Admiral to speak at commencement

Both ceremonies are slated to be held outdoors on the campus Quad.
GROVE CITY, Pa. -- About 550 graduates will say goodbye to Grove City College at baccalaureate and commencement ceremonies Friday and next Saturday.
The Rev. Dr. M. Craig Barnes will address students at baccalaureate at 7 p.m. Friday, and Adm. Mike Mullen, Chief of Naval Operations and member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will serve as the 2006 commencement speaker at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Both ceremonies, weather permitting, are scheduled to be outdoors on the Quad between Harbison Chapel and Crawford Hall. Location in case of inclement weather will be the arena of the Physical Learning Center.
Also speaking at commencement will be senior Allan Edwards of Greensburg, Pa., who was chosen as the 2006 student commencement speaker.
The Rev. Mr. Barnes graduated from The King's College and Princeton Seminary and received a doctorate in the history of Christianity from the University of Chicago. He was ordained into the Presbyterian Church and has served parishes in Colorado, Wisconsin and Washington, D.C. In fall 2002, he became the Robert Meneilly Professor of Pastoral Ministry at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and subsequently began his service as the installed pastor of the Shadyside Presbyterian Church in November 2003.
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Mullen graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1968 and received a master's degree in operations research from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif. He is also a graduate of the advanced management program at Harvard Business School.
At sea, he served as commanding officer of the USS Noxubee, USS Goldsborough and USS Yorktown. Ashore, Mullen served as company officer and executive assistant to the commandant of midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy. He also served in the Bureau of Naval Personnel and in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
His most recent operational assignment was as a commander in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe, and he became the 28th Chief of Naval Operations on July 22, 2005.