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Students begin to line up, moments away from the processional. This year's commencement ceremony took place at the Blair County Convention Center.
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Esteemed college marshall Athleen Stere waits in front of the stage as graduates enter for the ceremony.
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Chancellor Lori J. Bechtel-Wherry addresses the graduating class of 2009.
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Commencement speaker John J. Romano, vice president for commonwealth campuses at The Pennsylvania State University, imparts words of advice to the graduates.
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The graduating class of 2009 gives one another a round of applause.
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A graduate receives a congratulatory hug from her grandmother after the ceremony.
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Graduates of the College of Business and Engineering stand proudly as their degrees are conferred.
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Chancellor Lori J. Bechtel-Wherry offers her congratulations to a graduate.
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Associate professor of economics Barbara Wiens-Tuers congratulates one of her students.
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