Four friends pose for a photo Friday night before fall graduation at East Mississippi Community College’s Scooba campus, from left, Lane Sessums of Collinsville, Jomon Davis of Collinsville, Roshard Simmons of DeKalb and Reed Scarbrough of Meridian.

    East Mississippi Community College held 2014 fall graduation ceremonies Dec. 12 at its Scooba and Golden Triangle campuses. The ceremonies included students who graduated during the summer and fall semesters at the Scooba, Golden Triangle, Columbus Air Force Base, Naval Air Station Meridian, Lion Hills and online/eLearning campuses.

     “These men and women, young and old and from every conceivable background, have proven themselves ready to take the next step in their personal growth. Whether that’s continuing their education at another institution, entering the workforce or both,” said EMCC President Dr. Rick Young.

    “We look forward to these commencement ceremonies as a celebration of our students’ accomplishments and their potential to impact their communities with the knowledge and skills they’ve gained at EMCC.”

    This is the first year the Scooba campus has held a fall commencement ceremony.

    Overall, more than 270 students earned associate’s degrees or vocational certificates in academic and career-technical areas. They are listed below by county and hometown.

CLARKE

Enterprise: Nicholas Thrash

Quitman: Christian Berry

JONES

Laurel: Defond Bester, Allen Sentimore

KEMPER

Daleville: Isaac Johnson

DeKalb: Kirsten Benoman, Jamon Davis, Tiffany Goins, William Hall, Kristy McCoy, Kirbi McIntosh, Terineshia Prince, Roshard Simmons

Porterville: Cordesha Anderson, Tybrisha Clayton, Jatesha Gibbs

Preston: Helena McClendon, Justin Sanderford

Scooba: Sharnessia Dale, ShaQuisha Mosley, Quynndarious Pettus, Tagina Rencher, Megan Reynolds, Myesha Terrell

LAUDERDALE

Collinsville: Darwin Sessums

Daleville: Clint Brown

Lauderdale: Kelly Silliman, Quadacia Walker

Marion: Shekinah Christian

Meridian: Jodi Ahner, RaVondra Betts, Tyrone Johnson, Jetsen Scarbrough, JaQarius Scott, Walter Taylor, Samuel Williams

Toomsuba: Brittany Parnell

NESHOBA

Philadelphia: Mary Burns, Jermeka Hathorn, Norman Samuel III