ST. JOHNSBURY — Northeast Kingdom native Rebecca Tanner will be presented with her college degree during the Community College of Vermont’s (CCV) commencement today at Norwich University in a field in which she is already an accomplished professional.
Tanner, 26, a Lyndonville native who grew up in a farm family, credits her exposure to college at an early age to the early days of the dual enrollment program offered through CCV at Lyndon Institute, her high school alma mater.
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