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From left: Penka Farina, education and training specialist; Lynda Goldstein, chancellor and chief academic officer; Verena Lake; Auraleah Grega, learning support coordinator and award presenter; Karen Gallia, administrative support assistant; and Jane Ashton, director of Continuing Education.

Graduates scan the crowd to find their families during the recessional following the Penn State Shenango commencement ceremony held on Saturday, May 4, 2024.

Attendees use special glasses to view the solar eclipse during a watch party at Penn State Wilkes-Barre.

The Nittany Lion was prepared for the event with special solar eclipse glasses.

The moon passes in front of the sun during the eclipse.

Attendees including Norah, Charlotte and Missy Nenstiel, at back near window, listen to a story about the eclipse.

Abel McGarrity, 10, shows his sister Harper, 7, how the eclipse works at one of the craft stations.

The Night Sky app helps locate the phase of the eclipse during cloud cover.

More than 1,500 people came to Penn State Wilkes-Barre for the solar eclipse viewing party.

Attendees watch the eclipse during the few moments the clouds broke up.