Record Number of Candidates to Take Part

Cal State Fullerton Prepares for 2009 Commencement Ceremonies

May 19, 2009

By Pamela McLaren

More than 11,000 candidates — including 2,287 January graduates — are eligible to participate in Cal State Fullerton’s annual commencement ceremonies May 23-24.

Keynote speakers for the universitywide celebrations will be U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and Jack O’Connell, state superintendent of public instruction. O’Connell, a 1973 Cal State Fullerton alumnus, will speak during the Saturday, May 23, ceremony, while Solis, an alumna of Cal Poly Pomona, addresses attendees Sunday, May 24.

Both celebrations will begin at 8 a.m. on the sports fields north of Titan Gymnasium. College and department celebrations will follow at various locations throughout campus. (Times and locations noted below.)

The ceremonies will be broadcast live on the Internet and may be viewed by visiting the university website (www.fullerton.edu). The ceremony also will be aired live on Channel 98 in Fullerton, Placentia, Santa Ana and Seal Beach.

Tickets are not needed for the all-university ceremonies at 8 a.m., but are required for admission to all college and department celebrations.

On-campus parking will be restricted to those who carpool (three persons per car) and those with disabled-person license plates or placards, due to the limited number of spaces. Off-campus parking sites include Hope University south of the campus and Troy High School and Western College of Law, both just west of the campus. Campus parking information is available on 1620-AM within a 2.5 mile radius of the campus.

Leading the campus faculty marshals will be Mohinder S. Grewal, professor of electrical engineering and the university’s Outstanding Professor Award recipient for 2008-09. Faculty marshals are: College of the Arts — Susan Hallman, professor of theatre and dance; Mihaylo College of Business and Economics — Kohli Chiranjeev, professor of marketing; College of Communications — Shelley Jenkins, lecturer in radio-TV-film, Kenneth Tom, associate professor of human communication studies, and Fred Zandpour, professor of communications; College of Education — Joann C. Carter-Wells, professor of reading; College of Engineering and Computer Science — John Clymer, professor of electrical engineering; College of Health and Human Development — Kenneth Ravizza, professor of kinesiology; College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Craig Ihara, professor of philosophy; and College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics — Christopher R. Meyer, professor of chemistry and biochemistry.

Cal State Fullerton 2009 Commencement

(College and department exercises/celebrations start at about 9:45 a.m.)

Saturday May 23

Main Ceremony

lawn north of Titan Gymnasium 8 a.m.
Keynote speaker Jack O’Connell, state superintendent of public instruction

College of the Arts

tent west of tennis courts

Steven G. Mihaylo College of Business and Economics

Economics, Entertainment/Tourism, Entrepreneurship, Information Systems and Decision Sciences, International Business, Management, Marketing — Titan Stadium

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 Studies — lawn south of Mihaylo Hall

Public Health, Health Science, Human Services and Kinesiology — lawn north of Titan Gymnasium

Nursing — courtyard east of Titan Shops

Counseling — Little Theatre, Clayes Performing Arts Center

Social Work — Mackey Auditorium, Ruby Gerontology Center

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

English, Comparative Literature and Linguistics — west entrance of Humanities-Social Sciences Building

Liberal Studies — west side of Titan Gymnasium

Modern Languages, TESOL and Latin American Studies — Portola Pavilions, Titan Student Union

Sunday, May 24

Main Ceremony

lawn north of Titan Gymnasium 8 a.m.
Keynote speaker — Hilda Solis, U.S. secretary of labor

Steven G. Mihaylo College of Business and Economics

Accounting, finance and master’s candidates — lawn north of Titan Gymnasium

College of Communications

Communications — Titan Stadium

Human Communication Studies — Portola Pavilion, Titan Student Union

Radio-TV-Film — courtyard east of Titan Shops

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Sociology and Gerontology — Titan Gymnasium

Philosophy, Afro-Ethnic Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicana and Chicano Studies — Little Theatre, Clayes Performing Arts Center

Political Science, Public Administration and Criminal Justice — tent west of tennis courts

History and European Studies — west entrance of Humanities-Social Sciences Building

Anthropology, Environmental Studies, Geography — Lawn south of Mihaylo Hall

American Studies, Comparative Religion — Meng Concert Hall, Clayes Performing Arts Center

Psychology — west side of Titan Gymnasium

Women’s Studies — Mackey Auditorium, Ruby Gerontology Center

College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

lawn west of Engineering Building