What:
More than 10,000 Titans — graduates and candidates for graduation — are eligible to participate in Cal State Fullerton’s May 16-17 commencement ceremonies. Attendees are expected to number more than 60,000 during the weekend festivities.
Who:
Julián Castro, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, will speak to graduates at the Sunday, May 17, commencement ceremonies. He is the 16th secretary of HUD and oversees a budget of $46 billion. Prior to his appointment, he was mayor of San Antonio, Texas.
Richard Lui, an MSNBC dayside anchor, is the keynote speaker for the Saturday, May 16, ceremony. Lui has anchored for 12 years with the cable and satellite channel, as well as NBC News and CNN worldwide, where he was the first Asian American male to anchor the daily cable news show.
When:
Saturday, May 16, and Sunday, May 17
Where:
Both commencement ceremonies begin at 8 a.m. on the athletics fields north of Titan Gym. College and department ceremonies will follow at various locations (listed below) throughout campus, 800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton, 92831
Tickets:
No tickets are needed for the all-university ceremonies at 8 a.m., but tickets are required for admission to all college and department ceremonies that follow.
Broadcast:
The ceremonies will be broadcast live online and may be viewed on the CSUF webpage, AT&T U-verse and Time Warner Cable channel 15-202 in Fullerton, Placentia, Santa Ana and Seal Beach. The ceremonies can be heard on Titan Internet Radio. Images from pre-commencement events, including cultural recognition ceremonies, can be seen in the Commencement 2015 Flickr collection.
Faculty Marshals:
Faculty marshals, by college, are:
- Arts — Eduardo Delgado, professor of music
- Communications — Robert Gass, professor of human communication studies; Anthony Fellow, professor of communications; and Philippe Perebinossoff, professor of radio-TV-film
- Education — Kristin K. Stang, professor of special education
- Engineering and Computer Science — Song C. “James” Choi, professor of computer science
- Health and Human Development — Matt Englar-Carlson, professor of counseling
- Humanities and Social Sciences — Leila Zenderland, professor of American studies
- Mihaylo College of Business and Economics — John E. “Jay” Barbuto, professor of management
- Natural Sciences and Mathematics —Scott Annin, professor of mathematics
Commencement Eve:
The annual Honors and Scholars Awards program to recognize student achievements begins at 7 p.m. Friday, May 15, in Meng Concert Hall of the university’s Clayes Performing Arts Center.
Also May 15, is the 1 p.m. ROTC Commissioning Ceremony in the Little Theatre of the Clayes Performing Arts Center and the 5 p.m. Teacher Credential Ceremony in Titan Gym.
Website:
www.fullerton.edu/commencement
Parking:
Special Commencement 2015 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 off-campus parking areas.
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.
College and Department Ceremonies
(Approximate starting time is 9:30 a.m., except where noted)
SATURDAY, MAY 16
College of the Arts — Parking lot west of tennis courts/corner of Gymnasium and West Campus drives (northwest corner of campus)
College of Communications
Communications — Titan Stadium
Radio-TV-Film — courtyard east of Titan Shops/Commons
College of Education — Titan Gym
College of Engineering and Computer Science — lawn west of Engineering Building
College of Health and Human Development Counseling — Clayes Performing Arts Center, Meng Concert Hall
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Ethnic Studies – African-American, Asian American, Chicano Studies; Philosophy — Clayes Performing Arts Center, Little Theatre
English, Comparative Literature and Linguistics — west entrance of Humanities-Social Sciences Building French, Japanese Spanish, TESOL, Latin American Studies — Titan Student Union, Portola Pavilion Psychology — west entrance of Titan Gym
Sociology — Tent, southwest corner of Parking Lot A, south of the Children’s Center
Women and Gender Studies — Ruby Gerontology Center, Mackey Auditorium
Mihaylo College of Business and Economics
Business Administration-Entertainment and Tourism Management, Entrepreneurship, Finance and Management concentrations and MBA — lawn north of Titan Gym
SUNDAY, MAY 17
College of Communications
Communicative Disorders, Communication Studies — courtyard east of Titan Shops/Commons
College of Health and Human Development
Child and Adolescent Development — west side of Titan Gym
Nursing — Tent in the southwest corner of Parking Lot A, south of the Children’s Center
(The pinning ceremony will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 16, in Titan Gym.)
Public Health, Health Science and Kinesiology — Titan Stadium
Social Work — Clayes Performing Arts Center, Little Theatre
Human Services — Titan Gym
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
American Studies, Comparative Religion — Clayes Performing Arts Center, Meng Concert Hall Anthropology, Environmental Studies and Geography — Titan Student Union, Portola Pavilion
Gerontology — Ruby Gerontology Center, Mackey Auditorium
History, European Studies — west entrance of the Humanities-Social Sciences Building
Liberal Studies — Ruby Gerontology Center parking lot
Political Science, Public Administration and Criminal Justice — Parking lot west of tennis courts/corner of Gymnasium and West Campus drives (northwest corner of campus)
Mihaylo College of Business and Economics
Business Administration-Accounting, Economics, International Business, Information Systems and Decision Sciences and Marketing concentrations; graduate programs in Accountancy, Economics, Information Systems, Information Technology and Taxation — lawn north of Titan Gym
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics — lawn west of the Engineering Building