthew C. Webb†
Peter Wyatt*
Child Development
Maria De Jesus Arenas^
Jessica Hull^
Laney Lee Robinson†
Ayesha Ivanis Santiago Santa*
Christian Ministries
Jacob A. Davis
Katrina B. Jackson*
Tayla Brianne Wingard^
Criminal Justice
Elizabeth J. Allen†
Natalie Violet Grace Stapleton^
General Studies
Samantha Bradford^
Hannah Cuneio†
Accounting — Forensics and Fraud
Andrew James Bagwell^
Amanda Buice
Dorothy Mae Johnson
Jessica Shannon Laine†
Shannon Rose McGurty^
Alexander Mark Flagg
Scott Usher Fox^
Roscoe Fraiser
Nicholes Adam Gonzales
Travis Ivery Moore†
Josiah C. Nanda
Jordan Dore*
Jennifer R. Entenmann^
Camden Vincent Laverde
Andrew J. Sackett†
Alejandra E. Taff†
Brandi Tamra Tillotson*
Dominique Shante’ Walker
Tanner Jackson Wingard
Human Relations
Dante Alexander Reyes*
Kristina Lynn Walker†
Management and Leadership
Jillian L. Gries
Psychology
Jackson D. Beatty
Rocio E. Brizuela^
Shelly L. Harris^
Raijon E. Hughes-Farley
Isabella L. Limoseth
Maria Panagakos^
Mark Jae Koo Shultz†
Youth Ministry
Marcus Ryan Coxwell†
Katrina B. Jackson*
Bachelor of Science
Timothy M. McKelvie
Andrew N. Stills
Applied Ministry
Brianna Nicole Benton^
Holley Elise Guest^
Biblical Studies and
Youth and Family Ministry
Victoria Susan Roberson^
Biology
Zavion Nikolas Anderson
Isabel Sanchez
Logan Eric Slagle
Business Administration
Connor Barnett*
Ethan Scott Bertini
Emily Bracht*
Grace Elizabeth Brown-Crawford^
Justin Chatham
Melina P. Cramer
Rylee Crisp^
Kyle Colin Davidson
D’Ontae Eatmon
Justin Abram England
Jamie Ann Ford^
Claude Frank Foster IV^
Savannah Wray Frazier^
Gregory Glen Gammon II*
David Nathaniel Garrett
Daniel Gonzalez
Ashley Leonor Hercules Pena†
Jonathan O. Hernandez
Halle Regan Hewitt†
Tanner Higgins*
Christian H. Hodgins
Grayson Hucks*
D’Andre Jefferson
Meagan Jeszka^
Derek Juers†
Noah S. Kabasakalian†
William Daniel Kauffman^
Tiara M. Kennedy *
Maxwell Kirkman^
Isaiah Klepke^
Grace Lenge
Lorelei Aveline Marie Lewis
Nolan Evin Lopez
Genesis A. Manrow
Jaden Abraham Mazzaferro
Susana Ruby Miller*
Andrew Jowett Mills†
Arrington Wayne Mooney *
Kathryn Dasha Murgi^
Sydney Ormsby
Gustavo Alexander Paiz Deleon
Isabella Rae Petrozza*
Leah Grace Prather^
Lauren Hailey Press^
Juan P. Quintero
Claire Elizabeth Ruggiero*
Aaron Earl Sevar†
Barbara Shelfer Shrewsbury
Haven Grace Stalcup
Logan M. Swain*
Jazmyne Michelle Taylor^
Quintravious D. Teasley
Cayden Ryan Tomlin^
Diego Adrian Trejo
Brianna Marie Walker^
Matthew Michael Walters†
John D. Ward
Alaine Elizabeth White†
Ashley Nicole Wright*
Seth Christian Young^
Child and Youth Development
Martha Castro
David Cole Johnson
Matthew Moses
Sierra Faith Satterwhite
Maria Camila Vanegas Roa^
Child Development
Hannah Akbari^
Aubry-Stephens Capps Baker†
Natalie Grace Douglas
Elias Jared Villasenor
Christian Ministries
Malachi P. Bowen
Tere Lamont Bowman*
Paul M. D’Agostin^
Garnet Abram Henry^
Kyron Addison Holmes
Morgan Taylor Bryant Kantor*
Jacob O’Dell
Oliver David Shaw^
Communication
