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Lee graduates Brittany Bradford (left) and sister Kaitlyn Patterson, both of Sanford, are all smiles after receiving Nurse Aide I certificates at the Dec. 13 Continuing Education Medical Programs graduation exercises at Central Carolina Community College. Looking on is Patterson's daughter, Faith. Bradford has already been accepted to the college's nursing program. Patterson plans to continue her education to become a practical nurse. The graduation was the largest Con Ed Medical Programs graduation the college has ever had, with more than 200 students and approximately 1,100 friends and family filling the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center's main hall.

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Lee graduates Annette Keyser, of Lee County, was one of the speakers at Central Carolina Community College's Continuing Education Medical Programs Graduation Dec. 13 at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. Keyser received her Patient Care Technician certificate. The graduation was the largest Con Ed Medical Programs graduation the college has ever had, with more than 200 students and approximately 1,100 friends and family filling the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center's main hall.

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Harnett graduates Jasmine Thomas (right), of Lillington, gets a congratulatory hug from her sister, Dominique Trammell, following the Continuing Education Medical Programs graduation exercises Dec. 13 at Central Carolina Community College. Thomas received her Nurse Aide I certificate and plans to continue her education in the healthcare field. The graduation was the largest Con Ed Medical Programs graduation the college has ever had, with more than 200 students and approximately 1,100 friends and family filling the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center's main hall.

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Kathryn Melvin (left), of Harnett County, receives her Nurse Aide I Certificate from Central Carolina Community College President Bud Marchant during the college's Continuing Education Medical Programs Graduation Dec. 13 at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. Melvin was one the student speakers at the event. She told of the downward spiral she had experienced earlier in her life through drugs and alcohol and encouraged the graduating students to stay on the right path. The graduation was the largest Con Ed Medical Programs graduation the college has ever had, with more than 200 students and approximately 1,100 friends and family filling the Civic Center's main hall.

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Chatham graduate LaFayette Williams, of Chatham County, receives his Phlebotomy Certificate from Central Carolina Community College President Bud Marchant during the college's Continuing Education Medical Programs Graduation Dec. 13 at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. The graduation was the largest Con Ed Medical Programs graduation the college has ever had, with more than 200 students and approximately 1,100 friends and family filling the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center's main hall.