YORK, Pa. — Sixty-one bachelor’s degrees were conferred on the stage of the Pullo Family Performing Arts Center on the York campus the evening of Friday, May 3. Three students received associate’s degrees and one master’s degrees was presented. Students from Penn State Behrend, University Park and Penn State World Campus chose to walk in York’s ceremony, reinforcing that we are one University, geographically dispersed.
Photos of the ceremony are available on Flickr:
This year’s commencement speaker was Dr. Marina Mekheal, Penn State York class of 2019, who is an emergency medicine resident at WellSpan York Hospital. The student speaker was Allison Lonkart, who was the student marshal for the Bachelor of Science in Biology degree program, and graduated summa cum laude with campus honors.
Associate in Electrical Engineering Technology
- Catherine Elizabeth Fuhrman, Red Lion, Pennsylvania
- Jeremiah Richard Riddle, Littlestown, Pennsylvania
Associate in Human Development and Family Studies
- Nathan D. Smith, York, Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Arts in Corporate Communication
- Jacqueline Bien, York, Pennsylvania 1
- Shane Edward Hulbert, Bowie, Maryland 8
- Bachelor of Arts in English
- Joseph Bellomo, York, Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
- Phoebe Michaela Monger, Wellsville, Pennsylvania 2
- Alicia Marie Ryan, Dallastown, Pennsylvania
- Belmin Sejmenovic, York, Pennsylvania
- Ryan David Snell, Windsor, Pennsylvania **,10, 12
Bachelor of Science in Biology
- Skye Conners, York, Pennsylvania
- Baylee Helm, Mount Wolf, Pennsylvania 3
- Sydney Elizabeth Hettinger, Lewisberry, Pennsylvania
- Carson Kratzer, Stewartstown, Pennsylvania
- Allison Lonkart, Lewisberry, Pennsylvania ***,9
Bachelor of Science in Business
- Nicholas Ryan Borgiel, York, Pennsylvania
- Isabella Ciara Carr, York, Pennsylvania
- Alexander David Ellerbee, York, Pennsylvania
- Michaela Heintz, York, Pennsylvania
- Jayaansh Mahesh Idnani, Mumbai, MH, India
- Nakhaiya Renae Jacobs, Hanover, Pennsylvania 8,11
- Harsh Anand Lokde, Mumbai, MH, India
- Rebecca Ann Mauck, York, Pennsylvania 8,11
- Kavya Amit Shah, Mumbai, MH, India 11
- Carter Patrick Sinclair, Stewartstown, Pennsylvania
- Amanda M Spalla, York, Pennsylvania
- Rachel Elaine Stein, York, Pennsylvania
- Aryan Pravin Thorat, Mumbai, MH, India
Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity Analytics and Operations
- Ean Dudley, York, Pennsylvania **,4,6
- Fatoumatta Sawaneh, York, Pennsylvania 9
Bachelor of Science in Electro-mechanical Engineering Technology
- Emmanuel Addey, York, Pennsylvania 1, 8
- Riley Beenders, Northampton, Pennsylvania
- Lance Fishel, Spring Grove, Pennsylvania 8, 10, 13
- Karl Johann, Seven Valleys, Pennsylvania *
- Cory Alan Klinedinst, Hanover, Pennsylvania 13
- Andrew Jacob Russo, Coral Springs, FL8
- Omar Sellami, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
- Cole Travis Senft, Pittsville, Maryland
- Steven Alan Turner, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania
- Kevin Vo, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
- Jordan Ann Wolf, Hanover, Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Family Studies
- Jayla Brown, York, Pennsylvania
- Desiree Garcia Hernandez, York, Pennsylvania
- Brianna Gonzalez, York, Pennsylvania
- Liz Herrera Reynoso, York, Pennsylvania 5, 8
- Kyree Jones, Pikesville, Maryland
- Lydia Jones, Dallastown, Pennsylvania
- Hannah Knight, Bluff City, Tennessee
- Kiersten Elizabeth Miller, Brogue, Pennsylvania 5
- Cole E Sinnott, Stewartstown, Pennsylvania
- Theresa Smith, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 13
- Devin Andrea Kathryn Taylor, Marietta, Pennsylvania
- Charles Lewis Thompson, Stewartstown, Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Science in Information Sciences and Technology
- Jake Love, York, Pennsylvania 1
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
- Hunter James Carpenter, New Oxford, Pennsylvania 1
- Shalynn Nicole Conrad, Seven Valleys, Pennsylvania
- Ryan Kile Dellinger, York, Pennsylvania 1, 8,11
- Cole Urban Dezanet, Saint Marys, Pennsylvania 6
- Neeraj Vijaykumar Patil, Mumbai, MH, India ***,1, 8,11
- Austin William Wilcox, Red Lion, Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Science in Project and Supply Chain Management
- Nicholas Ryan Borgiel, York, Pennsylvania
- Adam Milton Boyer, Saint Louis, Missouri
- Jayaansh Mahesh Idnani, Mumbai, MH, India
- Harsh Anand Lokde, Mumbai, MH, India
- Rebecca Ann Mauck, York, Pennsylvania 8,11
- Victor Paul Sciukas, York, Pennsylvania **,13
- Kavya Amit Shah, Mumbai, MH, India 11
- Aryan Pravin Thorat, Mumbai, MH, India
Bachelor of Science in Psychology
- Miguel-Alejandro Eliseo Amador, Hanover, Pennsylvania
- Amy Bishay, Hanover, Pennsylvania 2,9
- Luke Campbell Jensen, York, Pennsylvania 2
- Jamal Jimenez, York, Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Science in Science
- Christopher Michael Ramos, New Salem Borough, Pennsylvania
- Master of Education in Teaching and Curriculum
- Holly Renee Moyer, Yoe, Pennsylvania
- Madison Kate Spagnola, East Berlin, Pennsylvania
Candidates From Other Campuses
- Jasmine Barthel, Dallastown, Pennsylvania — A.S. in Business Administration; World Campus
- Ethan Grey, York, Pennsylvania — B.S. in Environmental Science; Behrend Campus
- Jeffrey Jones, Stewartstown, Pennsylvania — B.S. in Marketing, World Campus
- Yusuf Kara, York, Pennsylvania 7 — B.S. in Middle Level Education, University Park Campus
- Robert Shenberger III, Spring Grove, Pennsylvania * — B.S. in Business, World Campus
- Alexander Spotts, York, Pennsylvania — B.S. in Cybersecurity Analytics and Operations — World Campus
Designations
- *Cum Laude
- **Magna Cum Laude
- ***Summa Cum Laude
- 1Minor in Business
- 2Minor in Human Development and Family Studies
- 3Minor in History
- 4Minor in Politics and Government
- 5Minor in Psychology
- 6Minor in Security and Risk Analysis
- 7Minor in Special Education
- 8Graham Fellow
- 9Campus Honors
- 10Veteran
- 11Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Collegiate Honored Graduate
- 12 Alpha Alpha Alpha Honor Society Graduate
- 13Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society Graduate
Commencement ceremonies are held at all Penn State campuses immediately following final examinations; many grades are not yet posted. The students listed in this article will not receive their degrees until all grades and requirements have been verified by their respective college offices at University Park. This webpage should not be used to certify that someone has graduated from the University. Diplomas for students will be mailed approximately four weeks after the commencement ceremony to their permanent residence or LionPath diploma mailing address.