EUGENE–Twenty-five students will be honored Thursday, June 14, at a ceremony marking their graduation from the High School Equivalency Program (HEP) at the University of Oregon.

The ceremony, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 7 p.m. in the Fir Room of the Erb Memorial Union, 1222 E. 13th Ave., on the UO campus. A reception will follow there.

Federally funded, HEP is an alternative education program for men and women, 16 years and older, who have not completed their high school education but would like to do so. The program, hosted by the university since 1967, gives migrant and seasonal farm worker youths the opportunity to prepare for and take the General Education Development (GED) test.

The spring term 2001 HEP graduates are:

ALBANY–Carlos A. García.

BEAVERTON–Edit M. Salgado.

EUGENE–La Homa M. Bautista, Berenice Cabello, Arturo Hernández, María del Rosario Hernández, César Hidalgo and César M. Mesía.

FOREST GROVE–Juanita E. López.

HERMISTON–Janet V. Durón.

JEFFERSON–Rosa M. Hernández and José L. Pérez.

MADRAS–Petra Felix and Norma A. Núñez.

McMINNVILLE–Leobardo Duarte and José B. López.

PORTLAND–Leonardo F. Ramos and Ignacio Ramos.

SPRINGFIELD–María Concepcion Cruz.

SALINAS, CALIF.–Graciela E. Flores and Nubia N. Martínez.

SANTA CRUZ, CALIF.–Ernesto Fabián.

CHICAGO, ILL.–Gustavo Núñez.

EL PASO, TEXAS–Alejandro Domínguez.

ROYAL CITY, WASH.–Itahí Díaz.

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