Geneva College graduation events will be held May 4 and 5.

BEAVER FALLS, PA (04/26/2012)(readMedia)-- As the spring semester draws to a close, the members of the Geneva College class of 2012 are preparing to complete their studies, don caps and gowns and receive their diplomas. Commencement ceremonies for the graduates will be held Friday, May 4 and Saturday, May 5.

Commencement events begin with a baccalaureate service on Friday, May 4 at 7 p.m. in Metheny Fieldhouse. Rev. Wade Mann, pastor of the Shawnee Reformed Presbyterian Church in Shawnee, Kan., will be giving the sermon.

Traditional undergraduate commencement will be Saturday, May 5 at 10 a.m. Dr. Steven Garber, Principal of the Washington Institute of Faith, Vocation & Culture, will be providing the address, "Singing Songs That the Whole World Can Hear: On Vocation and the Common Good."

The ceremony will be held outside in Reeves Field, weather permitting. Gates open at 8:30 am. If inclement weather forces undergraduate commencement indoors, tickets will be required to enter Metheny Fieldhouse. For the latest available information on the location of the ceremony, call the commencement hotline at 724-847-6100 or visit the commencement webpage at www.geneva.edu/object/commencement_2012.

Graduate and adult education commencement will be held Saturday, May 5 at 4 p.m. in Metheny Fieldhouse. Dr. Mitchel Nickols, senior pastor of the Bibleway Christian Fellowship Church in New Kensington, Pa., will present "Now What?"

Geneva College is a comprehensive Christian college of the arts, sciences and professional studies. Founded in the tradition of the Reformed Christian faith, Geneva prepares students to serve Christ in all areas of society: work, family and the church. Geneva College's philosophy of education is based on the Foundational Concepts of Christian Higher Education. Geneva is a founding member of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU).