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• May 12: Family members of slain Virginia Tech student Jarrett Lee Lane, Jarrett's mother, Tracey Lane, left, his brother-in-law Dan Ferrell, center, and his sister Alisha Ferrell, right, sit together in the stands after accepting a posthumous degree for Jarrett during an undergraduate College of Engineering graduation ceremony at Virginia Tech at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Va.
• May 12: The sister of slain Virginia Tech student Jarrett Lee Lane, Alisha Ferrell, left, is escorted to the stage to accept posthumous degree for her brother during an undergraduate College of Engineering graduation ceremony at Virginia Tech at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Va.
• May 12: The wife of slain Virginia Tech professor G.V. Loganathan is escorted to the stage to accept a plaque of recognition for her husband during an undergraduate College of Engineering graduation ceremony at Virginia Tech at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Va.
• May 11: Undergraduates stand to be recognized during their graduation ceremony at Virginia Tech in Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Va.
• May 11: A family member of a slain Virginia Tech student looks at a ring that was presented to him during undergraduate graduation ceremonies at Lane Stadium on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va.
• May 11: Alisha, center right, and Dan Ferrell, the brother-in-law and sister of slain Virginia Tech undergraduate, Jarrett Lee Lane, look up in the stands during graduation ceremonies at Lane Stadium on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va.
• May 11: Family members of slain Virginia Tech students sit together after being given a class ring by Virginia Tech President Charles Steger.
• May 11: Family members of a slain Virginia Tech student are greeted by Virginia Tech President Charles Steger as he gives them a class ring during an undergraduate graduation ceremony.
• A mother and daughter hold each other at the memorial for the slain students in front of Burruss Hall on the Virginia Tech Drillfield in Blacksburg, Va.
• Flags, one for each of the 32 people killed, are raised to half-mast outside the Blacksburg Baptist Church in Blacksburg, Va.
• May 11: Paige Borel, center, is hugged by her grandmother Audrey Conner as her sister Brynne Borel stands in the background at the memorial for the slain students at Virginia Tech's graduation.
• May 11: Graduate student Wirot Juwanuwong has his photograph taken in his graduation gown at the memorial for the slain students at Virginia Tech.
• May 11: A photo of Jeremy Michael Herbstritt is part of a memorial set up in the lobby of Patton Hall for some the slain students on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Va., on graduation day.
• May 11: People file past the memorial for the slain students in front of Burruss Hall on the Virginia Tech Drillfield in Blacksburg, Va., on graduation day.
• May 11: Retired U.S. Army Gen. John Philip Abizaid, former Commander of the United States Central Command, was the 2007 Virginia Tech commencement address speaker.