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Briefs: Over 530 Eligible To Graduate

Bedwell started taking classes at NIC four years ago with help through the Center for New Directions, which helps non-traditional college students enroll in college services. She had dropped out of high school when she was married at 16, but later earned a GED in 1979. But it wasn’t until the 1990s that she began to feel a true calling to complete her education, she said. After remarrying, she and her husband Clifford Bedwell opened their own logging company. Bedwell Logging was thriving until Clifford was in a logging accident in 1994 that rendered him disabled and forced the couple to shut down the company/ Stacy Hudson , NIC Press Room. More here .

Question: Did a community (or junior) college play an important role in your secondary education?

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