PEMBROKE, N.C., May 5 -- The University of North Carolina at Pembroke issued the following news release:
When Ashley and Damian Ransom cross the stage at UNC Pembroke's Spring Commencement
on Saturday, they'll do so not just as graduates, but as husband and wife.
The Fairmont couple are life partners and will soon become partners in one of their
greatest shared accomplishments. Earning their degrees together wasn't always part
of the plan. It simply worked out.
"I started, and he started right after me," Ashley said. "Then it just lined up where
we could graduate at the same time. It worked out."
But behind that timing is a journey defined by perseverance, support and transformation.
Ashley, a business administration major, returned to...