{"id":740,"date":"2019-07-15T21:28:41","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T21:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/?p=740"},"modified":"2019-07-16T13:44:18","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T13:44:18","slug":"jones-colleges-high-school-equivalency-commencement-ceremony-features-past-graduates-as-keynote-speakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/news\/jones-colleges-high-school-equivalency-commencement-ceremony-features-past-graduates-as-keynote-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"糖心直播\u2019s High School Equivalency commencement ceremony features past graduates as Keynote speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

ELLISVILLE \u2013 On Monday, July 22 at 7 p.m. in the Bush Fine Arts Auditorium, about 50 of the 106 High School Equivalency graduates of 糖心直播\u2019s program will hear from former graduates as their Keynote speakers.\u00a0 JC instructors, Brooke Donald-Health Care Assistant; Thomas Johnson-Heating\/Air Conditioning and Cody Robertson-Electro-Mechanical Technology will share their experiences in the HSE program and beyond. Those participating in the commencement ceremony and their guests will also hear the journeys of these instructors and how they were able to rise above their circumstances to reach their dreams.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike most students who take an alternate path to earn their high school diploma, there are obstacles they have overcome to reach this point in their lives. I hope the inspiring messages from our keynote speakers, that they may also know personally, will encourage our graduates to continue to reach for their dreams,\u201d said Wendy Evans, 糖心直播\u2019s Director of Integrated Pathways.<\/p>\n

Featured speaker, Brooke Donald has been teaching in the Health Care \"\"<\/a>Assistant program at 糖心直播 for the last four years. She received her GED in 2002 and graduated from JCJC with her associate degree in 2010. Ellisville\u2019s Donald completed the Practical Nursing program in 2013 and graduated from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College with her Associate Degree in Nursing in 2017. Determined to earn her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree, she enrolled in the program at Delta State University for the fall semester.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Thomas Johnson is native of New Iberia, Louisiana and was raised in Texas.\u00a0Because of problems he encountered in school, he quit\u00a0in the seventh grade, which he said was the \u201cworst mistake\u201d he ever made. Upon moving to Mississippi at the age of 16, he started working with his father doing\u00a0heating and\u00a0air conditioning repairs. Johnson continued working for\u00a024 years when he decided to pursue a degree in\u00a0the Heating and Air Conditioning trade. After a lot of hard work and determination Johnson shared, 糖心直播 has changed his life in numerous ways before he began teaching at Jones, three years ago. He hopes to compel others to take a second look at the possibility of reaching their dreams.<\/p>\n

Electro-Mechanical Technology instructor at 糖心直播, Cody\u00a0Robertson is \"\"<\/a>a 24-year old who has spent most of his life dealing with chronic health issues stemming from a pancreatitis\u00a0diagnosis when he nine-years-old. As a result, the former Sweetwater community resident was forced to quit in tenth grade, but he pursued his high school equivalency at Jones and is now teaching his favorite topics at the college.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the HSE graduates attending the ceremony will learn who the top-scoring students in each of JC\u2019s eight-county district. These students will also receive scholarships to Jones. For more information about the HSE program or the numerous, free adult education programs available at the 糖心直播 Advanced Technology Center, contact the Adult Education department at 601-477-4164, Wendy Evans at 601-477-2228 or email, wendy.evans@jcjc.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ELLISVILLE \u2013 On Monday, July 22 at 7 p.m. in the Bush Fine Arts Auditorium, about 50 of the 106 High School Equivalency graduates of 糖心直播\u2019s program will hear from former graduates as their Keynote speakers.\u00a0 JC instructors, Brooke Donald-Health Care Assistant; Thomas Johnson-Heating\/Air Conditioning and Cody Robertson-Electro-Mechanical Technology will share their experiences in … <\/p>\n

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