Greene Early College Graduates Receive LCC Degrees

Completing an important benchmark in their educational journey, twenty-three GEC students received their associate degrees from Lenoir Community College on May 11 at the school’s main campus.

Seventeen Associate of Arts and seven Associate of Science degrees were conferred upon the 2023 GEC Class. One graduate, Taylor Smith received both an Associates of Arts and Associate of Science. In addition, two of the graduates also received skills certificates: Nidia Acevedo in Medical Assisting and Jakeyla Dunn in Graphic Arts and Imaging Technology.

An associate degree is an academic program offered at GEC and its’s partner Lenoir Community College. College classes and required high school courses are taken concurrently while the student is enrolled at GEC. The associate degree requires 60 hours of college credits.

Offered as a five-year, the program aims to give students the basic technical and academic knowledge and transferable skills they need to go on to employment or further study in their chosen field at another instruction of higher learning.

Greene Early College high school graduation will be Friday, May 19, 6:00 at New Direction Church on Highway 91.

Caption for picture:

Shown are GEC students as they gather on LCC’s Main Campus for the graduation ceremony.

(Left to right)Kneeling: Tiffany Lin and Bowen Zheng; standing Uriah Thompson.

Second Row: Anamari Zuniga, Ana Zuniga Sanchez, Jenna Thorne, Tyler Crawford, Abbygail Tripp, Jakeyia Dunn, Taylor Smith, Pam Gonzalez (Greene County Liaison and CCP Advisor)

Third Row: Taylor Moore (GECHS Principal), Jacinta Blow, Daniel McKinley, Elizabeth Avery

Back Row: Brandon Garris, James Williams, Wyatt Grantham

Not pictured: Nidia Acevedo, Ashton Dail, Cesar Felipe, Maria Sanabria, William Sauls, Piper Mattingly, and McKenzie Wilson