Co-Lin Natchez Campus graduates 173 students Friday
Published 12:01 am Saturday, May 12, 2018
Students participate in the Copiah-Lincoln Community College, Natchez Campus graduation ceremony held Friday night at the Natchez Convention Center where 173 students graduated to the thunderous applause of family, friends and loved ones. (Nancy McFarland | Copiah Lincoln Community College, Natchez Campus)
Students get ready to participate in the Copiah-Lincoln Community College, Natchez Campus graduation ceremony held Friday night at the Natchez Convention Center. (Nancy McFarland | Copiah Lincoln Community College, Natchez Campus)
Students prepare to parcipate in the Copiah-Lincoln Community College, Natchez Campus graduation ceremony held Friday night at the Natchez Convention Center where 173 students graduated. (Nancy McFarland | Copiah Lincoln Community College, Natchez Campus)
Students participate in the Copiah-Lincoln Community College, Natchez Campus graduation ceremony held Friday night at the Natchez Convention Center where 173 students graduated to the thunderous applause of family, friends and loved ones. (Nancy McFarland | Copiah Lincoln Community College, Natchez Campus)
Students participate in the Copiah-Lincoln Community College, Natchez Campus graduation ceremony held Friday night at the Natchez Convention Center where 173 students graduated to the thunderous applause of family, friends and loved ones. (Nancy McFarland | Copiah Lincoln Community College, Natchez Campus)
Students participate in the Copiah-Lincoln Community College, Natchez Campus graduation ceremony held Friday night at the Natchez Convention Center where 173 students graduated to the thunderous applause of family, friends and loved ones. (Nancy McFarland | Copiah Lincoln Community College, Natchez Campus)
Students participate in the Copiah-Lincoln Community College, Natchez Campus graduation ceremony held Friday night at the Natchez Convention Center where 173 students graduated to the thunderous applause of family, friends and loved ones. (Nancy McFarland | Copiah Lincoln Community College, Natchez Campus)
D'asia Campbell who graduated in Business holds her 3 month-old son, Korbin Atkins Friday after the Copiah- Lincoln Community College graduation Friday in Natchez. Campbell said it was a challenge but she decided to keep going. "I just thought about moving forward, opening up my own business," she said, "and I thought about the future of my son and that pushed me to stay." (Nicole Hester, The Natchez Democrat)
Sisters, Destinee' Campbell and D'asia Campbell stand together on the bluff after the Copiah-Lincoln Community College graduation Friday in Natchez. (Nicole Hester, The Natchez Democrat)
NATCHEZ — Despite instructions to hold applause, the crowd of family and friends at the Natchez campus of Copiah-Lincoln Community College’s graduation roared and cheered as graduates crossed the stage Friday.
Almost every one of the 173 names called was met with raucous applause from the more than 300 supporters gathered in the Natchez Convention Center.
“This is the moment we’ve been waiting for for two years,” said, Candice Tetlow, the Hall of Fame graduate who gave the commencement address. “Wherever your journey leads you, remember this moment and the success you feel… Remember you have a cheering squad here for you.”
When the last name was called and the students turned their tassels — marking them officially as graduates — the appreciative crowd gave one last cheer.
Out in the crowd sat a group of approximately a dozen family members in all white shirts that congratulated Javontrics Murphy.
“We’re all just proud of him,” Chambers’ father Troy Chambliss said.
For approximately a dozen students, the diploma from Co-Lin was not the only one they would receive.
Natchez Early College Academy graduated its second class of students Friday, meaning the NECA students who received associates degrees last night will also receive their high school diplomas on May 25.
Ronnie E. Nettles, president of Copiah-Lincoln Community College, shook each of the students’ hands as he handed them their diploma.
“You should all be very proud of yourselves,” Nettles said. “This accomplishment reflects positively on you, your family, your community and your state.”
Editor’s note: This story has been updates to correctly spell Javontrics Murphy’s name.
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