For 50 hours straight during commencement weekend, a Department of Public Information time-lapse camera took one picture every two minutes throughout seven commencement ceremonies in the Bryce Jordan Center. The weekend, which included 13 such ceremonies at University Park alone, awarded nearly 11,000 diplomas University-wide. University Park students received nearly 8,000 of those. The camera, a joint venture between Bryce Jordan Center staff and Public Information, was set up in the upper deck of the venue, where it was able to record more than 1,200 10-megapixel still images. The images have been compiled together into time-lapse format to depict the magnitude of the commencement activities. To view the video, visit http://live.psu.edu/youtube/Q_sEYWTuz7s online. (more)
The past two weekends were particularly busy ones for Penn State campuses statewide, as the University held nearly three dozen commencement ceremonies, including roughly a dozen on the University Park campus. Penn State Altoona and the Dickinson School of Law got things started, as both held commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 9. The rest of the campuses and Penn College held ceremonies May 15, 16 or 17. In all, the University awarded approximately 10,875 diplomas to students University-wide who are completing 588 associate, 8,627 baccalaureate, 1,083 master's, 131 medical, 212 law and 234 doctoral degrees. While not all Penn state campuses or colleges were able to provide photos of their commencement ceremonies, quite a few have sent them to Penn State Live. In addition, Penn State Public Information photographer Andy Colwell made it to several commencement ceremonies at University Park. (more)
Nearly 100 degrees were awarded during the commencement ceremonies at Penn State DuBois held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 16, in the campus gymnasium. The degrees awarded included master's, bachelor's and associates degrees. Chancellor Anita McDonald presided over the ceremony and conferred degrees. Senior instructor in wildlife technology Joseph Hummer served as Campus Marshall, and director of Academic Affairs Debra Straussfogel presented academic awards.
Eighty-one Penn State student-athletes are scheduled to graduate during Commencement exercises this weekend on the University Park campus. Student-athletes from 21 of the 25 varsity sports (track and field/cross country are combined) are among the 81 student-athletes that have been approved to graduate. In addition, 11 members of the cheerleading and Lionettes dance teams are on the approved to graduate list. (more)
The spring 2009 commencement ceremony for the College of IST at University Park will be available for real-time online viewing at live.ist.psu.edu. (more)
Eighty-five graduates will receive master's, baccalaureate and associate degrees at the commencement exercises at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 16, in the campus Athletics Center. Chancellor Kevin Snider will confer undergraduate degrees to 78 candidates and William D. Bigos, assistant professor of education at Penn State Harrisburg, will confer master of education degrees to seven candidates. Jimmy Williams, director of product strategy and applications, Military and Defense Sector, at Alcoa Technical Center, will deliver the commencement address, "Embracing the Future." (more)
For many parents, watching their son or daughter graduate from college is one of the proudest moments of their lives. For Breinigsville resident Ira Lerner, that will certainly be the case as his son, Edward, receives his bachelor's degree from University Park. But to Ira, that moment will be even more special because he, too, will have just walked across the same stage to accept his own Penn State degree.
Ira Lerner and his son, Edward, decided that, instead of choosing one graduation over the other, both will receive their diplomas at Penn State Lehigh Valley's Commencement Ceremony this at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 16, in the West Garden in Fogelsville, Pa. (more)
While many college students graduate with hopes of finding a good job at a company, senior Alex Mann has already secured a good job -- at his own company. Mann, a finance major and engineering entrepreneurship minor, is the founder of AM Analytics, a social media and market intelligence platform that aggregates information about a client's brand by tracking live conversation through media outlets such as Twitter and Facebook. (more)
The Information Sciences and Technology minor in aerospace engineering will graduate its first student during this week's spring commencement ceremony for the College of Engineering. The minor's inaugural graduate is Anuradha Mangalgiri, an aerospace engineering senior and a native of India. (more)
The College of Engineering will host its spring 2009 commencement ceremonies at 8 p.m. Friday, May 15, at the Bryce Jordan Center. The college expects to bestow 631 baccalaureate degrees at Friday's ceremony. Giving this year's commencement address is Gregory Lucier, chairman and CEO of Life Technologies, a global biotechnology tools firm. Life Technologies was established through a merger between Applied Biosystems and Invitrogen. The firm supplies tools and equipment to researchers in regenerative science, molecular diagnostics, agricultural and environmental research and 21st-century forensics. (more)
