Penn State Intercom......April 19, 2001

University Park to hold
commencement ceremonies May 11-13

The University Park campus will hold its spring 2001 commencement ceremonies for more than 6,280 associate, baccalaureate and graduate degree students the weekend of May 11-13. As of mid-April, 6,286 students are scheduled to receive degrees at the University Park ceremonies. That figure includes 19 associate, 5,343 baccalaureate, 721 master's, and 203 doctoral degree students. Systemwide, Penn State will graduate a total of 9,054 students -- approximately 705 with associate degrees, 6,573 baccalaureate degrees, 1,506 graduate degrees, 98 medical degrees, eight master's of law degrees and 164 juris doctorate degrees.

For dates, times and locations of ceremonies at locations other than University Park, check with the campus.

The University's honorary degree recipients are:

* Kazuo Inamori, founder and chairman emeritus of both Kyocera Corp. and DDI Corp. He will receive an honorary doctorate of science from the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 12, in Eisenhower Auditorium.

* Stanley B. Prusiner, renowned neurologist and Nobel Prize winner. He will receive an honorary doctorate of science and will speak at the College of Medicine commencement at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 20, in Founders Hall of The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

* Henry B. Schacht, chairman and CEO of Lucent Technologies. He will receive an honorary doctorate of humane letters from the Smeal College of Business Administration at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 12, in The Bryce Jordan Center.

Commencement speakers, times and locations for University Park are:

Friday, May 11

* 3 p.m.: ROTC commissioning ceremony in Schwab Auditorium.

* 5 p.m.: Schreyer Honors College medal ceremony for graduating seniors in Eisenhower Auditorium. Reception will immediately follow.

* 8 p.m.: The College of Education commencement ceremony in Eisenhower Auditorium. Wendy D. Puriefoy, president of the Public Education Network, will speak.

* 8 p.m. The College of Engineering commencement ceremony in The Bryce Jordan Center. David A. Woodle, chairman and CEO of C-COR.net, will speak.

Saturday, May 12

* 9 a.m.: The College of Communications commencement ceremony in Eisenhower Auditorium. Donald W. Davis, retired chairman and CEO of the Stanley Works, will speak.

* 9 a.m.: The Eberly College of Science commencement ceremony in the Bryce Jordan Center. Nina V. Fedoroff, Willaman professor of life sciences and director of the Biotechnology Institute and the Life Sciences Consortium, will speak.

* Noon: The College of Arts and Architecture commencement ceremony in Eisenhower Auditorium. William E. Strickland Jr., founder and executive director of the Manchester Craftmen's Guild, will speak.

* Noon: The College of Health and Human Development commencement ceremony in The Bryce Jordan Center. Duane R. Dunham, chairman, president and CEO of Bethlehem Steel Corp., will speak.

* 3 p.m.: The College of Agricultural Sciences commencement ceremony in Eisenhower Auditorium. Karl Girton, owner of KarFel, which specializes in business management services, will speak.

* 3 p.m.: The College of the Liberal Arts commencement ceremony in The Bryce Jordan Center. Jeannette D. Bragger, professor of French, will speak.

* 7 p.m.: The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences commencement ceremony in Eisenhower Auditorium. Kazuo Inamori, founder and chairman emeritus of both Kyocera Corp. and DDI Corp., will speak and receive an honorary doctorate in science.

* 7 p.m.: The Smeal College of Business Administration commencement ceremony in The Bryce Jordan Center. Henry B. Schacht, chairman and CEO of Lucent Technologies, will speak and receive an honorary doctorate in humane letters.

Sunday, May 13

* 1 p.m.: The Graduate School commencement ceremony in Eisenhower Auditorium. Judy Olian, dean of The Smeal College of Business Administration, will speak.

ROTC ceremonies
to honor students

The Army, Naval and Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) will hold their annual joint services ROTC awards day ceremony at 4 p.m. Friday, April 27, in Schwab Auditorium on the University Park campus. This ceremony is held annually to honor cadets, midshipmen and officer candidates within the ROTC program who have excelled during the past year.

The ceremony is preceded by a joint services parade, which will start at 3:30 p.m. in front of Wagner Building on the campus. The parade route takes the three ROTC units to the reviewing area on Pollock Road, directly in front of Schwab Auditorium.

The ROTC commissioning ceremony will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, May 11, in Schwab Auditorium. Col. Steven M. Paladini, professor of aerospace studies, commander of Air Force ROTC Detachment 720 and ROTC tri-service coordinator, will preside over the ceremony. John Cahir, vice provost and dean for undergraduate education, also will speak.

Lt. Gen. Donald Snyder, U.S. Air Force (retired), will be the guest speaker and will swear in approximately 60 students as new officers in the armed forces. Snyder retired as vice commander, Headquarters Tactical Air Command, at Langley Air Force Base. The event is open to the public.

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