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North Iowa Area Community College recognized 94 individuals during the annual General Education Diploma (GED) graduation ceremony held May 27 at the North Iowa Community Auditorium on the NIACC campus. 

These graduates have successfully completed the GED battery of tests and obtained their high school equivalency diploma from the Iowa Department of Public Instruction.  Over the past 20 years, nearly 2,600 individuals have passed the GED tests through North Iowa Area Community College.

The NIACC Foundation also recognized the graduates and provided scholarships to 22 graduates.  Two graduates received full tuition scholarships for the 2009-2010 academic year and 20 graduates received a $250 scholarship.  These scholarships were made possible through donations given to the NIACC Foundation.

Following is a partial list of the graduates by their hometowns:
Alta Vista:  David Haeflinger,
Ames:  Matthew Hunter
Aredale:  John W. Martin
Britt: Morgan Amburgey, Crystal Brown
Charles City:  Ashley Evans, Michael Fingalsen, Roy Foster, Shaun Jordan, Paul Larson, Jennifer Mandt, Kortnie Martin, Kenin Neve, Jasmine Walker, Jackie Walsh
Clear Lake:  Melissa Cmelik, Gregory Monahan, Craig Ruppelt
Forest City:  Matt Hahn, Andrew Heyer
Garner:  Kevin Becker, April Creviston
Goodell:  Annette Pralle
Hampton:  Kasey Witcraft
Joice:  Carissa Lange
Klemme:  Margaret O’Hara
Leland: Paula Petro
Little Cedar:  James Henderson
Manly: Rhonda Brigance, Colter Carlson, Jeffrey Francis,
Mason City: Jennifer Barlow, Treeva Berube, Robert Brandt, Brady Cline, Korey Cobb, Carolyn Eliason, Holly Gordon, Connie Greenan, Nicholas Haag, Melinda Hoffman, Taylor Hunn, Teresa Krumm, Abdul Lotiff, Angel Mahaney, Aubrey Nelson, Jordan Pohlman, Justin Scott, Kendra Sporing, Jennifer Thomas, Mark Weeden, Shaylea Westendorf
Nashua: Joyce Peyton
Nora Springs:  Parker Boyd, Shane Reynolds
Northwood:  Jessica Freerksen, Gerad Kuhlman, Cody Madden, Kyle Stucky
Osage:  Troy Lewis, Kelli Sheldon
Rockford:  Rebecca Bushman
Rockwell:  Gregory Johnson
Danville, IL:  Darryl Ivery

NIACC offers classes for Adult Basic Education (ABE), General Education Development (GED) and English as a Second Language (ESL).  Classes are offered in communities located throughout the NIACC nine-county service area and on the NIACC campus.  For more information about these programs, call 641-422-4362 or visit the website at www.niacc.edu/learningsupport/abe.html.

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