Xavier Jones was determined to make it to his middle school graduation. So the eighth grader, without a ride to the ceremony at Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis, asked his brother and a friend to walk with him the six miles to attend — a two-hour journey. Getty Getty Images“I remember something Mr. Seals (his mentor) told me. He said, ‘If I want it, I got to go get it,’” 14-year-old…

These women put a new spin on the notion of “like mother, like daughter” when they both received diplomas with honors from a New Jersey college on Wednesday.And if that weren’t enough, Syrian refugees Stani Habji, 52, and daughter Racha Ahmad, 26, were joined at the commencement ceremony by their family’s long-absent patriarch.Bassam Ahmad finally arrived in the U.S. two weeks ago after staying…

The Chinese military has reportedly developed its own version already.