Lance Shepherd, a resident of Wells County, was this week named the winner of the second annual Adult Education Essay Contest. The award was presented to Shepherd during the Indiana Association for Adult and Continuing Education’s Adult Education Day in Indianapolis.
Shepherd is an adult learning with the Lieracy Alliance, which is based in Fort Wayne. Shepherd’s essay was titled “Project Graduate — HSE Program.” The contest’s theme was “How will adult education help me reach the next level?”
According to a press release from State Sen. Travis Holdman, R-Markle, Project Graduate is a free adult education program through the Literacy Alliance that helps adult students earn their high school equivalency diploma.
Shepherd’s essay was read at Wednesday’s IAACE ceremony, which was held in the second floor north atrium of the Statehouse.
“It was a pleasure to have met Mr. Shepherd and directly congratulate him on his achievement,” Holdman said. “It is a very honorable decision to go back and achieve your high school equivalency education as an adult, and I applaud his efforts and the efforts of The Literacy Alliance to help him achieve his goal.”
