2008

EAST CENTRAL COM MUNITY CO l lEGE GED graduation scheduled July 24 Fort) -t,\o students will walk across the have overcome personal struggle~ to reach such an important milestone

lion: ABE GED instruc· tors Ed 1\ lcGowan of Lawrence and Bryan Burt of Newton; Len Bobo. ECCC music instructor: and vocalist Dinah Lachney of Decatur. Davis ..,aiel other mem– bers of the Class of 2008 are e~:pected to enroll in fall classes at ECCC and some wiU qualify to re– ceive their first course at no charge. "We continue to offer the first course free to anyone over 21 years of age who has not prev i ously attended college and who meets the other entrance requirements." Davis said. "Many of our GED graduates have taken advantage of the frr·--t-course free pro· gram and completed their coli g degr ~."

Huff Auditorium stage at East Central Commu· nity College in Decattn· to recehc diplomas dur· ing the annual GED C!:omnwncement at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 24. For many of the grad· uates. recetving a high school cquivHlcncy diploma "is a dream come true,'' according to Gene Davis. clean of adult and continuing education, whose office is responsihiP for provid· ing adult basic educa· tion and GED cla~ es in the College's five-county distrtct. "It's really heart· warming to watch these students receive their GED diplomas." Da'-' is said. "They ha\ e \\ orked verY _hard and orne

in their lives. We look forward to recogruzing the b'l'aduates on their accompl bhment." Megan Sherelle Parker of Lawrence. A.shlev Crapps of Philadelphia and Russell Martin of Harperville will share feelings on earning their GED diplomas. All tkree plan to attend ECCC in the fall . State Senator Giles Ward of Louisville. who represents Leake. Neshoba and Winston counties. will sen·e as guest speaker. ECCC President Dr. Phil A. Sutphin will award diplomas. Also participating in the program are Dr. Lavinia Sparkman. \'ice pr sident for instruc-

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