Graduation Information
Date, Place, and Time
Saturday, May 4, 2019 at 10:30 a.m.
ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks in Bethlehem
Doors open at 9:45 a.m.
Tickets will be required for each guest who will be attending the ceremony. Seating at the venue will be on a first-come first-served basis.
The commencement ceremony will be live streamed via YouTube starting at 10:30 a.m.
Ticket Information
Tickets will be required for each guest who will be attending the ceremony. Each graduate will receive a set number of tickets, which can be picked up at the bookstore on the Lehigh Valley campus during graduate cap and gown pickup prior to commencement.
Venue Details
Valet parking will be offered by ArtsQuest. Directions and alternative parking options are available on the ArtsQuest website >>
Ceremony Information
Commencement is a time of celebration and reflection. Come to the ceremony with these thoughts in mind, and help to make this a special occasion for the graduates and for the community of family and friends who gather to join in the celebration. Please honor the significance and the dignity of the occasion. Remember to turn off cell phones and other electronic devices.
2019 Keynote Commencement Speaker
Bill Spence, chairman, president and chief executive officer of PPL Corporation, will be the featured speaker at Penn State Lehigh Valley’s 2019 commencement ceremony.
Bill Spence
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of PPL Corporation, Bill Spence, will serve as PSU-LV's 2019 commencement featured speaker.
Spence, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, graduated from Penn State’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences with a bachelor of science degree in petroleum and natural gas engineering. He earned a master’s degree in business administration from Bentley College. Spence also is a graduate of the Executive Development Program at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and the Nuclear Technology Program of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
With more than three decades of experience in the utility industry, Spence oversees PPL’s regulated utilities in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Spence joined PPL in 2006 as executive vice president and chief operating officer. He was named president and CEO in 2011 and chairman in 2012. Previously, he had 19 years of service with Pepco Holdings, Inc., where he held several senior management positions.
Photography
Each graduate will be photographed as they receive their degree on stage from Dr. Richardson. Our photographer is Dan Johnson of Dan Z. Johnson Photography and he will be taking various candid shots before, during, and after the ceremony. All photographs will be available for purchase directly from him through his website.