Lauren Barham Urey is shown at her home in Chesterfield on Friday, May 6, 2022. Urey and her husband, Matt, survived a volcano eruption while honeymooning in New Zealand. Both suffered severe burns, were in medically induced comas and have endured numerous surgeries in their efforts to regain independence. When the eruption occurred, Lauren was studying for her medical laboratory sciences degree through ODU Online. Despite the immediate shift in priorities, she still was determined to finish her degree and only missed one semester of classes. This Saturday, she’ll walk in commencement at ODU. (Daniel Sangjib Min/Richmond Times-Dispatch via
By Bill Lohmann Richmond Times-Dispatch RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — There was a moment when she and her husband, Matt, were hunkered down behind a boulder…
