Office of Strategic Communications
Brand Guide
Office of Strategic Communications
Brand Guide

Commencement Communications

Commencement Communications

Student Marshals

Our student marshals receive special recognition in a Penn State News release, on the college’s social media, and in the commencement ceremony program.

  • Friday, February 14: Deadline for units to submit major marshals
    • Candidates submitted by this date will be considered for college marshal
  • Thursday, February 27: Email major marshals to schedule headshot photos and complete questionnaire forms
  • Friday, February 28: College marshal selected
  • Wednesday, March 7: Headshot photo sign-ups and questionnaire forms due
  • Monday, March 24 and Tuesday, March 25: Student marshal headshot photos

Commencement Open House

All graduating undergrads will receive a series of emails from Dean Lang inviting them to register for the college’s Commencement Open House, which will be held from 2:00–3:30 p.m. on Friday, May 9 in the Hintz Family Alumni Center.

  • Monday, March 3: Invitation sent to faculty
  • Wednesday, April 2: Invitation sent to students and staff
  • Friday, April 11: Email headers, social media graphics, grad list, and student marshal bios and photos sent to academic units
  • Wednesday, April 16: Reminder email sent to students
  • Wednesday, April 23: Final reminder email sent to students (last day to RSVP)
  • Friday, April 25: A list of attendees sent to academic units

2025 Commencement All-Comm Meeting

Watch the recording of our Commencement All-Comm Meeting, where we reviewed the student marshal timeline, plans for promoting and inviting students to the college’s commencement open house, and updated design templates in the shared Canva account.

End-of-Semester Templates

Please use our Canva templates on the college’s shared Canva account to create your end-of-semester materials. If you find that you have too much content to fit into these templates, please email Clayton Lose to request a template that is more tailored to your specific needs.

Awards Ceremony Templates

Commencement Templates

Social Media

Be sure to share information about your department’s major marshal(s) on social media. The college’s Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn accounts will be posting about each of the student marshals, and we encourage you to share those posts.

Please encourage students and families to share their commencement photos and experiences using #PSUGrad and #PSULiberalArtsGrad on social media.

Recent Graduates

Each graduating student will receive an email a few weeks after graduation with some tips on how to stay active with the College of the Liberal Arts and Penn State as alumni. All graduating students will be added to our recent grad email list, which we communicate with throughout the year.

We also encourage graduates to join the Penn State Liberal Arts alumni groups:

Please feel free to share these groups with your department’s network of alumni.