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'~d who could forget Spring Spree, mid-day naps and cramming for tests at midnight! "I will look back on pictures and forever remember the wonderful people that I have met at East Central, and how helpful and caring the faculty is. These are the things that I fmd make rn ordinary academic institution exceptional, and in this, EC is up there with the best." Gaines also reminded graduates "to be flexible to the demands of what· ever situation we face, as we now are leaving what has become our comfort zone." ')he further comment– «..'<1. ''With each new chal– lcrige, fear will be incv.Hable. but it is the way i.o which these fears arc conquered that makes a person grow. We, as graduates, are fac– ing a new venture. Yes, we are going to have troubles along the way, but honestly, where would we all be without them? We must face all thrown at us with confi– dence, grounded in the wisdom gained through

lived ili a similar man· ner? Regardless of the fmal score, it truly is the small details and the atti– tude we· uphold that are going to matter in the end." During her closing remarks, Gaines shared a statement by Abraham Lincoln, which included the following message: ......I am not botmd to succeed, but I am bound to live up to the light 1 have....Let us have the faith that makes might. and in that faith, let us. to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it. .." "We too should have a similar mindset." Gaines remarked. "LikP the song petiorined earl i– er states, life is maae valuable by 'how you live.· Ten years from now, your former teachers and employers may no longer remember your GPA. nor will they neces– sarily remember what you wore to work or class. It is much more likely that they remem– ber your attitude toward your studies, your peers, and life in general." She concluded her

Char'Dae Knowlin, Durwin ~ lewis. Yasmin A. Nicks, Stephanie Pace, Ronnie Page and Austin Cliff Scoggin, Jr., all of Newton; and laura M. Hick– man, Sean T. Mc8fish, Todd Terrell and Kerri Shea With~rs, all of Union; SCOTT. Paula Monk John, Carthage; Karen J. Bloodsaw, Kendrah N Bradford, Jacque– line K. Pace, Derrick Qualls, Bethany Sharp and Ernest W. Spivey, all"of Forest; ResheUe Stroud and Kyle Franklin Wolfe, ' both of lake; Dianne A. Boyd, Lena; Brooke Ha,-ell, Alicia Nicole Torrence and Tavarius T. Walker, all of Morton; Rhiar1Ra Lee Rhodes, Pulaski; and =·· Allyson Brook Easom. • Sebastopol; ': NEWTON: Pamela Denise Bouler, Kimberly N. Hollingsworth, Cynthia M. Lock– ett, Ashley Parks, L)tnth1a Ray and Jerri Sow, all of Decatur, Lourie Mowdy, Hickory; Leslie N. Nester, Lawrence; Sha ~&rk· er and Anna L Smith, both of Little Rock; Stacy McNeil and Genetta L Ta~or. both of New– ton; and Morgan Hamm and Shanna McKee, both of Union. '

Williamson, all of conehatta; Kelsi Nicole Ables, Jesus Ale– man, Ashley Dru Anderson, Venti Brantley, Sara Anne Bryan, Kizzy Lucinda Gaston– Miller, Heather Brittany Garri– son, Caitlin L Harper, Ht.nter Thomas Hayes, Apryl Suzanne Henry, Sarah Rebecca Henry, Philip DeAnte Jordan, Fredrick F. Lyons, Jr., Andrew David Mar· shall, Mindy Caral Parker, Colette Russell, Undsey Brooke Stevens, Vicky Nicole Strait and Chelsey LuAnn Vincent; all of Decatur; Noah Travis Cook, Demetra Dawkins, Ashlet Nicole Henley, Jonathan LeShaun Jackson, Rodney Dale Parker Jr., Cody David Pugh, Daniei Steverson and Jennifer wtatt, all of Hickory; Carole Beth Alexander, George H. Hedgepeth, Tiffany Plummer, Joshua N. Sheehan and Robert Bailey Westbrook, all of little Rock; Dina Campbell, Allen B. Davis; Andre Ellis, Philip M. Evans, Tawayatha Tanielle Evans, Marvin J. Rucker, lakei· thia lashell Ford, Drew Morgan Gillis, Robin O'Neal Goodin, Ha~ee Holden Haralson, Chot– sani Henderson, Eric O'Neal

Lance Rice, Christin ·Marie $tamper, (,)ntlua Thompson, Skye Nichole Tindall and lillie H. Wash; all of Newton; Lucy fulton and Travis R. Page, both of Philadelphia; and Jess Mar· tin Brantley, Nicholas R. Brown, Ashton Carleta Crouther, Melis· sa Ferguson, Jelessa P. MeDon· aid, Tharin la'Bradford McNi· chols, Carrie LeAnn Rmvzee, Johnna D. Wesley, Sandra White and Chasity Michelle Yates, all of Umon; SCOTT: Shelby D. Shelley, Conehatta: Brerlt Allen Barton, Marty Ann Bergin, Emmanuel Braggs, Keith Walter Brown, Jimmy Paul Easterling, Jr., Dustin Forsythe, Queena Gage, Matthew Ezekiel Hannon, Der· rick R. Harris, Christopher W. Harrison, Kimberly M. James, Jeri mompson Martin, Emmeral K. Mclaurin, Ryan Reeves, Mar· Nicholas Cody Shaw, Matthew Shelley, Terri T. Smith, Courtney Townsend, Clennis Tucker, Tyler Walters, Erin Watkins, Jason Matthew Weatherford, lacey N. Williams and Loretta L Young: all of Forest; Joseph Cieglo, cia Richardson, Adrian Rodriguez, Sean D. Self,

Alcjmnder 0. Gray, Keith J. Hollingsworth, Angela Roshelle MtF.re, Dollye Packer, Brian Michael Waltman and Cherith I Brook Wooten: all of lake; rtney Nicole Elkins, Austin GJ,n11Jiin and Kayla latham; all of l Lena; Katherine Ann MeDon– a!~; Louin: Marcus Oequan Lee, Ludlow; Amnens Avalos, Ti:~ny Ann Carpenter, Shirley Denton, Candice Ezell, Buford Glynn Hannah, II, Victoria: ·: H9dge, Justin Maurice Lofton, C~rli O'Steen, Timo'thy Paul P~illipson and Daniel Walker; air of Morton; Mary Jeanette B~rton, Sebastopol; Anthony B~ffington, Sr., Jessica Fugitt ahd Joseph Andrew Lathem; all ofWalnut Grove; NEWTON: Justin Dwayne Rj!ynolds, Chunky; Brandon I Arderson, Conehatta; Corey Spence Gressett, tatasha N'cukeyda Hall, James Shelby • H_attaway. Theressa Grace Kil- lens and Karen Porter, all of Decatur; Jennifer Smith and Roxanne Ealy Wil· son, boU1 of Hickory; Kimberly qiane Savell, lake; Jack Anth