Milestone memories on the mall
Published 08.09.2020
– Photos by Cindy Davis Meixel, writer/photo editor; Jennifer A. Cline, writer/magazine editor;
Tom Wilson, writer/editor-PCToday; and Becky J. Shaner, senior manager of donor relations and special events
Physician assistant graduate Tia G. La joins the procession.
A once-in-a-lifetime sentiment for an equally extraordinary graduation year
New alumni were directed to a number of photo backdrops on campus – including the "Penn College" shrubbery near the main entrance, where health information technology graduate Ashlie N. Rodgers paused to pose.
An emergency management technology graduate, whose necessity (like all of Penn College's tomorrow makers) is as current as the daily news, clearly accepts the challenge.
The beauty of campus provides solace and constancy in a world of change. Ryan M. Caughill, of Cheektowaga, N.Y., who graduated in emergency management technology, stands outside the Advanced Technology & Health Sciences Center.
Face coverings and hand sanitizer were among the requisites to make in-person commencement a safe and socially responsible reality. Carolyn R. Strickland (left) vice president for enrollment management and associate provost, double-checks a student's name before the grad traverses the stage.
Joseph F. DiBucci, who received degrees in applied technology and concrete science technology, leaves the stage with an armload of honors: the Lewis H. Bardo Memorial Award, a West Branch Susquehanna Builders Association Award and (as founder and outgoing president of the ConCreate Club) a Penn College Award for student engagement.
Fashion and function meet in this keepsake, handmade by one grad's proud cheerleader.
President Gilmour sanitized after every diploma handoff, leaving it up to everyone how they wished to be acknowledged. Malachi J. Atkinson, a web and interactive media graduate, chose an elbow bump.
Class representative Alexandra “Ali” D. Petrizzi, who recently landed a “dream job” with Vera Bradley, addresses her fellow 2020 graduates. In her remarks, a prerecorded version of which was broadcast at subsequent ceremonies, Petrizzi thanked family, friends, her network of college mentors – and Starbucks – for helping her along her road to success.