More than 6,000 undergraduates and 2,200 graduate students were awarded degrees this year. The oldest undergraduate is 69 and the youngest is 19. There are also 26 sets of twins and 56 military veterans.
Oliver Stone has told graduates Sunday of his academic failures that led him to drop out of school for a while before starting fresh at a new university and ultimately launching a successful film career.
Stone gave the graduate school commencement address Saturday at UConn's main campus in Storrs. The Oscar-winning director of "Platoon" and "'JFK" also received an honorary doctorate.
He told graduates he flunked out of Yale, where former President George W. Bush was a classmate. After joining the Army and serving in the Vietnam War, he said a filmmaker friend suggested he go to film school. He did, earning a degree from New York University.
He encouraged graduates to not be too down on themselves if things don't go their way early on.
Charles Osgood, the host of “CBS Sunday Morning,” will speak Monday at the commencement of the schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine and receive an honorary doctorate of humane letters.