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A total of 624 degrees were awarded at Penn State Behrend's spring commencement ceremony, held May 4 at Erie Insurance Arena. The commencement address was given by Vincent J. Intrieri, a 1984 graduate and founder and CEO of VDA Capital Management LLC. The faculty address was given by Alicyn Rhoades, assistant professor of engineering.

Nearly 1,200 new first-year students moved into Penn State Behrend last week, making it one of the largest and most diverse classes in the college's history. Each student brought with them a different collection of items, many of which helped to tell a story about the student and his or her unique personality.

This spring Penn State awarded almost 14,000 diplomas to students University-wide who are completing associate, baccalaureate, master’s, law, doctoral and medical degrees, bringing the University’s number of graduates to an estimated total of more than 800,000. Many of the University's graduates received their degrees at campuses other than University Park. This photo gallery contains a sampling of commencement activities at Penn State campuses across Pennsylvania.