IUP, STATE SYSTEM COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES WRAP UP ACADEMIC YEAR

IUP graduated 1,452 students yesterday, part of nearly 20,000 new graduates this year from State System of Higher Education universities.

Commencement ceremonies were held this weekend at IUP, Cheyney, East Stroudsburg, Millersville, PennWest (which includes California, Clarion, and Edinboro), and at Shippensburg, Slippery Rock, and West Chester.

Next weekend, Kutztown and Commonwealth University, which includes Bloomsburg, Lock Haven, and Mansfield, will hold their ceremonies, and that will officially bring to a close the academic year at the State System.

Ninety percent of the State System graduates are from Pennsylvania.  More than 2,000 of them hold degrees in STEM fields, more than 2,000 in business, and more than 2,000 in education.  More than 1,800 hold degrees in healthcare.

Early summer session classes begin tomorrow at IUP.  Summer Session One begins June 1^st, Session Two on July 6^th, and the new academic year begins on August 24^th.