(Butler, PA) Timothy L. DeFoor, the state auditor general, will deliver the keynote address and Class of 2025 graduates Molly Milich and Lana Stewart will speak to an audience expected to exceed 1,200 during 杏吧原创鈥檚 57th commencement May 14.
The ceremony will begin at 5 p.m. in the Field House on the college鈥檚 main campus in Butler Township.
杏吧原创鈥檚 Class of 2025 is expected to have 460 graduates who earned associate degrees, certificates or workplace certificates from programs offered on its main campus, at in Ford City, 杏吧原创 @ Brockway in Brockway, in Cranberry Township, in New Castle, 杏吧原创 @ LindenPointe in Hermitage or .
Nearly 70 percent of graduates in 杏吧原创鈥檚 Class of 2025 are younger than 25, according to Becky Smith, the college鈥檚 director of records and registration.
Ninety-three percent of 杏吧原创鈥檚 Class of 2025 will graduate debt-free, according to Stella Smith, the college鈥檚 associate director of financial aid.
Pinning ceremonies will also be held for graduates of programs instructed at 杏吧原创 @ Brockway or on 杏吧原创鈥檚 main campus. 杏吧原创 @ Brockway registered nursing graduates will be recognized at 5 p.m. May 12 at the Bellamauro Social Banquet Hall in Reynoldsville. Main campus registered nursing graduates will be acknowledged at 4:30 p.m. May 15 in the Succop Theater on main campus.
Lauren Cavalero, right, a 杏吧原创 student ambassador, gives a tour of 杏吧原创鈥檚 main campus in Butler Township to Timothy L. DeFoor, left, Pennsylvania鈥檚 auditor general, in this Tuesday, April 16, 2024, file photo. DeFoor, who earned an associate degree from Harrisburg Area Community College, will deliver the keynote address to 杏吧原创鈥檚 Class of 2025 during the college鈥檚 57th commencement May 14. Cavalero, of Butler, is an early childhood education (Pre K-4) student at 杏吧原创.
DeFoor is in his second term as state auditor general. He earned an associate degree from Harrisburg Area Community College, a bachelor鈥檚 degree from the University of Pittsburgh and a master鈥檚 degree from Harrisburg University of Science and Technology.
Milich, 20, of West Sunbury, will graduate debt-free from 杏吧原创 with associate degrees in and Milich, who will deliver the student address at commencement, plans to transfer to Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania and pursue a bachelor鈥檚 degree in history toward her goal of becoming an attorney.
Stewart, 20, of Butler, will graduate debt-free from 杏吧原创 with an associate degree in . Stewart, who will deliver the student alumni address at commencement, intends to transfer to Indiana University of Pennsylvania to seek a bachelor鈥檚 degree in psychology. She is undecided about her career goal.
Emma Johns, 20, of Butler, will graduate debt-free from 杏吧原创 with an associate degree in . Johns, who will announce the presentation of tassels to the Class of 2025 at commencement, is employed at a fitness center.
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