and sweat into this community. building homes, helping the elderly and the military and even helping out during the snow. you all keep it up. maybe i ll see you here in may. reporter: nine months later, the challenge was met. you reached out you have volunteered and applied to organizations like teach for america in record numbers. reporter: she s asking the graduating class to continue volunteering. you didn t think i d show up here without another challenge, did you? reporter: one is taking it to heart, putting off her goal to one day become a pr exec for now. do you have a job yet? no, i don t have a job yet. a lot of people including myself have taken the whole service thing to heart. maybe go abroad in the fall. you also immersed yourself in the community. becoming active and engaged citizens. reporter: by the way, the 5,000 graduates not only met the 100,000 hour goal set by the first lady in september, but they exceeded it by 63,980 hours. the fir
endorse it in those terms. yeah. well, at least she is back home safe and sound on terra firma. absolutely. thank you so much. oh, thank you. well, talk about a golden graduate. a california woman just graduated from college at the age of 94. hazel suarez received her bachelors in art history yesterday and hopes to work as a docent at a local museum. huge congrats to you. imagine being at thirty thousand feet with a plane full of kids.
have given it word of mouth, yeah. i was on the fence. my dad said, let s go see it. i walked out pleasantly surprised. i loved it. good. i m hear to say were you surprised by it. maybe people will go. thank you so much. my pleasure. a california woman just graduated from college at the age of 94. hazel suarez received her degree in art history from mills college in oakland. she works as a docent at a local museum.
rainshowers not too far away. a couple of lonely sprinkles out there. the rain will hold off until late tonight. nonetheless, not much of it out there most of the day will be dry. a couple of sprinkles this morning. i ll show you that and the radar. 60 in clinton, maryland. 64 downtown. 57 in damascus, maryland. a check of radar. very little rain. light sprinkles in most locations mainly down to the south, triangle and dale city and a few lonely sprinkles to the blueridge. other than a brief little spit at you first thing this morning. most will be dry. and andrews air force base, open from 8:00 to 5:00 today. cloud deck has lowered a little bit since yesterday. but still a fun day to be out there. tomorrow, a little rain. and a little bit more after that. the seven-day coming up. george washington university s commencement is set for today and it will be a special one in more ways than one. the ceremony will take police on the national mall and feature the first lady. she
aren t absorbed properly unless taken with food. he recommended citracal. it s different it s calcium citrate, so it can be absorbed with or without food. also available in small, easy-to-swallow petites. citracal. right now on msnbc sunday, the gulf oil spill. it is still gushing at this hour. new word today on trying to assess the scope of the damage. a live report ahead. atlantis docking. the space shuttle hooks up with the space station in a matter of hours to drop off some critical cargo. no triple threat. lookin at lucky dashes to victory but dashes the hopes for a triple crown for one more year. good morning, everyone. i m alex witt. welcome to msnbc sunday. right now here on msnbc, the gulf oil spill which is gushing at this hour. the new word today on trying to assess the scope of the damage. a live report ahead. also the atlantis docking. the shuttle will hook up with the space station dropping off critical cargo. mark potter is live in venice, louisi