Virginia Tech Awards Posthumous Ph.D. - VOA Story Video

The university in the southern U.S. state of Virginia where a student killed 27 other students and five faculty members last month held graduation ceremonies last week.

Among the graduates were those students who died in the shooting rampage. Virginia Tech awarded posthumous degrees to 18 undergraduates and five graduate students. A promising young man from Indonesia was among those to receive advanced degrees.

It was a touching moment for the Lumbantoruan family, accepting a posthumous Ph.D. diploma on behalf of their slain son, Partahi Mamora, better known as Mora, who died in the Virginia Tech shooting in April.

It was Mora's intelligence and good manners that left a deep impression on Professor Gutierrez, who plans on creating a web site in honor of his beloved student. "People should not remember the way he died, but the way he lived, the way he tried to improve his life, and I hope that he will remain as a model for many young people who want to study and improve their lives, because it's by studying that you become a better person," said the professor.

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