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