Summer Session Commencement. August 11, 2012 at the Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State's University Park campus.
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Robert Dunne signed in on the floor of the Bryce Jordan Center prior to Penn State's 2012 summer commencement. Dunne received his bachelors degree in Information Sciences and Technology during the ceremony held Aug. 11 on the University Park campus.
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Marshalls from the colleges at Penn State led the procession at the beginning of summer commencement ceremonies on Aug. 11 at the Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus. One of the honors bestowed upon each marshall is the carrying of the college's flag into the ceremony.
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Penn State President Rodney Erickson welcomed graduates, friends and families to the 2012 Summer Commencement ceremonies on Aug. 11 at the Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State's University Park campus.
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Joval Shamsoum waved to his family and friends prior to 2012 Summer Commencement ceremonies at the Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State's University Park campus. Shamsoum received his bachelors degree in mechanical engineering during the Aug. 11 ceremony.
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Herb McKinstry and the Centre Brass Quartet played for the opening processional of Penn State's summer commencement 2012 at the Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus.
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Howard G. Buffet, President of The Howard G. Buffett Foundation, Philanthropist, Humanitarian and Environmentalist, offered the commencement address on Aug. 11 at Penn State's summer graduation ceremony held at the Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus.
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Penn State students enjoyed remarks from commencement address speaker Howard G. Buffett during summer graduation ceremonies held Aug. 11 at the Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus.
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Kevin J. Smith, Penn State ROTC, was congratulated by Penn State President Rodney Erickson during summer commencement ceremonies held Aug. 11 at the Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State's University Park campus. Smith received a bachelor of arts degree in crime, law and justice.
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Graduates in Penn State's College of Arts and Architecture turned their tassels as Penn State President Rodney Erickson conferred their degrees on Aug. 11 at the Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus.
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Howard G. Buffet, left, commencement speaker for Penn State's summer graduation ceremonies, was presented an honorary degree from the university on Aug. 11 during commencement ceremonies held at the Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus.
