With a diploma and associates degree already in hand, 16-year-old Tuscaloosa native LeAnna Roberts is preparing to walk across the stage and receive her bachelor's degree from the University of Alabama next weekend.
Parents took to Facebook to express their outrage at Tuscaloosa County High School officials decisions to host graduation ceremony despite storms being forecast all week.
A total of 70 Crimson Tide student-athletes are slated to earn their degrees as part of The University of Alabama’s spring commencement ceremonies this Friday and Saturday.
When graduation day arrives, college students usually want to fast-forward the ceremony to the moment they walk across the stage and receive that long-awaited diploma. Rarely will you remember which politician or scholar spoke at your graduation, but occasionally someone comes along that connects with the 20-somethings in the audience...