More than 760 students received their bachelor's degrees at the College of Engineering’s spring commencement ceremony held on Friday, May 18 at the Bryce Jordan Center. This year's speaker was be Janet Cunningham, president of JBC Associates, Inc. The title of her address was ''Accept the Challenge.''

Among those students receiving degrees, fourteen undergraduate students from the College of Engineering served as student marshals. The student marshals are chosen for their academic achievement and contributions to college life, the students represent each major within the college, as well as the Penn State Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Program.

This year's marshals representing mechanical and nuclear engineering were:

Mechanical engineering: Sean Merritt of Harrisburg is a Schreyer Scholar and an Evan Pugh Scholar. He is a member of the Tau Beta Pi national engineering honor society, the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and the Blue Band. His faculty escort was Domenic Santavicca, professor of mechanical engineering.  

Nuclear engineering: Joshua Hykes of Columbia is an Evan Pugh Scholar and Schreyer Scholar. He received the Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship, the Exelon Energy for Education Scholarship, the Nuclear Engineering Scholarship, the President Sparks Award and the President's Freshman Award. His faculty escort was Yousry Azmy, professor of nuclear engineering.