MUSKOGEE, Oklahoma – May 14, 2022
Bacone College held its spring commencement ceremony Saturday on its historic campus. Fifteen graduates celebrated the ending of this stage of their education and the beginning of the next. The college also conferred an honorary doctorate of humane letters on Dr. Archie Mason and honored the USDA Friends of Bacone College and the Muscogee (Creek) Nation for their efforts to secure funding for an agricultural science program and other needs at Bacone.
2021-2022 Spring Graduates
Kayla Palmer, Bachelor of Science Criminal Justice, Webbers Falls, OK; Cherokee, Magna Cum Laude, Valedictorian
Timothy J. Allen, Bachelor of Science Business Administration, Drumright, OK, Pawnee, Salutatorian
Dean Kaleb Austin, Bachelor of Science Business Administration, Oktaha, OK, Choctaw
Logan Bush, Bachelor of Science Exercise Science, Tahlequah, OK, Cherokee
Timothy Decker, Bachelor of Arts Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies, Federal Way, WA
Jerimontie Hester, Bachelor of Science Exercise Science, Brownsville, TX
Vincent Caleb Jeter, Bachelor of Science Exercise Science, Alvin, TX
Nahmi Koassechony-Burgess, Associate of Applied Science Radiography, Apache, OK, Comanche
Paul K. Sanders, Bachelor of Science Sport Management, Muskogee, OK
Hannah Smiley, Bachelor of Science Exercise Science, Fort Defiance, AZ, Navajo
Florence Christine Smith, Bachelor of Arts Early Childhood Development & Education, Gore, OK, Comanche
Kevin R. Starr, Bachelor of Science Business Administration, Wichita Falls, TX, Muscogee
Tayla Topaha, Bachelor of Science Exercise Science, Cortez, CO, Navajo
Marcus Zeighler, Bachelor of Science Criminal Justice, Lake City, FL
Andee Ellis, Bachelor of Science Business Administration, Tecumseh, OK, Absentee-Shawnee