NEMCC Adult Education awards over 215 High School Equivalency Diplomas during 2023-2024 academic year
BOONEVILLE, Miss. -- (05/23/2024) — Northeast Mississippi Community College's Adult Education has announced that over 215 individuals earned their High School Equivalency diploma (HiSET/GED) during the 2023-2024 academic year.
Northeast's Adult Education instructs classes in each of the college's five-county service district - Alcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Tippah and Union - at no cost to the student and also prepares them to enter the workforce or continue their educational careers.
In addition to HiSET/GED classes, Northeast's Adult Education offers Smart Start Training, both in-person and hybrid, which allows students to perfect job skills to be successful in college or in the workforce.
Not only does Northeast prepare students for their future education and jobs, the Adult Education department at the college has ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certification, day and night courses, both in person and in a hybrid format, to fit any student's schedule but they also have career coaching, short-term workforce training, industry-recognized national certifications to aid in job readiness.
A graduation ceremony was held for those who chose to walk and receive their diplomas on Friday, May 10 at the Booneville High School gymnasium. The ceremony was temporarily moved this year to accommodate renovations to the Bonner Arnold Coliseum on the college's Booneville campus.
In total, 216 individuals received their High School Equivalency diploma (HiSET/GED) during the 2023-2024 academic year at Northeast. Included in the 216-person list were graduates from 35 cities, towns, villages and unincorporated areas in the Magnolia State and Tennessee.
One hundred and eighty-five (185) individuals hail from the college's five-county service district with 31 coming from outside the area including candidates that drove from Amory, Houlka, Louisville, Middleton, Tenn., Pontotoc and other areas throughout the state to receive a degree from Northeast.
Corinth led the local delegation with 57 individuals receiving their High School Equivalency Diploma from Northeast in 2023-2024 while Pontotoc led the out-of-district graduates with eight individuals receiving their High School Equivalency Diploma.
As with all of Northeast's commencement ceremonies, the ceremony was livestreamed on NEMCCTV.com and archived on the college's YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/nemcctv.
Those who earned their High School Equivalency degree (change to diploma) (HiSET/GED) during the 2023-2024 academic year at Northeast Mississippi Community College include:
AMORY: Cameron Weaver
ASHLAND: Alexandria Sequoia Gray
BALDWYN: Bryson Benjamin Austin, Madison Faith Crawford, Madison Danielle Donahue, Johnquavian Rogers
BELDEN: John Orrick
BELMONT: Rachael Massey
BLUE MOUNTAIN: MiTonia Shirline Gray, Carolyn Grace Nolan, Brayden Antwain-Jaymes Stubbs, Delilah A. Thomas
BLUE SPRINGS: Madi Scott Buskirk, Memorie Elise Easterling, Kirsten Makayla Hall, Alexander Christian Brown Newell, Levi Pritchard, Ridge Ellis Alekzander White
BOONEVILLE: Kevin Gene Adams, Jazmon Bell, Cameron Alexander Brown, Hunter Reed Carson, Caiden Carter, Benjamin Cook, Cameron Dwayne Cornelius, Jayci Delrae Davis, Braxton Allen Delaney, Cary Eaton, Charity Michelle Eaton, Bradley Eugene Grisham, Gavin Johnston, Payton Gregory Lambert, David Mace, Breanna P. Owens, Casey Presley, Tyler Riddle, Jordan Smith, Johnathon Montgomery Staggs, David Dyllan Stanley, Jacob Stewart
