Commencement 2025

Congratulations, 2025 graduates!

"You have brought a fresh perspective to our classrooms, our laboratories, and our research groups, and you have been part of our powerful mission to solve complex global problems. As you embark on this next exciting step in your journey, carry with you the training you have received. Apply your critical thinking, quantitative analysis, fact-based decision-making, and communication of science to meeting the world’s challenges—big and small."

Mary Beth Williams, B.A., Ph.D.
Acting Dean, Eberly College of Science

Three new Eberly College of Science alumni listening to the

Spring 2025 Commencement Ceremony

The spring 2025 commencement ceremony will be held on Sunday, May 11, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. in Bryce Jordan Center.

Nate Carey.
Spring 2025 Student Marshal

Nate Carey is the student marshal for the Eberly College of Science during Penn State’s 2025 spring commencement ceremony.

Jane Rigby.

We are thrilled to have Jane Rigby—Penn State alumna, NASA astrophysicist, who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2024—as our commencement speaker on Sunday, May 11!

Spring 2025 Commencement Speaker