Top:Manalapan's ToniMusto and BrittneyAustin, of Ewing, share an umbrella as they get ready to walk in the 2008 Monmouth University commencement exercise at the PNC Arts Center in Holmdel May 20. Above: A graduate of Monmouth University in West Long Branch writes a message on her cap.

PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff CHRIS KELLY staff Lauren Prosser, a graduate of Shore Regional High School, receives her college diploma at the Monmouth University commencement.