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Graduating students gave an arm-pumping shout-out for themselves at Central Carolina Community College's June 19 Adult High School/GED graduation. The North Carolina Community College System recently released statistics from the state's 58 community colleges showing that CCCC graduated 120 Adult High School students in the 2013-14 academic year, a number exceeded only by Central Piedmont Community College, with 158. CCCC serves Chatham, Harnett and Lee counties, which have a combined population of about 252,000, while CPCC serves Mecklenburg County, which has a population of about 991,000. CCCC graduated a total of 521 AHS/GED students in 2013-14, one of only six state community colleges to exceed 500. For more information about the Adult High School/GED programs, visit www.cccc.edu or call a College and Career Readiness Department at one of the campuses. Para mas informacion en espanol: 919-545-8667.