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Student waves after accepting bachelor's degree

2024-Commencement-Abington

Almost 350 new Penn State Abington graduates celebrated with the campus community and loved ones at the spring 2024 commencement ceremonies on May 3. 

Graduates wearing caps and gowns smiling

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Graduates scan the crowd to find their families during the recessional following the Penn State Shenango commencement ceremony held on Saturday, May 4, 2024.

Richard Sayre speaking at a podium

2024 Spring Commencement: Richard Sayre

Richard Sayre, grandson of Penn State Behrend benefactors Ernst and Mary Behrend, delivers the commencement address during the college's Spring 2024 commencement ceremony at Erie Insurance Arena on Friday, May 3, 2024.

Jodie Styers speaking at a podium

2024 Spring Commencement: Jodie Styers

Jodie Styers, associate teaching professor of math education and chair of the department of Secondary Education in Mathematics at Penn State Behrend, delivers the faculty address during the Spring 2024 commencement ceremony at Erie Insurance Arena on Friday, May 3, 2024.

A portrait of Alumni Achievement Award recipient HanBin Lee

HanBin Lee

HanBin Lee, a 2014 graduate of Penn State Behrend, was recently honored as one of 11 Penn State Alumni Achievement Award recipients. He is the first Korean person to receive the honor, which recognizes alumni 35 years of age and younger.

A portrait of Alumni Achievement Award recipient HanBin Lee

HanBin Lee

HanBin Lee, a 2014 graduate of Penn State Behrend, was recently honored as one of 11 Penn State Alumni Achievement Award recipients. He is the first Korean person to receive the honor, which recognizes alumni 35 years of age and younger.

Russian War on Ukraine Discussion with Oleksiy Honcharenko

Russian War on Ukraine Discussion with Oleksiy Honcharenko

Oleksiy Goncharenko is a Ukrainian politician, member of the Ukrainian parliament, member of the Ukrainian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, and Vice President of the PACE Committee on Migration, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons.

He is a member of the "European Solidarity" group in Parliament and head of the caucuses "For a Democratic Belarus" and "For a Free Caucasus."

After the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Oleksiy Goncharenko joined the country’s civilian Territorial Defense Forces for the first month. Не has fought against Russian propaganda and publishes widely in international media to bring the truth to the world about Ukraine.

Technology, Disinformation, and Public Policy

Technology, Disinformation, and Public Policy

Students presenting:
Rachel Gerzevske: Rethinking Image Protection in the Time of AI
Eric Oelhaf: Generative AI in Russian Information Warfare:   Concepts, Threats, and Trends
Kaylee Harrison: Breeding Fear Through Russky Mir: Russia’s “Anti-Imperial Campaign” in Post-Colonial Territories of the Global South