CCC Holds Inaugural 冬天开始

2021年12月14日

女士在讲台上演讲.中央社区学院 held its first winter commencement on Dec. 10 at the Aurora Cooperative Pavilion at the Fonner Park Campus.

Some 90 graduates participated in the commencement ceremony, 它包围着哥伦布号, Grand Island and Hastings campuses. 在过去的几年里, each of the three CCC campuses hosted informal midyear graduation receptions with all participants being invited to take part in spring commencement.

The keynote speaker was Chandra Anderson (pictured), a 2009 graduate of the nursing program at 中央社区学院-Kearney. She began her remarks by describing her CCC degree as her “golden ticket” and like her, all of the graduates have their own golden tickets.

“It has the ability to get you that job, 养家糊口, open the door for you and is the opportunity for you to also to continue your academic journey,安德森说, who serves as the chief nursing and quality officer at Cozad 社区 Health System. “Things made of gold are precious and they should be safeguarded as you have worked so incredibly hard to earn it. 不惜一切代价保护你的学位. Be mindful of what is needed to keep your golden ticket fruitful.”

Anderson shared five principles that helped her achieve success and could help the graduates achieve their desired dreams. 首先,要诚信. Second, be mindful of personal branding, specifically one’s social media presence. Third, make certain to network which can lead to open doors for career advancement. Fourth, embrace fears and turn them into opportunity. 第五,设定目标.

“我要求你找到你的激情, 找到你的目标, commit to it and achieve greatness,安德森说, who in 10月 received the Distinguished 校友 Award for 中央社区学院 at the Nebraska 社区 College Association annual conference.

光谱, the select choir from the 哥伦布校园, performed the national anthem and the ROTC color guard from Grand Island Senior High presented the colors. CCC会长博士. Matt Gotschall conducted the ceremony while each of the three campus presidents played a role. CCC-Grand Island总裁Dr. Marcie Kemnitz introduced the keynote speaker, CCC-Columbus President Dr. Kathy Fuchser read the names of the graduates and CCC-Hastings President Dr. Jerry Wallace gave a final moment of reflection and encouraged the audience to give a resounding round of applause to the graduates.

In total, 336 CCC students earned awards following the fall 2021 semester.