This spring Penn State expects to award 13,894 diplomas to students University-wide who are completing 226 associate, 11,435 baccalaureate, 1,590 master’s, 262 law, 244 doctoral and 137 medical degrees. Following is a compilation of commencement ceremonies and speaker information for Penn State’s 24 locations.
Timothy Janick was presented the STEM Research Award for his project titled “Passive Mechanical Walkers are a Proxy for Studying Dynamic Balance in Human Gait.”
Madeline Malfara was presented the Social Science and Humanities Research Award for her study "Women Take Home Silver: Gender Bias in Media Reporting of Olympic Athletes."
Psychology major Duane Belgrave presents at Penn State Brandywine's annual Exhibition of Undergraduate Research Enterprise and Creative Accomplishment.
Each year, Penn State Brandywine honors students during its annual Exhibition of Undergraduate Research Enterprise and Creative Accomplishment (EURECA). The event serves as an opportunity for Brandywine undergraduates to present their research and other endeavors to the campus community after months of hard work.
Penn State senior Julia Allman met Anastasia the alpaca at Brandywine's spring ice cream social, which was part of the campus' 50th anniversary celebration. In addition to Berkey Creamery ice cream, the event featured a petting zoo with cows and other animals in honor of the campus property's origins as a dairy farm in the 1800s.
Graduates in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences waved to family and friends after receiving their diplomas at commencement ceremonies held at the Bryce Jordan Center on the morning of Dec. 17, 2016.
When National Public Radio (NPR) picked up an academic hashtag going viral on Twitter, it also reached out to Kathleen Kennedy, associate professor of English at Penn State Brandywine, for further information. The hashtag, #ThanksForTyping, showcased the unnoticed work of wives, left unnamed, who typed and edited manuscripts for their husbands in the mid-20th century
