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LSU Health New Orleans Presents Diplomas to New Members of the Health Care Professions

December 17, 2021

Dr. Demestius Porche and Tiffany West at graduation

One hundred twenty-seven LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing students were presented their diplomas at a ceremony on Thursday, December 16, 2021, at the Frederick Sigur Center.

Dean Demetrius Porche, DNS, PhD, ANEF, FACHE, FAANP, FAAN, presided over the ceremony. Reginald Vicks, RN, BSN, MBA, Chief Operations Officer at CrescentCare Community Health Center and alumnus of LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing, was the keynote speaker.

Taking top honors were Alexis Church, Valedictorian, Aleia St. Germain, Salutatorian, and Tiffany West, Dean’s Award recipient.

Graduating with honors were:

Summa Cum Laude

Alexis Church.

Magna Cum Laude

Wan-Hsuan Chen, Lyndsay Nguyen, Aleia St. Germain.

Cum laude

Jenna Breaux, Tiffany Cossich, Camryn Jolly, Alexis Keppel, Tiffany West.

Graduates honored were Bailey Abadie, Kryshonda Alleyne, Katherine Bass, Bailey Boten, Kaitlyn Doyle, Jerilyn Frazier, Alyssa Guillot, Emily Hamilton, Christina Hebert, Camryn Jolly, Amber Lambert, Kaitlyn Mcauliffe, Aimme McCauley, Chariz Montminy, Nathan Roberts, Kayla Tanner, Alexis Thibodeaux, Hannah Vancalsem, Tiffany West.

Nursing 2021 December graduation

A complete list of degrees awarded follows:

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Bailey Celeste Abadie, Hannah Elizabeth Abney, Ahoefa Akuvi Agbobli, Sarah Ashley Agnello, Adriane Allridge, Hannah Laken Beebe, Gabrielle Noelle Bezett, Hailey Brooke Biggs, Cassidy Valera Blair, Bailey Ann Boten, Emily Kathryn Boudreaux, Olivia Lee Bourgeois, Emily Wynn Branscome, Jenna Theresa Breaux, Rain Damla Breedlove, Jennetter Jessica Brown, Johana Carolina Caballero, Victoria Nicole Campo, Kristen Hadley Cavet, Katie Mae Champagne, Wan-Hsuan Chen, Morgan Ashley Chiasson, Alexis Nicole Church, Julie Ellen Colosino, Tiffany Mae Cossich, Elizabeth Madelyn Crain, Gentry Lynn Crain, Shea Dawn Creppel, Baily Elizabeth Daberkow, Areille Hiroko Daniel, Rossana Marleny Deleon, Tre Andre Dorsey, Kaitlyn Jo-Frances Doyle, Dominique Angelle Drago, Shelby Simoneaux Duplantis, Nathan Alexander Farley, John Walter Follette, Shelby Katlynne Funck, Michael Gallagher Jr, Amelia-Ann Mildred Gillio, Joseph Paul Guillie, Alyssa Marie Guillot, Cody Mikel Gulizo, Emily Elizabeth Hamilton, Annie Pitt Harding, Kimberly Renee Hayward, Christina Hebert, Elizabeth Megan Heirsch, Kacy Marie Hemelt, Tam Ngoc Huynh, Marissa Ahkel Jackson, Caroline Alexandra Jeandron, Camryn Martha Jolly, Alexis Grace Keppel, Brittany Michelle Kestler, Deborah Dinoska Lagos, Hannah Nicole Lasalle, Jeanne Andre Lassere, Emily Catherine Lavin, Sydney Elizabeth Lentz, Katie Lyn LeRouge, Madelyn Louise Leslie, Martha Mada Ling, Jacob Edward Little, Lauren Elizabeth Lombas, Kennedy Laine Louviere, Savanah Marie Macaluso, Kaitlyn Rae Mcauliffe, Jennifer Alisa McDaniel, Mason Joseph Messina, Emery Ann Miller, Abigail Jo Mmahat, Kelsey Amber Moffett, Brittany Rose Monk, Porscha Danae Moore, Lyndsey Nicole Myers, Lyndsay Nguyen, Max William Oertling, Kelsie Nicole Oestriecher, Toni Marie Orgeron, Kelly Ann Ortego, Carly Ann Perez, Courtney Elizabeth Perrin, Myiesha Peters, Denisha Tiarra Pittman, Noah Paul Pizzuto, Ava Catherine Politz, Ashleigh Claire Ponseti, Kaitlyn Ann Popich, Lillian Heather Preston, Barrett Jane Remy, Nadia Navorina Restreppo, Amanda Wingrove Richard, Nathan Ryan Roberts, Elizabeth Caravella Rosenthal, Gabrielle Carmen Russell, Shelbi Cheyanne Schaff, Erin Barrilleaux Schmit, Tiffany Michelle Shrieves, Madelyn Rose Sigler, Cameron Lee Small, Joseph Lawrence Smith II, Sharenda Denise Spidle, Aleia Renee St. Germain, Cassidy Nicole St. Romain, Katelyn Ann Stanich, Kayla Monique Tanner, Mary Cappie Tavary, Alexis Elizabeth Thibodeaux, Emory Aulds Tonore, Amanda Lynn Tran, Katherine Elizabeth Treuting, Olivia Claire Trosclair, Ana Pilar Valladares, Hannah Kay Vancalsem, Emily Elizabeth Virgets, Emma Jane Walsh, Britley Dru Wells, Tiffany Helene West, Sydney French Wittmann.

Nursing December 2021 Graduation medals

Master of Science in Nursing -- Nurse Educator

Katherine Michelle Bass, Chariz Dela Cruz Montminy, Jessica Dronet Teeter.

Doctor of Nursing Practice

Kryshonda Garner Alleyne, Jerilyn Latoya Frazier, Amber Lea Lambert.

Seven students in three other LSU Health New Orleans schools also earned their degrees in December 2021. They are:

SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES

Doctor of Philosophy in Human Genetics

Ciera S. Singleton.

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Doctor of Medicine

Patrick M. Byrne, Kayleigh Marie Denny.

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Doctor of Philosophy in Community Health Sciences

Kaylin Jeanne Beiter.

Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology

Erin Nechole Biggs.

Master of Public Health

Emily Ann Brocato.

Master of Science

Jessica Kristine Fox.

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