This fall Penn State expects to award approximately 5,030 diplomas to students University-wide who are completing 244 associate, 3,650 baccalaureate, 885 master’s, 19 law and 232 doctoral degrees, bringing the University’s number of graduates to an estimated total of more than 734,852.
Penn State senior Ramya Gurunathan has been selected to receive a prestigious Churchill Scholarship, a highly sought-after program that allows American college students to pursue graduate studies in engineering, mathematics or the sciences at the University of Cambridge. Gurunathan is only the second Penn State student to win the Churchill Scholarship since its inception in 1963.
Fifty-one Schreyer Honors College Scholars graduated from Penn State and received their medallions in an afternoon ceremony on Dec. 18. The medals, worn at commencement, signify their achievements as the University’s symbol of intellectual excellence.
This spring Penn State expects to award 13,604 diplomas to students University-wide. Following is a compilation of commencement ceremonies and speaker information for Penn State’s 24 locations.
Penn State Brandywine senior third baseman Tom Osenbach was selected to the CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team on Thursday afternoon. Osenbach is the third student-athlete from Brandywine to receive the distinction, joining fellow seniors Miranda Biondi (volleyball) and Manny Amine (men's soccer)
One Penn State Brandywine instructor thought outside of the box for his students’ internship presentations this semester. Michael Sturm, instructor in human development and family studies, introduced his students to the One Button Studio, where they created individual multimedia presentations they presented to the campus community to showcase their internships.
Each year at Penn State Brandywine’s Leadership Recognition Night, student leaders are recognized and celebrated for excelling in and out of the classroom and for creating the best possible Brandywine experience for themselves and their peers.
Penn State Brandywine seniors Brian Bosco and Tom Osenbach both earned top billing the in Penn State University Athletic Conference as Bosco was selected as the conference’s pitcher of the year and Osenbach was named hitter of the year when the league released its end-of-year awards on Sunday night.
