HAMPTON, Va. — Hampton University held its 82nd annual opening convocation Sunday morning, marking a decades-long tradition that brings together students, families and alumni for the formal opening of the school year.

The ceremony was particularly meaningful for Summer Lewis, a senior who will graduate in May with a five-year master's degree, and her mother Rhonda Lewis.

"To be back here as a student is incredible and just watching her do something that I wasn't able to do 40 years ago, is just overwhelmingly emotional," Rhonda Lewis said.

Rhonda attended Hampton from 1982 to 1984 but didn't finish her degree.

"And actually…her coming to school and being here has really inspired me. It inspired me to go back to school," Rhonda Lewis said.

Rhonda is persuing her Bachelor's Degree onlin

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