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Lawson State Community College receives a $7,000 donation from HBCU Cares to enhance Career and Transfer Services, connecting students with business and industry opportunities.

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Lawson State Community College President Dr. Cynthia T. Anthony is proud to announce that 393 students earned a place on the college's Fall 2025 Honor Roll, recognizing outstanding academic achievement.

Lawson State Community College donated nearly 70 coats for military families through the annual Soldier Tree drive, marking 11 years of partnership with HomeFront Housing for the Green and Blue Organization.

Lawson State Community College recently received a working ambulance from a North Carolina fire department to provide hands-on training for EMS students in a realistic pr ehospital environment.

Lawson State Community College celebrated its Fall Commencement 2025, honoring 160 graduates as they stepped into the next chapter of their lives. President Dr. Cynthia T. Anthony encouraged students to embrace boldness and possibility, reminding them that their degrees mark a beginning-not an end. The ceremony also featured an inspiring message from student speaker Belline Semanyo, whose journey from GED to a 4.0 graduate embodied the theme: “No excuses.”

Cathy Pon turned challenges into opportunities through Lawson State’s Cosmetology program. From overcoming financial setbacks to planning a future salon, her inspiring journey includes learning alongside her daughter Savannah.

Discover how Lawson State is shaping graduate Daniel Burrell's path to leadership and entrepreneurship. From balancing school, work, and military service to preparing for Army ROTC at Alabama A&M, his story is at the intersection of discipline and consistency.

A chance meeting in a hospital ER put Abigail Smith on the path to earning a degree and learning life lessons she’ll keep forever. The Lawson State art major landed at the college after her dad, a nurse, struck up a random conversation with an art professor at a Birmingham hospital. The rest is history.

Togo native Belline Semanyo had a goal and found a way to reach it at Lawson State. She moved from West Africa to Birmingham, learned English, enrolled in a GED program at Lawson, and upon completion, immediately started her degree studies in nursing.