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Teddy Byrd, chairman of the Harnett County Board of Commissioners, delivered the commencement address Friday at Central Carolina Community College’s 45th Annual Summer Commencement Exercises. He urged the graduating class to strive for their best. A crowd of approximately 1,000 family members and friends attended the exercise, held in the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center, to celebrate the graduating students’ achievements. During the summer, 89 students completed degrees, 102 earned diplomas, and 84, certificates. About 150 graduating students took part in the exercises.

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Gerzain Santana (right), of Sanford, received his Associate in Arts-University Transfer degree from Bobby Powell, chairman of the Central Carolina Community College Board of Trustees, during the college’s Summer Commencement exercises Friday in the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. During the summer, 89 students completed degrees, 102 earned diplomas, and 84, certificates. Teddy Byrd, chairman of the Harnett County Board of Commissioners delivered the commencement address.

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Andrea Keily (left), of Cameron, Harnett County, received congratulatory flowers from her husband, Gary Keily III, after receiving her Associate in Applied Science in Medical Office Administration degree during Central Carolina Community College’s Summer Commencement exercises Friday in the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. During the summer, 89 students completed degrees, 102 earned diplomas, and 84, certificates. Teddy Byrd, chairman of the Harnett County Board of Commissioners delivered the commencement address.

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Jeannette Reaves (left) , of Bear Creek, gets a big smile from her grandmother, Myrtle Rogers, of Pittsboro, after receiving her Associate in Applied Science in Business Administration degree during Central Carolina Community College’s Summer Commencement exercises Friday in the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. During the summer, 89 students completed degrees, 102 earned diplomas, and 84, certificates. Teddy Byrd, chairman of the Harnett County Board of Commissioners delivered the commencement address.

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William Gaschler IV, of Sanford, (right) receives his Associate in Applied Science degree from Bobby Powell, chairman of the Central Carolina Community College Board of Trustees, during the college’s Summer Commencement exercises Friday in the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. Assisting in handing out the degrees, diplomas and certificates was Jessica Brown (back, left), the college’s Instructor of the Year and a semifinalist for the North Carolina Community College System’s Excellence in Teaching Award. During the summer, 89 students completed degrees, 102 earned diplomas, and 84, certificates. Teddy Byrd, chairman of the Harnett County Board of Commissioners delivered the commencement address.

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Dorothy Combs Hunter, of Sanford, receives a congratulatory kiss from her husband, Joseph, after receiving an Associate in Applied Science in Business Administration degree during Central Carolina Community College’s Summer Commencement exercises Friday in the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. During the summer, 89 students completed degrees, 102 earned diplomas, and 84, certificates. Teddy Byrd, chairman of the Harnett County Board of Commissioners delivered the commencement address.