Cooper Dane Hack*
Taylor James O’Neill
Marjorie Rodriguez
Criminal Justice
Austin Garner Arrington*
Keeshawn Maurice Butler
Elijah Thomas Byars^
Tia Trenae Coleman*
Crystal Jean Combs*
Kemorion D. Larkin
Natalie McCarthy
Alexis N. Raiford*
Moriah Joy Sanzo†
Kimberly Smith†
Kere Tristan Thomas
Criminal Justice — Pre-Law
Ansley Taylor Lamb
Elementary Education
Kristina Antonette Faison^
Noah Luke Johnson†
Alyssa Paige Lowe
Zoë McLain Pike†
Auburn Thorn†
Exercise Science
Alexandria M. Arter^
Joshua Kyle Castillo
Chaiseree Claire Cordell
Taylor Lynn Gajdik
Hunter R. Godbolt†
Isaac Jones
Lisa Sophie Kelm-Reeves^
Shaun Tyler McLaughlin
Aaron Mordarski
Shelby D. Owsley
Francisco Baltazar Pacheco*
Clayton J. Smith
Khaci Victoria Spence*
Human Relations
Natasha A. Beecher
Isaiah Timothy Bruce
Ernestina Chavez†
De’Mar Trevon Glasper
Grayson Seth Harwell
Amy Hoffmann*
Mekyia Keaton^
Kathryn Wade^
Natalie Williams†
Information Technology — Information Systems Security
Hannah Rachel Backstrom†
Jeffery Lamar Johnson*
Ryan Jeffrey Kieffer^
Trevor Edwin Michaelis
Information Technology — Network Administration
Andy Fernandez†
Wendy Leigh Lane†
Interdisciplinary Studies
Silas R. Butler
Management
Kirsten Nicole Berry†
Armand T. Border^
Nathaniel Burgess†
Daniel Crabtree^
Baker O. Davis
Jacob Daniel Franks^
Morgan Gammel†
Jacob Gill†
Benjamin C. Griffies^
Kristy Marie Jett†
Joshua L. Kirkpatrick
Marlene Patrice Martin†
John Thomas Mitchell†
Marisa Maggie Morales†
Teegan Johnson Morris*
Jacob Miguel Ojeda†
Jonathan Romeo Reyes Padilla^
John Garin Siekkinen*
Jayvone Deandre Smith†
Zachary Turvin
Management and Leadership
Precious Crosby *
Jared Cameron Isaacs*
Herbie Richard Mann II†
Conner Evan Olds*
Stefan Eugene Rudman
Angela Solange Saunders Aquino
Marketing
Juliana Adams†
Jorie Charlene Gentry
Macie Ann Houston†
Clayton L. Schulze
Lydia Marie Stanley *
Colm Thornton*
Seth Jackson Wages
Music
Daniel C. Stith
Truitt Clayton Van Meter
Organizational Leadership
Grant H. Brooking
Kaci Marie Weaver^
Psychology
Jessica M. Adams
Kobi Nicole Alvarado
Eryn Marie Lain Blakeley
Brady Bye†
Ernestina Chavez†
Scott N. Coy†
Hunter Friedlander Cuervo^
Jada Ne’Cole Culler
Caroline Curran†
Jeremiah Ellis†
Geovanni A. Fuentes^
Zavion Dejon Gaines^
Sabella Grato†
Eli Matthew Hanley†
Anaiya Simone Hatchett
Caitlyn Rose Heckenast†
Rebecca Marie Lee†
Chloe Brooke Mitcham
Henry Anthony Ortiz
Adalayde Anne Owens*
John Matthew Panarello
Makenzie Kaelynn Phillian
Alexis Pritchett
Leah Lanae Ratcliff†
Amanda Rae Reading†
Paulina Villavicencio*
Amelia Villegas^
Skylar C. Watkins^
Samuell Hezekiah Williams
Secondary Education
Ethan T. Binns
Dylan Gregory Carden†
Lonnie Jackson Flores†
Lucas Judson Garner†
Rocky Wilson Pemberton^
Youth and Family Ministries
Camryn Clarambeau
Noah J. Haglund^
Samuel Daren Noone†
Charles Dylan Reuss*
Sherley M. Vazquez
Bachelor of Business Administration
Accounting
Easton Isaiah Harrison^
Bryce W. James*
Malyke Sillers
