Pennsylvania Western University is set to honor its spring 2025 graduates in a series of commencement ceremonies Saturday across its California, Clarion and Edinboro campuses.
Undergraduate and graduate students from the College of Health Sciences and Human Services will participate in the 10 a.m. ceremony. The 2:30 p.m. ceremony will include undergraduate and graduate students from the College of Education, Arts and Humanities, and the College of Science Technology and Business.
The ceremonies will be livestreamed at pennwest.edu/about/events/commencement/ceremony-livestream.php.
“Commencement is a celebration of hard work, resilience, and dreams realized,” said Jonathan Anderson, president of PennWest.
“We look forward to honoring the achievements of our graduates and look forward with great anticipation to the contributions they will make to their professions, their communities and the world.”
More than 1,800 students from the California, Clarion, Edinboro and online campuses will graduate this spring, although not all of them have chosen to participate in the ceremonies. Additional information for graduates and guests is available at pennwest.edu/about/events/commencement.
Ceremonies on the Edinboro Campus will take place at McComb Fieldhouse.
Anderson will deliver greetings and confer degrees at Edinboro’s ceremony, which will showcase three student speakers:
• 10 a.m.: Garrett Hannah, an economics major with minors in political science and business, is president of the Student Government Association and a member of Lambda Chi Alpha.
• 2:30 p.m.: Chloe McMullen and Sonia Yost will address graduates. McMullen, majoring in middle level education, has held leadership roles in the Highland Ambassadors and Student Pennsylvania State Education Association. Yost, graduating with a degree in English, served as the student trustee on the PennWest Council of Trustees. She plans to further her education in student affairs and higher education.
Mark Bellini and Danny Jones, members of the PennWest Council of Trustees, and James Alexander will give remarks to the Class of 2025.