SOUTHEAST HONOR GRADUATES EARN ADVANCED DEGREES

Degrees were conferred upon 171 undergraduates and 75 graduate students during summer commencement exercises Aug. 5 at Southeast Missouri State University.

Area students who graduated with honors and/or advanced degrees:

Advance -- Nancy Jane Lanpher, master of natural science, biology, academic distinction; Belinda Sue Wright, master of arts, secondary administration and supervision.

Bloomfield -- Sheila D. Perry, master of arts, elementary administration and supervision.

Cape Girardeau -- Deborah Below, master of science administration, public administration; Maria Lyn Bieg, master of arts, exceptional child, academic distinction; Gregory Todd Bruton, master of natural science, mathematics; Linda L. Carder, master of arts, guidance and counseling; Leann M. Eftink, master of arts, elementary administration; Franklin Kennedy Ellis Sr., master of arts, elementary administration and supervision; Floyd Rich Goodman, master of arts, elementary administration and supervision; Michelle Darlene Gorman, master of arts, elementary education, academic distinction; Lillian Ellen Phillips Grissom, master of arts, elementary education; Peggy R. Hembree, master of arts, English, academic distinction; Sherry A. Howard, master of arts, English, academic distinction; Yvonne Mallin Ketcham, master of arts, English, academic distinction; Hilary L. Noe, master of arts, English, academic distinction; Frances H. Procter, master of arts, English, academic distinction; Philip Walter Rudd, master of arts, English, academic distinction; Tonya Marie Scherer, bachelor of arts, English, magna cum laude; Tricia Sparn-Grissom, master of arts, English; academic distinction; John Ray Thompson Jr., master of natural science, earth science, academic distinction.

Chaffee -- Chris L. Abernathy, bachelor of science, mass communications (radio option), cum laude.

Charleston -- Mary Ann Deline, master of arts, secondary education, business education, academic distinction.

Glen Allen -- Connie J. Simmons, bachelor of science in business administration, accounting, magna cum laude.

Gordonville -- Jolie A. McCallister, master of arts, speech pathology, academic distinction.

Jackson -- Judith M. Burgfeld, master of arts, English; James Martin Jost, master of arts, secondary administration and supervision, academic distinction; Robin Denise Kralemann, master of arts, exceptional child, academic distinction; Lisa A. Lipke, master of arts, elementary education, academic distinction; Peggy Jo Meehan, bachelor of science, recreation, summa cum laude; Michael Raylen Redman, master of arts, secondary administration and supervision, academic distinction; Sherri Lynn Fowler Sparks, master of arts, home economics education.

Whitewater -- Marilyn Dawn Seabaugh, master of arts, elementary education, academic distinction.