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Family and friends cheered as students in the Continuing Education high school completion programs at Central Carolina Community College were awarded their high school diplomas or GED certificates at commencement exercises Jan. 29 in the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. After the program, Angela Albright (left), of Chatham County, who received her GED, hugs instructor Sharon Pyrtle, thanking her for her help in achieving this milestone. Albright, one of the graduation speakers, has now enrolled in the college’s veterinary medical technology program. More than 60 adults earned high school diplomas and more than 200, GEDs during the fall semester. 

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Family and friends cheered as students in the Continuing Education high school completion programs at Central Carolina Community College were awarded their high school diplomas or GED certificates in commencement exercises took place Jan. 29 in the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. Several scholarships were also presented. Amber Brewington (right), of Harnett County, receives congratulations from Dr. Lisa Chapman, the college’s vice president of Instruction, after receiving a CCCC Foundation Scholarship. More than 60 adults earned high school diplomas and more than 200, GEDs during the fall semester. 

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Graduation was a family affair for the Castillos, of Chatham County, as Vicky (second row, left) received her GED certificate during commencement exercises for Central Carolina Community College’s Continuing Education high school completion programs. The commencement exercises Jan. 29 in the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. More than 60 adults earned high school diplomas and more than 200, GEDs during the fall semester. Other member of the Castillo family are (not in order) Stephanie, Chris, Jenice, Maret, and Lolo.

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Family and friends cheered as students in the Continuing Education high school completion programs at Central Carolina Community College received their high school diplomas or GED certificates in commencement exercises Jan. 29 in the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. Among them was Melanie Crawford (right), of Harnett County, who received her diploma from Bobby Powell, chairman of the college’s board of trustees. More than 60 adults earned high school diplomas and more than 200, GEDs during the fall semester. 

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Kristen Hall (center), of Lee County, was all smiles following commencement exercises for the Continuing Education high school completion programs at Central Carolina Community College. The exercises, held Jan. 29 in the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center, attracted more than 1,000 family and friends to cheer the students who were awarded their high school diplomas or GED certificates. Hall received her high school diploma. Celebrating with Hall were her father, Eddie (right), and friend, Barbara Mason. 

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Angel Amador Soto, of Harnett County, a graduating student, delivers one of the addresses at the commencement exercises for the Continuing Education high school completion programs at Central Carolina Community College. The exercises took place Jan. 29 in the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. More than 60 adults earned high school diplomas and more than 200, including Soto, GED certificates during the fall semester. 

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Sim Spears, of Lee County, is all smiles as he accepts the W.B. Wicker Scholarship from Dr. Lisa Chapman, Central Carolina Community College’s vice president of Instruction. The presentation took place during graduation exercises for the college’s Continuing Education high school completion programs. During the exercises, held Jan. 29 in the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center, fall semester graduates were awarded their high school diplomas or GED certificates. More than 60 adults, including Spears, earned diplomas and more than 200, GEDs during the fall semester. 

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Glenda Goldsby (right), an Adult High School instructor at Central Carolina Community College’s Jonesboro Center, gets a thank-you bear hug from graduating student John Taylor, of Chatham County, at the college’s high school completion programs commencement exercises Jan. 29 in the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. Taylor was one of more than 60 adults who earned their high school diplomas at the college during the fall semester. More than 200 students earned General Educational Development certificates. 

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Toney Thompson, of Lee County, received her General Educational Development certificate at the graduation exercises for Central Carolina Community College’s Continuing Education high school completion programs. Thompson was on of three student speakers at the event, held Jan. 29 in the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. More than 60 adults earned high school diplomas and more than 200, GEDs during the fall semester.