^{The Class of 2012 waved red towels and saluted the red, white and blue as three undergraduate ceremonies of Western Kentucky University’s 171st Commencement concluded Saturday evening with the commissioning of 19 Army ROTC cadets. The Hilltopper Battalion class is the largest to be commissioned this year in the five-state brigade (Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio) headquartered at Fort Knox and among the top 10 in the nation for May graduates. In the graduate and undergraduate ceremonies Friday and Saturday, WKU awarded degrees and certificates to about 2,130 spring graduates. Including our very own Kayla Dowdy. We congraluate her and all graduates. Approximately 500 additional students are expected to complete their degrees this summer.}