EUGENE–Twenty-three students will be honored Thursday, Dec. 9, at a ceremony marking their graduation from the High School Equivalency Program (HEP) at the University of Oregon.

The 7 p.m. ceremony, free and open to the public, will be held in the Fir Room of the Erb Memorial Union, 1222 E. 13th Ave. on the UO campus. A reception will follow in the same location.

More than 3,000 migrant and seasonal farm worker youths have completed the federally funded program and received a Graduate Equivalency Diploma (GED) since the program was established in 1968.

The fall term 1999 HEP graduates are:

ALBANY–Consuelo Santiago.

CORVALLIS–Juan Genaro.

CRESWELL–Araceli Gonzáles.

EUGENE–Luis Castro, Jorge Corcuera, Jorge de La O, Candelaria Geer, Yara Ramos and Karla Santillán.

FAIRVIEW–Madonna Velásquez.

MADRAS–Corinne Sosa.

McMINNVILLE–Leonardo Espinoza.

MEDFORD–Benjamin Velez.

PORTLAND–Jorge Luna.

SPRINGFIELD–Sedonia Martínez.

WARM SPRINGS–Rudy Paul Jr.

HEALDSBURG, CALIF.–Juan Rodríguez.

SALINAS, CALIF.–Lucía Belman, Ydalia Jiménez, Araceli Márquez, Luz Serna, Yasmin Vargas and Alfredo Zapien.

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