PennWest California commencement scheduled for May 4
Courtesy of PennWest California
PennWest California will hold spring commencement ceremonies at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. May 4 in the Convocation Centers.
Undergraduate and graduate students from the College of Education, Arts and Humanities and the College of Science, Technology and Business will participate in the 10 a.m. ceremony. The afternoon ceremony will include students from the College of Health Sciences and Human Services. About 683 students will be conferred diplomas.
Dr. Brenda Fredette, dean of the College of Science, Technology and Business, will serve as master of ceremonies at the California campus.
Sarah Seader, of Centerville, will provide the student address at the 10 a.m. ceremony. Seader will graduate summa cum laude with dual degrees in business administration management and management information systems, along with a pair of certificates in innovation and entrepreneurship and data science, all of which she accomplished in three years while maintaining a 4.0 GPA.
Olivia Russo, of Verona, who will earn a bachelor’s degree in sociology and a minor in political science, will speak at the afternoon ceremony. After graduation, she plans to pursue a master’s degree in legal studies at PennWest and eventually attend law school.
During the 10 a.m. ceremony, a posthumous Bachelor of Arts in theater will be awarded to California alumnus and emeritus professor Dr. C.R. Thomas, who died in September. Thomas retired in 2002 after more than 35 years of teaching English at the California campus.