commencement-fall-2017

Program 9 a . m ., O'PAKE FIELDHOUSE * Processional — Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1 (E. Elgar) ** National Anthem (Francis Scott Key) Welcome. ...................................................................................................Kenneth S. Hawkinson, Ph.D. President Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Greetings...........................Guido M. Pichini ’74, B.S. Chair Emeritus, Board of Governors Member, Council of Trustees Molly Gallagher ’18 Communication Studies Major Student Member, Board of Governors Graduate Student Remarks............................................................................Kamal Hassan ’12, B.S.Ed. English Major Undergraduate Student Remarks.....................................................................Amandamae M. Baettcher Anthropology Major Alumni Greetings.............................................................................................. Daniel Price ’04, B.S.Ed. President, Alumni Association Introduction of Speaker. ......................................................................... Charles T. Blocksidge ’65, B.S. Chair, Council of Trustees Commencement Address: “How Brightly We Shine”........................................Heather Fountain, Ph.D. Professor, Art Education & Crafts Presentation of Candidates for Degrees....................................................................Anne Zayaitz, Ph.D. Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Conferring of Degrees. ............................................................................................President Hawkinson ** The Alma Mater — Tune Aurelia (C. Lytle) * Recessional — Crown Imperial (W. Walton) John G. Vafeas, L.S.W., D.S.W., Grand Marshal Kevin McCloskey, M.F.A.; Elizabeth Rogol, MBA; Edward L. Simpson ’80, Ph.D.; Patricia Walsh Coates, Ph.D.; Usher Marshals Ina Grapenthin, D.Ed., Organist; François Bessing ’17, Vocalist * Audience will remain seated. ** Audience will stand.