May 7, 2007 :: No. 194

More than 9,500 students are eligible to participate in Cal State Fullerton’s May 19-20 commencement ceremonies, which are expected to attract more than 35,000 family members and friends to campus.

Keynote speakers for the 48th annual universitywide celebration will be actor Robert David Hall, who plays coroner Albert Robbins on the CBS television drama “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” at the Saturday, May 19 ceremony, and Lucy Jones, scientist-in-charge for the U.S. Geological Survey earthquake activities in Southern California, who will address attendees Sunday, May 20.

Cal State Fullerton graduate Dan Black of the Class of ’67 will be awarded an honorary doctorate May 20. A physics graduate-turned successful entrepreneur, Black underwrites programs and scholarships to benefit students at his alma mater. He has given more then $4.2 million in cash and pledges to the university’s College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.

The May 19 and 20 commencement ceremonies will begin at 8 a.m. on the sports fields north of Titan Gymnasium. College and department exercises will follow at various campus locations.

The Honors Convocation to recognize student achievements will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, May 18, in the Meng Concert Hall of the university’s Performing Arts Center. Student achievement also will be recognized during a variety of special recognition ceremonies scheduled this month, including:

• Wednesday, May 9, 7-9 p.m., Third Annual Lavender Pride Recognition Ceremony, Portola Pavilion, Titan Student Union
• Thursday, May 10, 6-8:30 p.m., Pilipino American Graduation Celebration, Portola Pavilion, Titan Student Union
• Friday, May 11, 6:30-9 p.m., Fifth Annual Asian & Pacific Islander Graduate Recognition Ceremony with San Francisco attorney Dale Minami as keynote speaker, Portola Pavilion, Titan Student Union
• Saturday, May 12, noon-2 p.m., 19th annual Pan-African Student Recognition Ceremony with Orange County Superior Court Judge Karen Robinson as keynote speaker, on the Engineering and Computer Science Lawn
• Saturday, May 12, 5:30-8:30 p.m., 19th annual Chicano/Latino Graduate Recognition Celebration, Portola Pavilion, Titan Student Union
• Friday, May 18 from 5-7 p.m., Credential Candidate Recognition Ceremonies, Engineering and Computer Science Lawn
  College and department exercises and celebrations May 19 and 20 are as follows: (Approximate starting time is 9:30 a.m., except where noted.)

Saturday, May 19
College of the Arts — Tent in the south section of Parking Lot A
College of Education — Titan Gymnasium
College of Engineering and Computer Science — Lawn west of Engineering Building
College of Health and Human Development —

• Child and Adolescent Development, Health Science, Human Services and Kinesiology — Lawn north of Titan Gymnasium
• Counseling — Titan Student Union’s Portola Pavilion
• Nursing — Courtyard east of Titan Bookstore

College of Humanities and Social Sciences —

• Environmental Studies and Geography — Performing Arts Center’s Little Theatre
• Gerontology and Sociology — West entrance of Humanities-Social Sciences Building
• Afro-Ethic Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicana/Chicano Studies and Philosophy — 11 a.m. Performing Arts Center’s Little Theatre
• Liberal Studies — Titan Stadium
• ROTC Commissioning Ceremony — 1:30 p.m. Titan Student Union’s Portola Pavilion
• Women’s Studies — Ruby Gerontology Center’s Mackey Auditorium

Sunday, May 20
College of Business and Economics — Lawn north of Titan Gymnasium
College of Communications —

• Communications — Titan Stadium
• Communicative Disorders, Radio-TV-Film and Speech Communication — Courtyard east of Titan Bookstore

• American Studies and Religious Studies — Performing Arts Center’s Little Theatre
• Anthropology — 11 a.m. Titan Student Union’s Portola Pavilion
• Criminal Justice, Political Science and Public Administration—Tent in Parking Lot A
• English, Comparative Literature and Linguistics — West entrance to Humanities-Social Sciences Building
• History and European Studies — Titan Student Union’s Portola Pavilion
• Latin American Studies, Modern Languages (French, German, Japanese and Spanish) and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) — 11 a.m. Performing Arts Center’s Little Theatre
• Psychology - Titan Gymnasium

College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics — Lawn west of Engineering Building

Additional details are available online at: www.fullerton.edu/commencement.

Editor’s Note: News media covering commencement ceremonies are advised to use the Dorothy Lane/W. Campus Drive entrance off State College Boulevard for parking in the lot adjacent to the Golleher Alumni House.

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