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Central Carolina Community College honored its first six graduates of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Carolina Student Transfer Excellence Program (C-STEP) May 10 at a local restaurant. The C-STEP program enables more talented low- to moderate-income students from selected community colleges to transfer to and graduate from the university. CCCC's 2012 C-STEP graduates are: (front) Joseph Bozik, of Wake County; and (back, from left) Jessica Cooper, of Lee County; and Ashley Perry, Tannaz Mohammadi-Gharaghani, Steven Richard, and Tracy McInturff, all of Chatham County. All will start at UNC-CH either for the summer or fall semester.

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Central Carolina Community College honored its first six graduates of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Carolina Student Transfer Excellence Program (C-STEP) May 10 at a local restaurant. The C-STEP program enables more talented low- to moderate-income students from selected community colleges to transfer to and graduate from the university. Pictured are (seated, from left) are Mark Hall, CCCC Humanities lead instructor and the college's C-STEP advisor; graduate Joseph Bozik, of Wake County; and (back, from left) graduates Jessica Cooper, of Lee County; and Ashley Perry, Tannaz Mohammadi-Gharaghani, Steven Richard and Tracy McInturff, all of Chatham County.