Capacity Crowd Expected At Commencement Ceremonies
Dec. 6, 2000
University Park, Pa. – Penn State is expecting a capacity crowd for the fall commencement ceremonies on Saturday, Dec. 16. Undergraduate baccalaureate and associate degrees will be awarded at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. in the Bryce Jordan Center. Graduate Degrees will be awarded at 3:30 p.m. in Eisenhower Auditorium.

A total of 2,715 baccalaureate degrees and 19 associate degrees will be conferred by Penn State President Graham B. Spanier. The speaker for the 10 a.m. commencement ceremony is renowned historian Raul Hilberg. The speaker for the 1 p.m. commencement ceremony is award-winning actress Uta Hagen.

A total of 409 master's degrees and 228 doctoral degrees will be conferred by Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School Eva Pell. The commencement speaker will be Richard W. Durst, dean of the College of Arts and Architecture and executive director of University Arts services at Penn State. Parking for the Graduate School ceremony at Eisenhower Auditorium is available at the Eisenhower Parking Deck.

Bryce Jordan guests are encouraged to arrive early. Parking is available for the undergraduate ceremonies at the Bryce Jordan Center in Lot 44, Orange E, near the Shields Building; Orange A, located west of Beaver Stadium; Lot 80, across from East Halls on Bigler Road; and in Orange A near Curtin and Bigler Roads. A continuous shuttle bus service will be available from Lot 80 to the Jordan Center starting at 11:15 a.m. The shuttle will also be available after the ceremony.

Handicap parking is available east of the Jordan Center, in the Founders Lot; in Orange A, near the Shields Building; and in front of the Jordan Center.

Graduating students should enter the Jordan Center via Gate B and enter event level at Portal 15. To avoid traffic congestion, drivers will not be permitted to drop off passengers in front of the Jordan Center.

Contact: Amy Neil, Department of Public Information, at (814) 865-7517 or .