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2022年5月16日
More than 400 中央社区学院 graduates received their degrees during three commencement ceremonies on 五月 6. Heartland Arena hosted both the 大岛屿 and 黑斯廷斯 campus graduations while the Raider Fieldhouse hosted the 哥伦布校园 commencement.
Keynote addresses at the 哥伦布 and 大岛屿 campuses were respectively delivered by CCC’s Outstanding 校友 Award recipients, 凯伦P. 佩塞克和科迪M. Gulbrandson. 特洛伊和凯尔西·霍夫曼, 黑斯廷斯校园校友奖获得者, were recognized at the 黑斯廷斯校园 graduation while the keynote address was given by Dr. 坎迪斯•沃尔顿, CCC vice president of innovation and instruction. 以下是每个仪式的摘要.
哥伦布
Pesak addressed 94 graduates and shared her story of enrolling at CCC nearly two decades ago as a newly arrived Mexican immigrant with very limited English language skills. 然而, with hard work and determination she earned a Phi Theta Kappa scholarship and transferred to Wayne State College and earned a public accounting degree, 哪个打开了一扇巨大的门.
“I got a job offer in my senior year from an international corporation and I found myself jet-setting all over the United States and the world,佩塞克说。. “My work sent me to assignments in Spain, Mexico City, New York and Chicago. 我活在梦里.”
In 2013, 佩塞克和她的丈夫, 罗斯, 她是在CCC认识的, 创立了真正潜力奖学金, which focuses on opportunities for immigrants to pursue an education at any community college in Nebraska. To date, True Potential has granted more than 150 scholarships.
佩塞克在演讲结束时说, “No matter where you come from and no matter what your goals and dreams are, 从这里你可以去任何地方, 你可以做任何事. 我看到了. I have done it and I know you can do it, too.”
大岛屿
A record 203 graduates of CCC-大岛屿 attended commencement at Heartland Arena.
Gulbrandson, a 2000 graduate of Central City High School and a nontraditional student at CCC, went onto earn a doctor of veterinary medicine degree from Iowa State University. Today, he is the owner and veterinarian at Beaver Creek Veterinarian Services in Albion.
“Be yourself, be persistent, be committed, love what you do,” 说 Gulbrandson. “There is no doubt that with the relationships you have made, the education that you have received and the tuition that you have saved, 你准备好要成功了.”
仪式结束后, 格兰德岛的Traci Coleman, who earned an occupational therapy assistant degree, 说, “我超级兴奋. There was a lot of blood, sweat and tears and I’m glad to say that I am finally a gradate.”
Coleman also spoke about spending most of her time at CCC amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “这是一种调整. I had some classes that got switched to online. There is some stuff that I missed out on, 但总体来说, our teachers did a great job of adjusting and I still feel like I got a really good experience.”
黑斯廷斯
Get back and give back was the theme of Walton’s keynote address, which was delivered to the 133 CCC-黑斯廷斯 graduates in attendance.
“最终, 你得赶紧回家了,沃尔顿说。, who explained that getting back even applied to the students who lived at home during their CCC years. “Your community and your family need your skill set back in your hometown. Please get back to your hometown and make a difference.”
说到回馈, Walton encouraged the graduates to help those who helped them make it to graduation.
“是的, 很多工作都是你自己做的, but some part of your success is because of someone else,沃尔顿说. “There’s a debt of gratitude to give back to those that supported you. If you don’t have money right now, you have time and you have talent. The collective skills of the graduates can change the world right now.”
The Hofmanns own After Hours Grafix and Urban Chic Boutique in Aurora and both are 2011 graduates of CCC-黑斯廷斯. Kelsey earned a business administration degree and an entrepreneurship certificate while Troy graduated with a dual degree in machine tool technology and drafting and design technology.