Commencement 2012
More Than 50,000 Attendees Expected at CSUF May 19-20
May 7, 2012 :: No. 170
What:
More than 10,000 grads and candidates for graduation are eligible to participate in Cal State Fullerton’s May 19-20 commencement ceremonies. Attendees are expected to number more than 50,000 during the weekend festivities.
Who:
Keynote speakers for the universitywide ceremonies are John Berry, director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, who will address attendees at the May 19 event; and Martha J. Kanter, undersecretary of education, who will speak May 20.
When/Where:
Saturday, May 19, and Sunday, May 20
Both commencement ceremonies begin at 8 a.m. on the athletics fields north of Titan Gym. College and department exercises and celebrations will follow at various locations throughout campus (listed below), 800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton, 92831
Tickets:
Tickets are not needed for the all-university ceremonies at 8 a.m., but are required for admission to all college and department exercises/celebrations that follow.
Broadcast:
The ceremonies will be broadcast live on the Internet and may be viewed on the Cal State Fullerton website, AT&T U-verse and on Channel 98 in Fullerton, Placentia, Santa Ana and Seal Beach; and heard on Titan Internet Radio.
Faculty Marshals:
Faculty marshals, by college, are:
Arts — Abel A. Zeballos, professor of theatre and dance
Communications — K. Jeanine Congalton, associate professor of human communication studies; Gail Love, associate professor of communications; Philippe Perebinossoff, associate professor of radio-TV-film
Education — Melinda R. Pierson, chair and professor of special education
Engineering and Computer Science — Young Kwon, professor of electrical engineering
Health and Human Development — Kari Knutson-Miller, chair and professor of child and adolescent studies
Humanities and Social Sciences — William Haddad, professor of history and coordinator of Asian American studies
Natural Sciences and Mathematics — Murtadha Khakoo, professor of physics
Mihaylo College of Business and Economics — Weili Lu, professor of finance
Commencement Eve:
The annual 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 Clayes Performing Arts Center. Also Friday, May 18, is the 10 a.m. ROTC Commissioning Ceremony on the Engineering and Computer Science lawn and the 5 p.m. Teacher Credential Ceremony in Titan Gym.
Website:
www.fullerton.edu/commencement
Parking:
Special Commencement parking permits are required for on-campus parking. Limited to vehicles with three or more occupants, on-campus parking is on a first-come, first-served basis. Late arrivals or cars with fewer than three people will be directed to park at neighboring Hope University, Eastside Christian Church (Saturday only), Southern California College of Optometry, University Plaza and Western State College of Law.
Levels 1 and 2 of the State College Parking Structure and Parking Lot I (east of the Education-Classroom Building) have been designated for the disabled whose vehicles display DMV placard or DP plate; limited shuttles will be available. Map of the campus is available online.
Cal State Fullerton 2012 Commencement
College and Department Exercises/Celebrations
(Approximate starting time is 10 a.m., except where noted)
SATURDAY, MAY 19
College of the Arts — Parking lot west of tennis courts/corner of Gymnasium and West Campus drives (northwest corner of campus)
Steven G. Mihaylo College of Business and Economics
Business Administration-Business Economics, Entertainment and Tourism Management, Entrepreneurship, Information Systems, International Business, Management, Management Science, Marketing, and Risk Management and Insurance concentrations and B.A. Economics — Lawn north of Titan Gymnasium
College of Communications
Communications — Titan Stadium
Communicative Disorders and Speech Communication — Lawn south of Mihaylo Hall
Radio-TV-Film — Patio east of Titan Shops
College of Education — Titan Gymnasium
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Afro-Ethnic Studies/Asian American/Chicano-Chicana Studies/Philosophy — Little Theatre, Clayes Performing Arts Center (program begins at 11 a.m.)
Anthropology/Environmental Studies — Portola Pavilion, Titan Student Union
American Studies/Comparative Religion — Meng Concert Hall, Clayes Performing Arts Center
Geography — Little Theatre, Clayes Performing Arts Center
History/European Studies — West side of Humanities-Social Sciences Building
Psychology — West entrance to Titan Gymnasium
Women and Gender Studies — Mackey Auditorium, Ruby Gerontology Center
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics — Lawn west of Engineering Building
SUNDAY, MAY 20
Steven G. Mihaylo College of Business and Economics
Business Administration-Accounting and Finance concentrations, M.A. Economics, MBA and M.S. in Accountancy, Information Systems, Information Technology and Taxation — Athletics fields north of Titan Gymnasium
College of Engineering and Computer Science — Lawn west of Engineering Building
College of Health and Human Development
Child and Adolescent Studies — West side of Titan Gym
Counseling — Meng Concert Hall, Clayes Performing Arts Center
Health Science, Human Services, Kinesiology, Public Health — Titan Stadium
Nursing — Patio east of Titan Shops/Commons (plus 2 p.m. pinning ceremony May 19 in Titan Gym)
Social Work — Little Theatre, Clayes Performing Arts Center
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
English, Comparative Literature, Linguistics — West side of Humanities-Social Sciences Building
French, German, Japanese, Latin American Studies, Spanish, TESOL, Latin American Studies — Portola Pavilion, Titan Student Union
Gerontology — Mackey Auditorium, Ruby Gerontology Center
Liberal Studies — Titan Gymnasium
Political Science/Public Administration/Criminal Justice — Parking lot west of tennis courts/corner of Gymnasium and West Campus drives (west side of campus)
Sociology — Tent in the southwest corner of Parking Lot A (south of the Children’s Center)
