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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 law and 226 doctoral degrees.

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.

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.

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.