Virginia Tech To Hold Graduation Ceremonies Today

(Blacksburg, VA) -- Less than one month after a gunman cut short the lives of 32 people on the campus of Virginia Tech, the university will hold its graduation ceremony tonight. Images of the those killed will be shown on a large screen and family members of the victims will receive class rings. A total of 35-hundred students are getting bachelor's degrees, while eleven-hundred will get their graduate degrees. The keynote speaker at today's ceremony is General John Abizaid, the former commander of the U.S. Central Command.