*Twenty-five years after bouncing from Syracuse University with her Miss America crown in tow, Vanessa Williams will finally receive her bachelor of fine arts degree during graduation exercises Saturday.

      The 45-year-old star of ABC's "Ugly Betty" will also deliver the convocation address to graduates of Syracuse's College of Visual and Performing Arts, according to the Associated Press.

       The actress-singer attended Syracuse's drama department as a musical theater major from 1981-1983. She left after making history in 1983 by becoming the first black Miss America. But she turned in her crown in July 1984 after Penthouse magazine published nude, sexually explicit photographs of her taken several years earlier.      

       The entertainer went on to sell more than 4 million albums, star on Broadway and appear in dozens of television shows and films. She has won a Tony, received two NAACP Image Awards and nine Grammy nominations.       

       She earned the remaining credits for her degree through industry experience and performances on stage and screen.