From staff reports
Pennsylvania Western University’s Clarion campus will hold spring commencement ceremonies at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 4, in Tippin Gymnasium.
Undergraduate and graduate students from the College of Health Sciences and Human Services will participate in the 10 a.m. ceremony.
The afternoon ceremony will include students from the College of Education, Arts and Humanities and the College of Science, Technology and Business.
Deborah Kelly, dean of the College of Health Sciences and Human Services, will serve as master of ceremonies at Clarion.
Sydney Spang of Ford City will address fellow members of the Class of 2024 at the afternoon ceremony.
Additional speakers include Larry Pickett ’77 (10 a.m.) and Donna Oberlander ’91 (2:30 p.m.) from PennWest’s Council of Trustees and Thomas Launer ’10, president of Clarion’s Alumni Association board of directors.
Leading the academic procession and representing his faculty colleagues by carrying the ceremonial mace will be Anthony Vega, professor of geosciences in the department of biology, earth and environmental sciences.
Members of the Clarion Army ROTC will present the colors at the beginning of both ceremonies. Clarion vocalist Chloe Blashford will perform the Star-Spangled Banner and Clarion’s alma mater.