Newly-graduated master's-degree students take their turn in the spotlight during the Graduate School commencement ceremony, held in the Bryce Jordan Center on Sunday, May 17. Doctoral degrees were presented in addition to master's degrees during the event.

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Year Taken: 2009

Doctoral candidates stand and listen as Penn State President Graham B. Spanier addresses the assembled graduating members of the Graduate School during their commencement ceremony in the Bryce Jordan Center on Sunday, May 17.

Photo Credit: Andy Colwell

Year Taken: 2009

Master's degree graduates receive their diploma materials following their part of the Graduate School commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 17, in the Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State's University Park campus.

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Year Taken: 2009

Geoscience doctoral student Douglas Edmonds, right, receives some help with his robes from his escorting professor Rudy Slingerland, left, as the pair wait to ascend the stage for the granting of Edmond's degree, one of many awarded during the Graduate School commencement ceremony held on Sunday, May 17 in the Bryce Jordan Center.

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Doctoral students await their turn to cross the stage to receive their diplomas during the Graduate School commencement ceremony, held in the Bryce Jordan Center on Sunday, May 17.

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Year Taken: 2009

The family of doctoral student Jun Yon, upper left, gets rewarded by a smile as he sees them while waiting to pass across the stage to receive his diploma during the Graduate School commencement ceremony held in the Bryce Jordan Center on Sunday, May 17.

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Year Taken: 2009

Bill Cacciotti takes a picture of his sister, doctoral student Susan Ruth Cacciotti Sherburne, as she awaits the awarding of her degree during the Graduate School commencement ceremony held in the Bryce Jordan Center on Sunday, May 17.

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Year Taken: 2009