The Continuing Education program at LSC-Tomball will hold its 2nd Annual General Educational Development (GED) Graduation Ceremony on Thursday, May 26 at 5:30 p.m. in the Beckendorf Conference Center.

More than 500 GED candidates are expected to graduate this year. Anyone who has received his or her GED credential at LSC-Tomball between May 2010 and April 2011 is eligible to participate in the ceremony.

The student speaker will be 62-year-old Mike Spengler of Spring, a Marine veteran of the Vietnam War whose career goal is to work with at-risk youth. Married for 33 years, Spengler and his wife Deborah have four children and 15 grandchildren.

The GED exam is offered through the LSC-Tomball Continuing Education department twice a month in English and every two months in Spanish. For more information on the GED program or the GED Graduation Ceremony, call 281-357-3676 or e-mail Marilyn.K.Smith@LoneStar.edu.

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With more than 69,000 students in credit classes for Spring 2011 and a total enrollment of more than 85,000, Lone Star College System is the largest institution of higher education in the Houston area and the fastest-growing community college system in Texas. Dr. Richard Carpenter is the chancellor of LSCS, which consists of five colleges: LSC-CyFair, LSC-Kingwood, LSC-Montgomery, LSC-North Harris and LSC-Tomball; six centers; LSC-University Park; LSC-University Center at Montgomery; LSC-University Center at University Park; Lone Star Corporate College; and LSC-Online. To learn more, visit LoneStar.edu.