More than 4,000 students received their degrees from the University of Arkansas. Chancellor John White started things with a moment of silence for the victims at Virginia Tech. Then Wal-Mart President and CEO Lee Scott gave the grads some parting advice. "I believe that the level of integrity you have as an individual will ultimately play the greatest role in the successes you have as a human being," Scott told the audience. Many graduates were hoping to start a tradition of college attendance in their family. "I'm the first one in my family to ever have a master's degree, second or third one to have a bachelor's degree...this program only took me one year and five months, and between coaching basketball and working and my 13-year-old son, you got your plate full, but if you keep determined and know what you really want out of life you can get what you want," said Donald Wallace, who earned his master's degree online from the U of A. Some students came to the U of A from the other side of the globe. "I'm very excited and very happy because I'm very far away from my country and I get my masters here and I'm planning to go back, so it's a very different experience for me," said Oksan Kaya, from Turkey. Saturday marked the U of A's 136th commencement ceremony.