CORINTH: Kiley Ann Ainsworth, Kentarus Alexander, Meaghan Alexander, Callie Brianna Barrett, Jason Michael Bean, Christopher Birmingham, Donna Elaine Bizzell, Sarah Bowden, Brooklyn Leigh Bowles, Tatum Noelle Bowles, Trinity Brown, Susan Bumpous, Elijah Paul Casey, Emma Childers, Alyson Renea Crouch, Hunter Crum, Damian Lee Gilmore, Adarius Gray, Torie Hall, James Hollinger, Jacob Wayne Hooper, Tatum Lynn Horne, Joshua Huckaby, Jackson Dakota Mathis, Lakethie Leneta Mays, Alexis Grace McDonald, Madyson Million, Daniel Naranjo, Jerami Noyola, Hannah Kate Osborn, Jamie Pickens, Bailey Marie Pittman, Leanna Renae Rizor, Brittany Lyn Sanders, Izabella-Grayce Garvin Sitton, Haley Smith, Angela Stewart, Billy Stewart, Makenzie Lane Stewart, Kristopher Stout, David Sutton, Emily Ruth Swinford, Britney Kay Switcher, Sarah Leann Switcher, Gaberial Eric Tanner, Logan Louis Tanner, Ashlynn Denise Therrien, Isabella Thomas, Adison Lynn Treece, Nicholas Vandiver, Kenyata Walker, Kourtney Webb, Addyson Westbrook, Corey WIlson, Hanna Wilson, Tyler Jamerson Wilson, Charles Wright
DUMAS: Karlee J. Hensley
ECRU: Lesley Nicole Bedford, Lizeth Lopez, Kayla Denise Seger, Hailey Wilder,
ETTA: Mikel Jeffery Jennings, John Hayden Willard
GLEN: Briley Jade Morgan, Dawson Isaiah Swallow, Dakoda Ray Troxell,
GUNTOWN: Ian J. W. Ash
HICKORY FLAT: Landon Brown, Jayden Rhea Clanton, Gabriel Mejia, Edward Williams
HOLLY SPRINGS: Anna Machell Ahlum
HOULKA: Zachery Edington
HOUSTON: Jasmin Renea Tutor
IUKA: Arianna Barry, Bobby Bonds, Hallie Elizabeth Gilmer, Jake Hamrick, Lance Heavener, Nicholas McQueen, Sheridan Alyssa Page, Courtney Macy Plunk, Laila Reynolds, Emily Janess Thompson, Valerie Welford
LOUISVILLE: Jimmie Lewis Sams
MARIETTA: Conan Zane Decanter
MYRTLE: Devin Browning, Lexie Nicole Clayton, Jennalea Diann Greer, John Hall, Julius Romone Harris, Jr., Chalsey Dawn Nelson, Brayden James Stripling, Caleb Wayne Sullivan
NEW ALBANY: Chloe Elizabeth Aaron, Kylan Joshua Aaron, Avary Elise Allen, Jeramiah Avance, Akeviah Lashaye Brown, Jordan Davenport, Mikela Symone Echoles, Marley Jade Floyd, Samantha Rose Garrison, Elijah Amarion Gray, Domonique Quartavious Green, Logan Shane Hall, Andrew Kyle Hill, Christyana Mone Hines Austin, Emma Jarvis, Leah Jeter, Kadin Reeve McGhee, Shavon Janel McWilliams, Tanija L. Mosley, Taniya Latay Mosley, Keilee Alexis Lynn Owens, Mckayla Reinke, Christopher Roaton, Delilah Jeana Grace Roberts, Kiana Rogers, LaChanda D. Rogers, Asia Rooker, Bravion Sanders, Seth James Vancil
NEW SITE: Anthony Taylor
PONTOTOC: Luz Maria Gonzalez, Angie Dian Greathouse, Reyna Maria Huerta, Miranda Leigh Norman, Jackson Stewart, Glenda Tzib, Kayla Danielle Ware
POTTS CAMP: Katelyn Sartin
RIENZI: Haley Burcham, Celsey Dawn Devine, Rachel Louise Milligan, Amber Pace, Jarkerion Armetrius Patterson, David Posey, Jason Reynolds, Andrew Lee Straub, Kylann Terill Vance
RIPLEY: Tybreisha Adkins, Ethan Daniel Chapman, Kanye Clemmer, Kaylee Grace Haygood, Daniel Hendrix, Veronica R. Hercules, Emily Rose Holmes, Chelsea Rhea King, Kyle Knowles, Ian Christopher McCullar, Devin Rizor, Hallie Sonwineski, Emileigh M. Swinford, Dayton Kyle Wammack, Deandrea Cheyenne Yepez
SALTILLO: Luci Holland
THAXTON: Colton Dean Hogue
TISHOMINGO: Ashleigh Brooke Wilson
TUPELO: Hailey McKenzie Enlow, Alex Russell Johnson, Jr., Cody Douglas Smith, Taylor Faye Whaley, DeleteComma
WALNUT: Rebecca Anglin, Allie Irvin, Alisa Mullins, Shellie Marie Sanders, Taylor Skye Simpson, Elizabeth Luanne Walker
MIDDLETON, TENN.: Jordan Elizabeth Bailey, Kayden Darling, Christopher Townsend, Pierson Townsend
RAMER, TENN.: Brayden Cole Irwin
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Northeast Mississippi Community College’s Adult Education has announced that over 215 individuals earned their High School Equivalency diploma (HiSET/GED) during the 2023-2024 academic year. A graduation ceremony was held for those who chose to walk and receive their diplomas on Friday, May 10 at the Booneville High School gymnasium. The ceremony was temporarily moved this year to accommodate renovations to the Bonner Arnold Coliseum on the college’s Booneville campus. In total, 216 individuals received their High School Equivalency diploma (HiSET/GED) during the 2023-2024 academic year at Northeast. Included in the 216-person list were graduates from 35 cities, towns, villages and unincorporated areas in the Magnolia State and Tennessee.
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