{"id":9169,"date":"2019-05-17T00:22:27","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T00:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/?p=9169"},"modified":"2019-05-17T00:39:10","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T00:39:10","slug":"ncc-celebrates-high-school-equivalency-graduates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/2019\/05\/ncc-celebrates-high-school-equivalency-graduates\/","title":{"rendered":"NCC Celebrates High School Equivalency Graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"Nash Community College celebrated the accomplishment of 80 High School Equivalency graduates at a commencement ceremony held Thursday, May 16 in Brown Auditorium.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Ivana Stevens, Director of NCC College and Career Readiness, delivered the address. “Tonight I want to speak to you about reinvention,” she said. “Rarely is the path of life a straight one from start to finish.\u00a0Rarely do things go entirely according to plan. We can wonder if we have made bad decisions, if we have done something wrong, or if who we are is not good enough. I am here tonight to tell you,” Stevens continued, “the you that you once were, or the you that you are now, does not have to be the you that you will be in the future. The power to reinvent ourselves is one of the greatest gifts humans have.”<\/div>\n
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NCC High School Equivalency graduate Adilene Mu\u00f1oz addressed fellow graduates. “I wish I could say that I have all of the answers,” she said. “But unfortunately, life doesn\u2019t usually come to us in a nice, neat package. What I do know, is that now is the time for me to be amazing! This is just the beginning of the next chapter in my story. My hope and dream is to pursue a college degree so that I can go into a field where I\u2019m using my experience and gifts to help others. My journey has been a little bit bumpy so far, and I know that I can now use that to serve others.”<\/div>\n
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“To my fellow classmates, we have done it,” Mu\u00f1oz said. “We have become graduates. Now is your time to shine. Each of you have a story to share with the world. So with your journey in your heart, and your diploma in your hand, go out into the world and be amazing.”<\/div>\n
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The High School Equivalency program is offered on campus and online at no charge. Students study Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies at their own pace and test every 60 hours to determine progress. Following successful completion, students earn a High School Equivalency credential.<\/div>\n
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The 2019 Nash Community College High School Equivalency Graduates are:<\/div>\n
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Tiffany Shanell Arrington
\nJustin Lee Arthur +
\nRanekwa Nicole Bandy +
\nDerek Michael Blankenship +
\nBryant Lamont Bowens
\nChelsea Lynn Brantley
\nKevin Antwone Burnette
\nMegan Danielle Carroll +
\nKyle Douglas Chidester +
\nRyan Wesley Coggin +
\nKaylee Ellen Connell
\nMason Arthur Connell +
\nRichard Joseph Constantineau +
\nStepfon Nazir Cotton +
\nLinsey Macle Cullipher +
\nChase Christopher Davis
\nZaire Tionne Edmond +
\nLucas Frazier Farris
\nAshley Ann Ford
\nAdrian Gayton
\nJose Israel Gonzalez +
\nTabitha Marie Grimmett
\nRuth Elizabeth Guerra-Turcios +
\nDiOvan Nicole Gupton +
\nDenard Burns Guy
\nKienan Gaige Haggis +
\nMonica Natasha Hopkins
\nAmber Grace Johnson +
\nKaylie Nichole Johnson +
\nBrian Phillip Jones +
\nJoshua Tyler Joyner +
\nDavid Krejci
\nSherida Terrell Lee
\nAlyana Lenee Leonard
\nMarcira Tioni Lucas
\nLinda Natasha Lynch
\nDanielle Shawn Marquez +
\nPriscilla Noemy Martinez
\nShaunacey LeAnn McAllister
\nSamantha Lynn Monter +
\nCarl Dennis Moss +
\nAdilene Janet Mu\u00f1oz +
\nMaria Patricia Orozco-Murillo
\nIvonne Ortega-Meza
\nGuadalupe Ortega-Modesto
\nJustin Ryan Petrovic +
\nLogan Ray Potter
\nSeth Daniel Radosevich
\nQuantay Keith Rankin +
\nDestani Lashai Ricks
\nJoshua Austin Robinson +
\nAmber Marie Roblero +
\nJordan Alexander Rogister
\nSteven Lee Shockley +
\nCharles Augustus Shore +
\nSania Saqib Siddique
\nCody Leon Smith +
\nDarren Ray Steed
\nArthur Ray Stevens +
\nJacob Anthony Taylor +
\nJamika Synquitta Taylor * +
\nKyasia Monae Taylor
\nAndrew Jonathan Tumsuden +
\nSabrina Mariesela Walker +
\nThomas Jamal Watson
\nEthan Wheeless +
\nJames Allen Whitley +
\nAntonio Elijah Williams
\nShakira Simone Williams
\nRavon Quantell Worrell +
\nWilliam Shane Worrell +<\/div>\n
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Honors +
\nCareer Readiness Certificate *<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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