2011 Spring Commencement Photos

01: New graduates lined up in front of Stapleton Library, so family members could take photos. 02: Amber Crooks, Class of 2011, and Alex Pucciarelli posed for a photo in the Oak Grove in front of Sutton Hall for Amber’s father, John. 03: New graduate Joshua Williams posed for photos with family members in front of Stapleton Library. 04: Members of the Class of 1961 led the procession onto the Ed Fry Arena floor. Class members were brought together to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their graduation. 05: Ed Fry Arena in the Kovalchick Complex was nearly filled with new graduates and their family members. 06: Student Commencement speaker Natalie Mae Schaefer, a Journalism and Anthropology graduate from the Cook Honors College, addressed the crowd. 07: Keynote speaker Karlin Roth Toner received an honorary degree during the ceremony. From left: trustee Susan Delaney, IUP President David Werner, Toner, and Provost Gerald Intemann. 08: President David Werner, bottom right, with trustee Susan Delaney and Provost Gerald Intemann behind him, congratulated new graduates as they crossed the stage. 09: Members of the Class of 2011 and their family members watched the Commencement ceremony. 10: A new graduate received a hug after being congratulated on stage. 11: After being recognized on stage, new graduates waved to their family members in the crowd. 12: Brennan Cebula stood as he was commissioned as a U.S. Army second lieutenant during the Commencement ceremony. 13: The classes of 1961 and 2011 joined with faculty members and administrators in the singing of the Alma Mater to close the ceremony. 14: New graduates Jerrod W. Foster and Brittany Allman walked arm in arm through the nearly empty Fry Arena following the Commencement ceremony. 15: The Class of 1961 gathered for a group photo in Sutton Hall’s Blue Room following Commencement. Members were brought together to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their graduation.