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Members of the Winter 2012 graduating class of Central Carolina Community College's Adult High School and General Educational Development programs are all happy anticipation as they await the announcement that they are officially graduates. The programs' commencement ceremony took place Thursday, Jan. 19, in the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. About 230 students earned their diplomas and about 100 attended the graduation.

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Central Carolina Community College President Bud Marchant (left) congratulates Kiante Fox, of Lee County, on receiving his GED diploma during CCCC's College and Career Readiness Department's Adult High School and General Educational Development graduation Thursday, Jan. 19, in the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. Fox, an honors graduate, has already enrolled in the college's mechanical engineering program. He plans to earn an associate degree and then go on to a university.

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Twins Jessica Hodges (left), and Kimberly Hodges, both of Lee County, receive big hugs from their grandfather, Danny Norton (center left), and grandmother, Dorothy Norton (right), of Laurel Hill, at Central Carolina Community College's Adult High School and General Educational Development commencement exercises Thursday, Jan. 19, at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. Both received their high school diplomas and plan to continue their education in CCCC's cosmetology program.

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Saul Alvarez (in cap and gown), of Lee County, and his family are all smiles following Central Carolina Community College's Adult High School and General Educational Development commencement exercises Thursday, Jan. 19, in the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. Alvarez received his GED and is already continuing with his education by enrolling in the college's automotive mechanics program.

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Sara Lambert (left) Chatham County College and Career Readiness coordinator for Central Carolina Community College, and Anna Umberger, of Chatham County, are all smiles as they await the beginning of the college's Adult High School and General Educational Development programs graduation Thursday, Jan. 19, in the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. Umberger, an honors graduate and one of the commencement speakers, said she served a five-year mission in Honduras, where she learned to appreciate the educational opportunities available to her in the United States.

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Miguel Olvera (left) gets a congratulatory hug from his wife, Ereniva, following Central Carolina Community College's Adult High School and General Educational Development programs graduation Thursday, Jan. 19, in the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. Olvera earned a GED and plans to continue his education. Ereniva is a student in the college's English as a second language program.

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Central Carolina Community College President Bud Marchant (left) congratulates Elizabeth Covington, of Harnett County, at the Adult High School and General Educational Development commencement exercises Thursday, Jan. 19, in the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. Covington, a mother of three, earned her high school diploma. She was an honors graduate and one of three student commencement speakers.

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Margery Eastman (left), of Dunn, and her sister, Michele Robinson, of Wendell, share their happiness following Central Carolina Community College's Adult High School and General Educational Development commencement exercises Thursday, Jan. 19, in the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. Eastman, a mother of four and grandmother of eight, finally achieved her long-time goal of receiving her GED.