Commencement 2010

Celebrate the 61st Commencement

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WHEN:

1:00 pm Friday, May 28, 2010. (Those participating in the ceremony should be present no later than 12:30 pm).

WHERE:

Central Quadrangle of the University on upper campus. Your guests should go directly to the Commencement site in the central quad on upper campus; they should not accompany you to the processional assembly area. You should arrange to meet your guests after the Commencement exercises at the reception area. The location of the reception will be announced at the ceremony. Student ushers will direct seating.

INVITATION FROM THE COLLEGE:

All Candidates who filed on time for graduation in the CNSM will receive a letter of invitation from the Dean.

GUESTS:

We encourage you to invite family and friends to attend as your guests. Invite as many guests as you wish. No admission tickets are needed. Children who are accustomed to sitting quietly in large groups are welcome at Commencement. Please tell your guests to allow a half-hour to walk from the parking on lower campus to the Central Quad on upper campus.

WHERE TO ASSEMBLE:

Graduates may assemble for the procession beginning at 12:00 noon, but no later than 12:30 pm. Follow signs to the assembly area along the Fine Arts Buildings when you arrive on campus.

LINE UP - Masters Candidates:

Line up in two columns behind the Masters' banner and sign alongside the Fine Arts Buildings. Faculty marshals and college staff will assist in this line up. Each candidate will be hooded during the ceremony. Obtain hooding instructions when you line up for the ceremony. Candidates should carry their hood over their right arm when they process forward to the platform. Be sure the button on the hood is unbuttoned. Complete the name card distributed to you in the processional line. The card will be used by a reader to read your name when you walk across the platform.

LINE UP -Undergraduates:

There will be department direction signs in the designated line up area alongside the Fine Arts Buildings. Line up in two columns behind the department banner and sign of your major. Faculty marshals and college staff will assist in this line up. Complete the name card distributed in the processional line. The card will be used by a reader to read your name when you cross the platform.

PROGRAM BOOK:

If you filed to graduate on time, your name will be printed in the College's Commencement Program that will be on your seat at Commencement. Additional copies will be available at the ceremony.

RECEPTION:

Immediately following the ceremony, you and your family and guests are cordially invited to attend the College's Commencement Reception at the Terrace Level of the University Student Union building. No tickets will be needed.

PHOTOGRAPHY:

A commercial photographer will be taking two pictures of each graduate on Commencement day, one while the graduate crosses the platform, and the other after the graduate leaves the platform. The photographer will contact each graduate. Also, the Commencement ceremony will be broadcast live over the web. Check your web connection at before the ceremony begins at: http://www.csulb.edu/projects/commencement/webcast/index.html. A DVD of the ceremony will be available for purchase at the bookstore at a later date.

GRADUATION INFORMATION:

The 49er Shops University Bookstore provides the opportunity to rent your cap and gown for later pick-up, and purchase class rings, diploma plaques, graduation announcements, educationally discounted computer hardware and software, and resume services. Information is available at their website: http://www.49ershops.net/ePOS?this_category=79&store=334&form=shared3%2fgm%2fbrowse.html&design=334.

YEARBOOK INFORMATION:

http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/students/asi/media/yearbook/

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

http://www.csulb.edu/projects/commencement/