BBCC’s final TRIO students prepare to move on
Big Bend Community College TRIO students process in for a graduation ceremony Tuesday evening. This class will be the last to graduate from the program in the foreseeable future; the program’s funding has been canceled.
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Kallie Kooistra hugs her advisor Astrid Chen at the TRIO program’s final graduation ceremony Tuesday.
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Hereli Mendez receives her TRIO certificate from program director Veronica Guadarrama Tuesday.
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Jessica Huntley talks about what TRIO has meant to her at the program’s final graduation ceremony Tuesday.
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Big Bend Community College President Sara Thompson Tweedy speaks passionately about TRIO at the program’s graduation ceremony Tuesday.
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Graduating TRIO student Leslie Pineda thanks God, her parents and her TRIO advisors in both English and Spanish for their support in her educational success.
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The 77 graduates of Big Bend Community College’s TRIO program take one last photo together Tuesday night.
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"There were a lot of colleges that were impacted by this injustice – let’s call it what it is – and three of us stood up. Three. And I am proud of that.” — BBCC President Sara Thompson Tweedy
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