LIVINGSTON – The University of West Alabama held fall commencement exercises Dec. 15 with President Richard D. Holland conferring undergraduate, master’s, and education specialist degrees from the colleges of Business, Education, Liberal Arts, Natural Sciences and Mathematics; and the School of Graduate Studies to more than 600 students.

For more than 175 years, the University of West Alabama has served the west central Alabama area and beyond through educational opportunity, academic research and public outreach. Founded in February 1835 as Livingston Female Academy, the school is currently home to nearly 6,000 students from around the world.

Local students to earn diplomas were:

Demopolis:
Celester Bolden
Teressa Bolden
La’Toya Collier
Justin Davis
Tracey Horton
Joshua Jones
Alisa Ward
Kyle Williams
Sylvia Wommack

Dixons Mills:
Brittany Lewis
Chiquita Lewis

Linden:
Thomas Fultz

Sweet Water:
Michaelle Washington