Accounting and Information Systems
Hannah Marie Delp^
Norman Vincent Graves
Business Administration — Logistics Management
Katherine Maritza Argueta
Gianna Lindsay Copelli*
Reagan Louise Dawson^
Keegan P. Kotsenburg
Antwan Cortez Smith^
Financial Management
Gianfilippo Cappellari^
Jacob M. Joseph*
Chris Mancill
Diego Andres Matarrita Mora^
Bachelor of Social Work
Brittiny Louise Blalock
Ashley Davis^
Kimberly Nicole Hughes^
Biblical Studies and Preaching Ministry
Caleb Gabriel Wade^
Bachelor of Arts
Biblical Studies and English
Caraline Elizabeth Jackson†
Management
Josiah David Blair
Josiah Thomas Burdette
Juan Pablo Gonzalez Rul Villa*
Duncan Owen Howie
Garrett M. Marcin^
Diogo Rocha Palhoto^
Rafael Perez*
Marketing
Kyah J. Campbell
Jordon Lawrence Martin
Shannon M. Jackson
Trinity Diann McDougale*
Abigail Renee Willis
History Mi’zya Ke’Asia Blackmon
Master of Business Administration
Christian Taylor Babb
Alexandra Chapman Barnard
Peter Barreiro
Nicholas Allen Boos
McKenna Hope Bowman
Luke Boyd
Kimberly Michelle Brown
Erica Marie Burkhardt
Elizabeth Michelle Cannon
Maduka S. Coleman
Jessica Rachelle Come
Colin Douglas Crabtree
Gaalon Aleese Dove
April England
Caleb Josua Fauth
Olivia Nichole Fullenwider
Brianna Elizabeth Gavin
Jeshon Douglas Gawlowski
Benjamin Matthew Gohn
Joshua Logan Gosdin
Joel P. Gray
Kennedi Logan Greene
Eric Griswold
Gustavo Enrique Hadad
Alejandro Enrique Hadad
Ansley Hames
Alexis Lynn Harpel
Kyra Sherell Hart
Lizbeth Hernandez
Jason Bilotti
Derrick D. Bryant
Tyler Hewitt
Savannah Hindersheid
John Gabriel Imhof
Bryce Ryan Ingram
Benjamin Jason
Valerie Jewell
Benjamin Avila Johnsen
Dakotah Jones
Christopher Garrett Kelley
Elijah Kennedy
Erin Bethany Kilian
Caleb Klay
Aujanelle Lamar
Danielle Lambdin
Cynthia Karina Lara
Alexis Mariah Lerma
William Joseph Mahnken II
Chandra Nyia’Cola Manns
Steven Kaleb Moody
Mikayela Aiyana Moore
Joanna Mull
Morgan Ashley Neese
Wesley Nichols
Mya Nichelle Nuton
Matthew Nathaniel Owens
Christian Penlap Ngouajou
Daniella Francia Petrone
Jonathon Phelps
Jennifer Potts
Kamila Adilah Price
Austin Gregory Raynor
Toney T. Robinson
Leslie Rodriguez
Samantha Victoria Rountree
Rebecca Claire Salinas
Samuel Evan Sanders
Carlos Santiago
Miguel Anguel Serralde
Casey Ervin Smith
Destinee Smith
Amelia Danielle Sneed
Timothy Christopher Spang
Dale Spicer
J’Maiya Brynee Steward
Benjamin Nathaniel Stowell
Erick
Adrian Torres Alvarado
Mackenzie Sue Trinkle
Kristin Elizabeth Trudel
Lucas Vaughan
Juliet Elise Waller
Katelyn Brooke Wiggins
Kirstie B. Williams
Marcquell Williams
Megan Wilson
Sarah Elizabeth Wishon
Peyton Ciara Woody
Karen Marie Wurtz
Carson Lee Wyatt
Master of Transformative Ministry
Justin W. Heitz
Buchanan Jackson
Alexander King
Timothy Smith
Joshua Lee Smith
The listing of degree candidates in this publication is not an official documentation of actual graduates or honors earned. The conferral of a degree is by receipt of a diploma or official transcript noting degree completion.
