 The long-awaited Samsung Galaxy S8 has arrived at Appalachian Wireless. Get yours for the introductory price of just $149.99 with a two-year service agreement. Better service, bigger savings. That's today's Appalachian Wireless, an East Kentucky network company. Students at the Pikeville Beauty Academy were celebrating today. After opening just one year ago, the academy now has its first graduate that started fresh with zero hours and now completed the training required. And that student is a male. The Whitman Barber School anywhere close to the closest one was Ashland and it was me and my wife having two kids. That kind of made it difficult for me to be able to do that. Matt Hamilton worked in the oil and gas fields for 10 years. After the company he worked for laid off roughly 30 people, Hamilton decided to take his severance money and follow his dreams. Males have a stigma about going to beauty school, but it's basically the same education that you can get at a barber school. I mean, you learn to cut hair. There's only so many ways you can do that. Even though Hamilton learned everything in school, he says he mainly wants to focus on being a barber. My wife was brave enough to let me do her hair, and so I've done some of that stuff, but I mainly want to concentrate on doing me and her. It's mainly, you know, that's where my passion's at, so that's probably what I'll be concentrating on most once I get out and start working. Hamilton has received a lot of support throughout his journey. He was one of our go-to people at the school. Everybody was always having Matt to help with this, do that. Matt will be greatly missed, and I think he's got an excellent career ahead of him. I've had a lot of support from family and friends doing this, you know. Some people probably thought I was crazy leaving the gas field to do this, but, you know, it's something I've always thought about doing anyway, and the timing just worked out right. I couldn't do none of this without God. You know, that's the main thing in my life, and he's number one, and without him none of this would have been possible. Hamilton will officially become a graduate Friday after completing one more hour of training. He says he has many job prospects and is excited for his future. Reporting in Pikeville, I'm Shelby Steele for EKB News.