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Students graduate from Summer Scholars Institute
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Barbara Harkins hugs Eleni Vincent after announcing her third-place student essay award Wednesday during the Gainesville State College’s Summer Scholars Institute graduation at the Gainesville State College Continuing Education Building in Oakwood. - photo by Scott Rogers | The Times
Corey Roberts admits that sometimes it seemed like taking classes over summer break for the last three years wasn’t worth the effort.“In the summer, everybody else is doing other things like going to the mall and hanging with their friends,” Roberts said. “And I’m at school for eight hours, and I’m not doing anything. I’m just learning.”But after graduating Wednesday morning from Gainesville State College’s Summer Scholars Institute, Roberts, a rising 10th-grader at Johnson High School, said she realized her time was better spent in class.“At first it seemed like it wasn’t worth it, but it is.