PHOTO GALLERY | A total of 50 student-athletes received their degrees at the 120th Commencement Exercises at Virginia Union University at Hovey Field on Saturday, May 11, in Richmond, Va.

The Commencement marked the most student-athletes to graduate since 2015.

Actor and activist Danny Glover delivered the keynote address while Glover, Barbara Radcliffe Grey and Earl F. Miller received honorary degrees.

"I'm inspired by them and their education here, and their moral conviction that they'll make the kind of choices that will contribute to a better world and rescuing humanity and mother earth," said Glover of the graduates.

The afternoon was also marked by the announcement that Dr. Virginia B. Howerton will be making a $2.5 million gift to the University, the largest one-time gift by anyone in the history of VUU.

More than 300 students received their degrees in the largest graduating class in VUU history.