Randolph Community College Celebrates Students in English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Program

Randolph Community College faculty, staff, students and families helped honor the students in the College’s English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program on Saturday, Aug. 10, in the R. Alton Cox Learning Resources Center auditorium. Of the 92 students who earned awards, approximately 50 students attended the ceremony along with their families and friends.
          
Yacine Kout, director of the ESOL program, said when he started overseeing the program, the College had no formal way of recognizing these students. One student approached him excitedly after seeing a graduation ceremony printed on the calendar, only to be told it was a GED graduation ceremony. Kout established the annual ESOL celebration last year. “We do recognize the challenges you face and your tremendous efforts to get where you are today,” Kout told the assembled students. “Without your determination to better your lives, none of this would be possible.”

For more on this story and a list of students honored, go to http://www.randolph.edu/newevents/2013/2013-08-14a.php.

To see more photos, go to RCC's Facebook page.