Cal State Fullerton Celebrates Commencement 2008

Record Number of Participants Expected May 17-18

May 14, 2008 :: No. 256

What:

Almost 10,000 graduates and candidates for graduation are eligible to participate in Cal State Fullerton's 2008 Commencement ceremonies May 17 and 18. The main ceremonies are open to the public, and more than 50,000 celebrants are expected. Tickets are required for the college exercises that follow.

When/Where:

Saturday, May 17, and Sunday, May 18
8 a.m. university ceremonies on the athletics fields north of Titan Gym
9:45 a.m. (approximate) college and department exercises at various locations on campus - schedule follows.

Who:

NASA astronaut Tracy E. Caldwell, a Cal State Fullerton graduate (B.S. chemistry '93), will be awarded an honorary doctorate Saturday, May 17, during the 8 a.m. ceremony.

Keynote speakers are NBC4's Orange County Bureau Chief Vikki Vargas on May 17, and author and professor Robert B. Reich, who served as secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton, on May 18.

The annual Honors Convocation to recognize student achievements will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, May 16, in the Meng Concert Hall of the university's Performing Arts Center.

The Teacher Credential Ceremony is at 5 p.m. Friday, May 16, on the lawn west of the Engineering Building.

Website:

www.fullerton.edu/commencement

Watch Online:

Titan Communications Web TV will broadcast the ceremonies: http://titancom.fullerton.edu/commencement/

Parking:

On-campus parking will be free and limited to vehicles with three or more occupants. Parking Lot A is designated for the disabled; shuttles will be available.

Media Parking:

Golleher Alumni House parking lot, off State College Boulevard at the West Campus Drive entrance to campus.

Map:

http://www.fullerton.edu/campusmap/CampusMap.htm

Cal State Fullerton 2008 Commencement

College and Department Exercises/Celebrations

(Approximate starting time is 9:45 a.m. except where noted.)

SATURDAY, MAY 17

College of the Arts: Tent in Parking Lot A (northwest corner of campus)

Steven G. Mihaylo College of Business and Economics: Business Administration-Finance, Management, Entrepreneurship, Entertainment/Tourism - Lawn north of Titan Gym

College of Communications: Communications - Titan Stadium; Speech Communication - Titan Student Union's Portola Pavilion; Radio-TV-Film - Courtyard east of Titan Shops

College of Humanities and Social Sciences: Geography and Environmental Studies - Performing Arts Center's Little Theatre at 11 a.m.; History/European Studies - West side of Humanities-Social Sciences Building; Sociology and Gerontology - Titan Gymnasium; Philosophy, Afro-Ethnic and Asian American Studies, Chicana and Chicano Studies - Performing Arts Center's Little Theatre; Psychology - West side of Titan Gymnasium; Women's Studies - Ruby Gerontology Center's Mackey Auditorium; Modern Languages, TESOL and Latin American Studies - Titan Student Union's Portola Pavilion

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

ROTC: Titan Student Union's Portola Pavilion at 2 p.m.

SUNDAY, MAY 18

Steven G. Mihaylo College of Business and Economics: M.B.A., Business Administration-Accounting and Marketing, Economics, International Business, Information Systems and Decision Sciences - Titan Stadium

College of Education: Titan Gym

College of Engineering and Computer Science: Lawn west of Engineering Building

College of Health and Human Development: Child and Adolescent Studies, Health Sciences, Human Services, Kinesiology - Athletics fields north of Titan Gym; Counseling - Courtyard east of Titan Shops; Nursing - Titan Student Union's Portola Pavilion

College of Humanities and Social Sciences: Anthropology - Titan Student Union's Portola Pavilion; American Studies, Comparative Religion - Performing Arts Center's Little Theatre; Political Science, Public Administration and Criminal Justice - Tent in Parking Lot A; English, Comparative Literature and Linguistics - West entrance of Humanities-Social Sciences Building; Liberal Studies - West side of Titan Gym

Media Contacts:
Chris Bugbee, Public Affairs, 657-278-8487 or cbugbee@fullerton.edu
Paula Selleck, Public Affairs, 657-278-4856 or pselleck@fullerton.edu

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