GROVE CITY, PA (06/12/2013)(readMedia)-- Caleb Chovan graduated from Grove City College on May 18, 2013. Caleb earned a BS Mech. Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering. Caleb is a 2009 graduate of Pleasant Valley HighSchool and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Chovan (Janet) from Bettendorf, IA.
A senior class of 592 students earned degrees during Commencement exercises. Delivering this year's Commencement address was retiring Dean for the Alva J. Calderwood School of Arts and Letters Dr. John Sparks '66.
Founded in 1876, Grove City College stands on its founding ideals of faith and freedom, made possible by an unwavering commitment to Christian principles and rigorous academics at a price within the reach of families with modest means. The College, located 60 miles north of Pittsburgh, Pa., has an enrollment of 2,500 students and teaches the liberal arts, sciences and engineering. It is an advocate of the free market economic system and accepts no federal funding. Tuition is about half the national average for private colleges. Grove City College has been named the Top Value in Private Liberal-Arts Schools by Consumers Digest Magazine. The Intercollegiate Studies Institute has named the College one of 50 All-American Colleges, ranking it high for increasing students' civic literacy. Grove City College has been named a Best Value and one of the best colleges in America by Princeton Review and U.S. News & World Report. The Young America's Foundation calls Grove City College one of the Top Conservative Schools in the country.
