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Second-year students in the Laser and Photonics Technology program at Central Carolina Community College attended the 2020 SPIE Photonics West Convention in San Francisco. Previous CCCC Laser graduate Al Delong also attended the convention. Pictured are, left to right: Al Delong, John Brooks, Cassidy Harris, Gary Beasley (Lead Instructor), Xan Bayles, and Angel Gonzalez-Aguilar.

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Second-year students in the Laser and Photonics Technology program at Central Carolina Community College toured the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Labs (LLNL). Pictured are, left to right: John Brooks, Angel Gonzalez-Aguilar, Cassidy Harris, Xan Bayles, Gary Beasley (Lead Instructor), Al Delong (2015 CCCC Laser graduate with LLNL, who conducted the tour), Darin Anderson (2018 CCCC Laser graduate with LLNL), and Seth Kuenzler (2018 CCCC Laser graduate with LLNL), and David Pope (2016 CCCC Laser graduate with LLNL).