A record number of degrees will be given out at Western Kentucky University this weekend.

In this week's View From The Hill, we learn more about a top scholar who has definitely made the most of her time at WKU.

Emily Turner of Greenville is this year's Ogden Foundation Scholar, and will deliver a speech at Sunday's 5 o'clock commencement ceremony.

She says her goal for the future is to give back to the university that has given her so much.

Emily Turner is relishing her final days on WKU's campus.

She remembers the WKU recruitment event she attended while in high school that convinced her to become a Hilltopper.

Dean Kahler, the Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management, was at that event and was immediately impressed.

Since that early commitment to Western, Emily has gone on to all sorts of opportunities as a Spirit Master and a member of the Honors College.

In 2006, Emily spent two weeks studying the Holocaust in Poland and Israel - it's these types of opportunities that make her passionate about WKU.

Emily is humbled by her selection as the Ogden Foundation Scholar, the top academic honor presented to one graduating senior.

She's even more humbled by the personal connection she's felt at Western since day one.

Emily plans to begin dental school at U.K. this fall.

Nearly two thousand people will graduate this weekend, for a complete list of commencement festivities, log onto www.wku.edu.