2009 Commencement 1
Graduates and their supporters are seen filling the Bryce Jordan Center during the Fall 2009 commencement ceremonies in the morning of Saturday, Dec. 19. Colleges involved in the morning's ceremony were the College of Agricultural Sciences, the Smeal College of Business, the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, the College of Engineering, and the College of Information Sciences and Technology.
2009 Commencement 2
Penn State graduate Emily A. Wertz directs the audience in the singing of the National Anthem toward the beginning of the Fall 2009 commencement ceremonies held on Saturday, Dec. 19, in the Bryce Jordan Center.
2009 Commencement 3
College marshals present the standards of their programs during the Processional of the morning commencement ceremonies held in the Bryce Jordan Center on Saturday, Dec. 19.
2009 Commencement 4
James S. Broadhurst, chairman of the Penn State Board of Trustees, speaks to graduates and their assembled family and friends in the Bryce Jordan Center as he authorizes the conferring of degrees during the commencement ceremony held during the morning of Saturday, Dec. 19.
2009 Commencement 5
Russell Mapes waves to family and friends from the floor of the Bryce Jordan Center after receiving his diploma after completing his degree in management from the Smeal College of Business, one of the five colleges to hold commencement ceremonies on Saturday morning, Dec. 19.
2009 Commencement 6
Penn State Exceutive Vice President and Provost Rodney A. Erickson addresses those assembled in the Bryce Jordan Center during the morning commencement ceremony held on Saturday, Dec. 19. The fall 2009 commencement ceremonies were divided into two sessions: at 9 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on Saturday due to the lower number of graduates to finish their degrees in the fall semester.
2009 Commencement 7
Ronald T. Wincek, father of late Penn State student Cory A. Wincek, accepts his son's posthumous degree in petroleum and natural gas engineering at the end of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences' commencement ceremony in the Bryce Jordan Center on Saturday, Dec. 19. Wincek, a senior, passed away on Nov. 15, just over a month shy of completing his bachelor's degree studies.
2009 Commencement 8
Penn State students line up to receive their diplomas during a past year's commencement ceremony in the Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park campus.
Monday, January 27, 2020
