Tonight, May 27th, commencement for the class of 2016 starts at 7 p.m. at the Purcell Pavilion(113 Joyce Center, Notre Dame, IN 46556) There has been a parking change with this event. The school has lost 600 spots, but there will be more parking by the library after the parking in the front of the Purcell Pavilion fills up.

The class of 2016 has 16 valedictorians and 3 salutatorians. The valedictorians will be Abigail McRoberts attending Ohio State University, Camden Bohn attending Harvard University, Chris Yun attending Cornell University, Eric Pfrender attending Northwestern University, Jack Bao attending University of Notre Dame, Jessica Lee attending University of Notre Dame, Jewon Oh University of Notre Dame, Megha Devaraj attending University of Notre Dame, Morgan Ludwig attending University of Notre Dame, Norman Jin attending University of Notre Dame, Olivia Mercurio attending University of Notre Dame, Peter Jung attending Purdue University, Rachel Casetti attending Purdue University, Raina DeVries attending University of Chicago, Rivkah Levine University of Michigan, and Runyu Ding University of Michigan.

By Kevin McNulty

Kevin McNulty teaches English and Mass Media Studies at Penn High School. He advises the Penn News Network and manages the PNN Studio and news room. For more information, navigate your browser to www.massmediastudies.net.