About the Commencement Speaker
Samuel W. “Wye” Huxford is a preacher, professor, University administrator and writer striving to share God’s plan for renewing and restoring His creation. A native of Berkeley County, South Carolina, Huxford is an honors graduate of Atlanta Christian College, now Point University. He earned a master of divinity, also with honors, from Cincinnati Christian University, where his studies focused on New Testament and theology.
He joined the faculty of Point University in 1976, teaching in the areas of New Testament, theology, and biblical interpretation. After eight years as a full-time faculty member, he became the preaching minister at First Christian Church, now located in Tyrone, Georgia. He served that church for 20 years, leading it through a major relocation project. Huxford was later named executive director of the European Evangelistic Society, which has a historic Institute for the Study of Christian Origins in Tübingen, Germany. He remained engaged in academic life as an adjunct professor at the University throughout this time.
In 2006, Huxford was asked to return to what is now Point University in a full-time capacity as a vice president. He served for 13 years as vice president for spiritual formation and dean of the chapel, focused on the spiritual health of the entire University family. He retires this spring as dean of the Point University College of Biblical Studies and Ministry.
Huxford has made more than 30 trips to foreign mission stations, Christian colleges and campus ministries. He served for many years as chairman of the board of Woodland Christian Camp and Retreat Center in Temple, Georgia.
Huxford was married for 48 years to Vicki Kindt Huxford ’73, who was a vital companion in both ministry and life until her passing in 2021. He has two adult daughters, who are both professors at Point, and two sons-in-law.
About Point University
Founded in 1937 as Atlanta Christian College, Point University is preparing students to influence culture for Christ in all spheres of life. Point University’s purpose is to equip students to take their faith into the marketplace in new and culturally relevant ways — to erase the lines between who they are and what they do so that they see life and mission as one and the same.
Graduation Honors
Students who earn a grade point average of 3.500 through 3.699 are graduated cum laude, 3.700 through 3.899 are graduated magna cum laude, and 3.900 through 4.000 are graduated summa cum laude. Associate degree graduates receiving these honors are identified with silver tassels and silver honor cords. Bachelor's degree graduates receiving these honors are identified with gold tassels and gold honor cords. Blue honor cords indicate student-athletes who are graduating with honors. Red, white and blue cords indicate the student is a veteran. Red and green cords denote members of Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society, and silver and navy cords denote members of Omega Nu Lambda Honor Society for online students. Light brown cords indicate students who are part of the Elevate program.
The Hathcock Award is the highest honor Point University awards to a student graduating with a bachelor's degree. This recognition is based on academic achievement, character, and servant leadership.
Academic Dress
The academic dress worn by the Point University faculty today originated in the Middle Ages and was standardized in 1895. The gown indicates the level of the highest degree held: for bachelors, the black gown with flowing, pointed sleeves; for masters, the black gown with sleeves slit midway for the arms and the sleeve bottom closed flat with a semicircle cut in the side; for doctors, the flowing robe with sleeves closed at the wrist. Sleeve decorates are chevrons of velvet, most often black on black, but occasionally of another color, indicating the general field of study.
Most identification is noted by the hoods. Velvet edging indicates the subject matter in which the degree was earned. The lining of the hood is a precise code identifying the university of the degree’s origin. If the highest degree was attained in the United Kingdom or Europe, academic gown and hood styles do not fit a standard pattern and are determined, rather, by the degree-granting university. Generally, these can be identified by an open front and a colored hood which designates the degree earned.
