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Illinois Valley Community College honors 33 adult education graduates · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Illinois Valley Community College honors thirty three adult education graduates.
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  Speaker 1: Written by Kate Santalon. This article is being read by
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  Speaker 1: Community College recently recognized the accomplishments of thirty three students
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  Speaker 1: at its annual Adult Education Recognition event on Wednesday, May twentieth.
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  Speaker 1: Integrated Career and Academic Preparation System ICAPS Completer Anna Jones,
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  Speaker 1: Illinois High School Diploma Graduate Cairenes and Diploma and ICAPS
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  Speaker 1: Completer Blair Stupefort shared struggles and triumphs. Jones studied to
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  Speaker 1: improve her English proficiency and move to a career bridge program.
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  Speaker 1: A pregnancy forced her to drop out of the Certified
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  Speaker 1: Nursing Assistant program, but her family encouraged her to try again.
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  Speaker 1: With her husband and mother in law helping with childcare,
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  Speaker 1: Jones completed her CNA stains and moved on to study nursing.
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  Speaker 1: I was afraid to take the bridge course, but I
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  Speaker 1: did it. The adult education team helped me in my
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  Speaker 1: difficult moments, encouraging me to do my best and reminding
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  Speaker 1: me how wonderful I am doing now here. I am
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  Speaker 1: taking classes because I want to be a nurse or
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  Speaker 1: maybe a nurse practitioner. This would never be possible without
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  Speaker 1: my family or IVCC, Jones said in a news release.
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  Speaker 1: Personal struggles might have destined Rens to a lifetime of unskilled,
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  Speaker 1: minimum wage employment until IVCC completely changed the trajectory of
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  Speaker 1: my life. Graduating with my GED and enrolling in classes
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  Speaker 1: has improved my mental health, given me a second chance
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  Speaker 1: on my education and an opportunity for a bright and
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  Speaker 1: successful future. Rens also said in the news release. After
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  Speaker 1: efforts to earn a GED online were derailed, the college
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  Speaker 1: provided Rens with tools to succeed, and adult education staff
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  Speaker 1: and instructors supplied the confidence to begin and follow through
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  Speaker 1: Reren's is aging in computer science courses to pursue a
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  Speaker 1: software development or computer programming career, encouraged by instructors and coordinators.
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  Speaker 1: Stupfort's college career exceeded his expectations. He earned tuition savings
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  Speaker 1: on his first truck driver training class and earned a
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  Speaker 1: high school diploma. That was a great start. I got
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  Speaker 1: some real world experience driving, then decided I wanted to
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  Speaker 1: come back for agriculture and welding. Coming to IVCC allows
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  Speaker 1: me to stay home and help on the family farm
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  Speaker 1: and grow my trucking business instead of going to a
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  Speaker 1: college hours away. Illinois Valley Community College President Tracy Morris
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  Speaker 1: recognized graduates and handed bout diplomas with college Board of
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  Speaker 1: Trustees members. The graduates names were announced by LaSalle Marshall
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  Speaker 1: Putnam County Regional Office of Education Assistant Superintendent Ryan Myers.
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  Speaker 1: The college also had graduates received scholarships to continue their education.
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  Speaker 1: The recipients include ky Renz, Bentley del Hotel, Dylan Berry,
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  Speaker 1: Brooklyn Carter, Anthony Lozano, and Amanda Smith. The Illinois Valley
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  Speaker 1: Community College graduates and complets include Illinois High School Diploma
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  Speaker 1: recipients Dylan Barry, Caleb Blickensderfer, Elijah Blickensderfer, Caleb W. Bodie,
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  Speaker 1: Joseph D. Bowles, Eliza A. Brown, Brooklyn, and Carter Braden
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  Speaker 1: em Craft, Samantha Quevas, Bentley Delhotel, Joseph Harlan, Crystal Holiday,
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  Speaker 1: Tiffany Johnson, Marrable, Lopez Morales, Anthony R. Lozano, Anthony McKinney,
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  Speaker 1: Angelo G. Quintana, Pedro R. Roberts Junior, Jeremiah Rodriguez, Hailey Sharp,
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  Speaker 1: Amanda Smith, Guinevere A Vincent and Tessa Walker. I caap's
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  Speaker 1: completers Samantha Quevas, Anthony Lozano and Anna M. Jones Bridge
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  Speaker 1: completers Fabian Escobado, Denise Espinoza Rodriguez, Tysa m Lanen, Akiko Ocada,
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  Speaker 1: Mariel Ramala Faria, and Marcruz Soria. For more information, called
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  Speaker 1: five are visit ivcc dot edu slash adult