COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WECT) – Southeastern Community College will hold its 48th commencement ceremony on Friday, May 4, at 6:30 p.m. on the college campus.

Approximately 155 students will receive degrees, diplomas or certificates, and 80 students will receive the General Education Development (GED) certificate.

In the event of rain, the ceremony will be held at West Columbus High School.

COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WECT) – Southeastern Community College’s Upstairs Art Gallery features work by professional artists during most of the year, but through May 4, the gallery will highlight pieces created by the College’s talented students.

Pictured (first row, from left) is Wiffie Saunders of Whiteville, Adam Hunt of Chadbourn, Leika McLaurin of Clarkton, Anna Lynch of Whiteville, (second row) Slade Fowler of Whiteville, Erik Reyes of Whiteville, Abigail Noyola of Whiteville, Instructor September Krueger, Ashley Walker of Whiteville, and Javarus Hamer of Chadbourn.

The exhibit also contains works by the following students who were not pictured: Clayton Freeman of Lake Waccamaw, Amanda Gore of Tabor City, Jason Hewett of Hallsboro, LeAnn Hinson of Whiteville, and Shane Hunt of Fairmont.

For more information about the exhibit and the SCC Art Program, call September Krueger at (910) 642-7141, ext. 379 or email skrueger@sccnc.edu.

COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WECT) – Works of art created by three talented Southeastern Community College students and their instructor are part of the North Carolina Community Colleges Art Exhibit on display in Raleigh.

The 203-piece collection representing the creative talents of 56 of the state’s 58 community colleges is on exhibit in the Caswell Building, the home N.C. Community College System Office. A virtual tour of the exhibit is available online at http://www.nccommunitycolleges.edu/pr/ArtExhibit.

“The creative efforts of our colleges are a significant, but perhaps too often overlooked embodiment of our workforce development mission, and they contribute greatly to our North Carolina economy,” said Dr. Scott Ralls, president of the North Carolina Community College System. “Today, creative industries that include arts, entertainment and new media and design contribute over $40 billion to our gross state product, and account for almost 300,000 North Carolina jobs, over five percent of state employment, according to Creativity Means Business, a study conducted by the NC Department of Commerce.

Representing Southeastern in the exhibit is “What is This?” a triptych by Slade Fowler of Whiteville; “Still Life with Watering Can,” an oil painting by Javarus Hamer of Chadbourn; “Everything, and Nothing at All,” an oil painting by Anna Lynch of Whiteville; and “Courier to Soil and Sky,” a silkscreened and wholecloth quilt by Instructor September Krueger.