County residents receive degrees from Shepherd

Seven hundred and twenty six students received degrees during Shepherd University’s 139th Commencement on May 5. Public radio talk show host Diane Rehm delivered the commencement address and was also awarded an honorary doctorate.

Located in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle, Shepherd University is public liberal arts university. Shepherd is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association.

* Students receiving master’s degree.

Berkeley Springs: Meghann Barbara Ambrose, Angela Michelle Beddow, Anthony Peter Bellissimo, Casey Lyn Blake, Anthony Jordan Blankenship, Brittany Ann Dobbin, Barbara Lake Dorsey, Damian James Feltner, Michael Nathan Gloyd, Betsy Louise Heath, Benjamin Andrew Leighty, Kari Morgan Lyda, Jennifer Susanne Ratcliff, Michael Christopher Roach, Jacquelyn E. Rosensteel, Mary Alice Ross*, Jessica Renee Sheppard, Danielle Anne Shields, Jennifer Deann Sullivan, Devon Roy Wallace Taylor* and Kevin D. Wurster.