Shortly after the Penn State Harrisburg graduates on Saturday had found their seats on the main floor at the Giant Center, a woman began a chant.
"We are," she yelled.
"Penn State," the graduates yelled back.
But her fellow graduates weren't the only ones. On the stage, Penn State football coach and keynote speaker James Franklin joined in. And after the chant ended, Franklin pointed to the woman, smiled and gave her a thumbs up.
Franklin may not have been up in State College or at his alma mater East Stroudsburg where he was the commencement speaker three years ago, but there was no doubt he felt right at home in that moment.