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Students entered Eisenhower Auditorium for the academic procession at Penn State's College of Arts and Architecture spring 2012 commencement ceremony. The Penn State Trombone Choir provided music for the event held May 5 on Penn State's University Park campus.
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Barbara Korner, Dean of Penn State's College of Arts and Architecture, welcomed graduates, families and guests to the 2012 spring commencement ceremony held on May 5 in Eisenhower Auditorium on the University Park campus. More than 250 candidates received their bachelor degrees at the event.
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Leo Mullen, Chief Executive Officer of Navigation Arts and a 1970 Penn State graduate, provided the commencement address at the 2012 College of Arts and Architecture graduation ceremony held May 5 at Eisenhower Auditorium on the University Park campus.
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Graduating seniors listened to the commencement address provided by Leo Mullen, Chief Executive Officer of Navigation Arts and a 1970 Penn State graduate, during the spring 2012 College of Arts and Architecture graduation ceremony held May 5 in Eisenhower Auditorium on the University Park campus.
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Graduating senior Dragos Nistar prepared to carry the department of statistics banner in the academic processional at Penn State's Eberly College of Science 2012 spring commencement ceremony held on May 5 at the Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus. Nistar, originally from Romania, was the student marshall for the statistics department.
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Daniel Larson, Dean of Penn State's Eberly College of Science, welcomed graduates and families to the 2012 Eberly College of Science spring commencement ceremony held on May 5 at University Park's Bryce Jordan Center. More than 500 students received their bachelor degrees at the ceremony.
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Penn State President Rodney Erickson carried out the conferring of degrees to graduates in the Eberly College of Science during commencement ceremonies held May 5 at the Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus.
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New graduates of Penn State's Eberly College of Science listened to the commencement address provided by United States Secretary of Energy Steven Chu during spring 2012 graduation ceremonies held May 5 at the Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus.
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United States Secretary of Energy Dr. Steven Chu was the commencement speaker at Penn State's Eberly College of Science 2012 spring graduation ceremony held May 5 at the Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus.
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Nomenclator E. Allan Cameron read the more than 500 names of graduates at Penn State's Eberly College of Science 2012 spring commencement ceremony held May 5 at the Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus. Each new graduate approached the stage to shake hands with Dean Daniel Larson and Penn State President Rodney Erickson.
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Howard Treser of Pittsburgh takes a picture of fellow graduates before the start of the College of Engineering commencement ceremony, held Friday night, May 4, in the Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State's Unviersity Park campus.
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Centre Brass performed the music for the prelude and academic procession for College of Engineering commencement exercises, held Friday night, May 4, in the Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State's University Park campus.
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Jean Landa Pytel, assistant dean for student services in the College of Engineering, led the academic processional to start the college's commencement ceremony on Friday evening, May 4, in the Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State's University Park campus. The mace she is carrying symbolizes the president's authority. It was carved from a newel post saved from the original Old Main, which was... Read more ›
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ZuQun Li was the student marshal for aerospace engineering during the College of Engineering commencement ceremony held Friday night, May 4, in the Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State's University Park campus. This spring Penn State expects to award approximately 12,987 diplomas to students University-wide who are completing 609 associate, 10,491 baccalaureate, 1,311 master's, 131 medical, 219... Read more ›
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Wendy Sink was the sign-language interpreter for the College of Engineering commencement ceremony held Friday night, May 4, in the Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State's University Park campus.
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Robert D. Braun, the David and Andrew Lewis professor of space technology at Georgia Institute of Technology, was the commencement speaker for the College of Engineering on Friday night, May 4, in the Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State's University Park campus.
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Interim Executive Vice President and Provost Rob Pangborn congratulates graduates as they process across the stage during the College of Engineering commencement ceremony held Friday night, May 4, in the Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State's University Park campus. Commencement ceremonies continue Saturday and Sunday at University Park, and most other Penn State campuses will hold their... Read more ›
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Ravi Rajendra Shah accepts his diploma as student marshal for bioengineering during the College of Engineering commencement ceremony held Friday night, May 4, in the Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State's University Park campus. For more photos, click on the image above.
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Graduates process across the stage during commencement for the College of Engineering, held Friday night, May 4, in the Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State's University Park campus. About 1,020 students graduated from the college this semester. Overall, Penn State expects to award approximately 12,987 diplomas to students University-wide this spring.
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Christine Masters, associate professor of engineering science and mechanics, winds up to give a high-five to new graduate Amy Miller after Miller processed during commencement exercises for the College of Engineering, held Friday night, May 4, in the Bryce Jordan Center on Penn State's University Park campus.
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