IUP sets commencement ceremonies for Dec. 10

INDIANA, Pa. — Indiana University of Pennsylvania will hold commencement ceremonies on Dec. 10 for 551 graduates, including honoring students who completed their undergraduate studies with perfect 4.0 grade point averages.

The ceremony for students receiving graduate degrees is at 9:30 a.m. The ceremony for students receiving bachelor’s and associate degrees is at 1 p.m. Both ceremonies will be held at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex. Students who have completed academic requirements for their degrees in December 2022 and January 2023 are eligible to participate in the ceremonies.

The ceremonies will be broadcast live on the university’s YouTube channel; links to the broadcasts are available on the IUP Commencement website (www.iup.edu/commencement). After the event, the video recorded during the livestream will be available to watch anytime. Each webcast will begin 15 minutes before the actual start of the ceremonies.

Tickets are not required for the December commencement ceremonies.

Of the invitations to students to receive degrees at the December ceremonies, there are 363 bachelor’s degree recipients, 153 master’s degree recipients, 30 doctoral degree recipients, and five associate degree recipients.

Of the bachelor’s degree applicants, 188 qualify for honors (3.25 or above cumulative grade point average). The total number of graduates by college are 65 from the College of Arts and Humanities; 85 from the Eberly College of Business; 46 from the College of Education and Communications; 107 from the College of Health and Human Services; 55 from the John J. and Char Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics; 10 from the University College, and 183 from the School of Graduate Studies and Research.

IUP President Dr. Michael Driscoll will preside over both ceremonies. All students participating in both commencement ceremonies will be recognized by name and congratulated on stage. President of the IUP Alumni Association Board of Directors Tonya Anthony Hsiung, a 2000 bachelor’s degree graduate and 2003 master’s degree graduate, will offer greetings from the Alumni Association at both ceremonies.