EUGENE–Twenty-six students will be honored Thursday, March 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 winter term 2000 HEP graduates are:

CORVALLIS–Ana L. Mendoza and Dulce J. Roblero.

CULVER–Alejandro Renteria.

EUGENE–Ricardo Gómez, Juan C. Nuñez, Daniel A. Pineda and Miguel A. Ruiz Rubio.

McMINNVILLE–Carlene Hawk.

NEWBERG–Pablo Alvarez.

NEWPORT–Liliana Muñoz.

PHOENIX–Amanda L. Verduzco.

SALEM–Nicolás Pérez.

SPRINGFIELD–Ninfa Besemann, Julián Delgado, Marielena González and Emerio Rivera.

HURON, CALIF.–Rosendo Lázaro.

SALINAS, CALIF.–Adrián De La Torre, Luz Elena García, Francisco J. Garcia, Rocío García, Raul A. Hernández, Luis A. Medrano, Nadia I. Ramos and Felix Reyes.

WATSONVILLE, CALIF.–Claudia Robledo.

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