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CCC-Hastings to Host Winter Commencement
December 9, 2024
The Fourth Annual Winter Commencement will be held at 2 p.m. on Dec. 13 in the Dawson Gym at Central Community College-Hastings.
The keynote speaker will be Denise Kracl, county court judge in the 11-county Fifth Judicial District. She handles juvenile court, probate cases, protection orders, initial bond setting for fresh arrests, adoptions, search warrants, and traffic offenses.
Kracl earned an associate degree in education from CCC-Columbus in 1993 and went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in secondary education from Wayne State College and a juris doctorate degree from the University of South Dakota School of Law.
Her experience as an attorney has spanned both the private and public sectors. She first worked at the all-female law firm of Knoepfle and Kracl but later transitioned to deputy county attorney in Colfax and Butler counties and then to Colfax County attorney.
Spectrum, the select choir from the Columbus Campus, will perform the national anthem and two other selections, "Intro (It's You)" and "Beautiful Nebraska." CCC President Dr. Matt Gotschall and all three campus presidents will offer remarks.