More than 240 students received degrees at the summer commencement services at Southeast Missouri State University.
Area residents who graduated with honors and advanced degrees include Tracy L. Robison of Advance, magna cum laude; Katherine C. Bell of Bloomfield, cum laude; Bai Kang, master of arts; Kimberly Ann Billings, master of arts; Leatha Dell Johnson Clark, master of arts; Nicole Cross, magna cum laude; William Allan Frye, master of arts; Janet Weber Goncher, master of science; Lisa Joanne Gordon, master of natural science; Gerald William Landewee, specialist in education; Liana Marie Lehnert, cum laude; Jim Allen McGowen, specialist in education; Carlene H. Stanley, master of science; Matthew Wayne Thompson, cum laude; Angela Nall Vaugier, master of arts; Kimberly M. Wall, master of arts; Kari Webb, master of arts; Deborah Anne Wendel, master of science; Steven Lee Williams, master of arts, all of Cape Girardeau; Sondra Beth Hulshof, master of arts; Amanda Leanne Hunter, cum laude; Dolly Hazel Pruett Kluesner, master of arts, and Linda Sue Little, master of arts, all of Chaffee; Jayna Elizabeth Holley of Charleston, master of arts; Linda Gail Sherrill of East Prairie, specialist in education; Carrie Ann Casper of Gordonville, master of arts; Elizabeth Susan Toll Crites of Jackson, specialist in education; Cindy Bowman of Malden, specialist in education; Joel Barrett Holland of Morley, master of arts; Sharon Ann Hayden, master of arts; Sidney S. Hemmann, specialist in education; Kathryn Marie McDowell, master of arts; David Wayne Ramsey, specialist in education, all of Perryville; Deborah J. Groves, cum laude, and Carol Carlisle Heisserer, master of arts, both of Scott City; and Laura Susan Hase of Anna, Ill., master of arts.
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