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Boeing CFO, Cambridge College president
Doubleheader Commencement June 12-13
Los Angeles, CA – A two-day festivity filled with pride and celebrations,
California State University, Los Angeles will confer more than
5,000 bachelor’s and master’s degrees at this year’s Commencement
exercises June 12 and 13.
The Friday 5 p.m. ceremony will honor graduates in
the Charter College of Education, College of Engineering, Computer
Science, and Technology, and College of Health and Human Services. Its
keynote speaker will be James A. Bell, corporate president, chief
financial officer (CFO) and executive vice president of The Boeing
Company, the world’s largest aerospace company.
The Saturday 8 a.m.
ceremony will honor graduates in the College of Arts and Letters,
College of Business and Economics, and College of Natural and Social
Sciences. Its speaker will be Tito Guerrero, III, president of
Cambridge College in Massachusetts as of March 1, 2009.
What:
The Commencement of Cal State
L.A.’s 62nd graduating class will be a festive celebration.
When: Fri., June 12, 2009, 5
p.m.
Conferring degrees to graduates in the Charter College of Education,
College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology, and College of
Health and Human Services
Speaker: James A. Bell, corporate president, chief
financial officer (CFO) and executive vice president of The Boeing
Company.
Sat., June 13, 2009, 8 a.m.
Conferring degrees to graduates in the College of Arts and Letters,
College of Business and Economics, and College of Natural and Social
Sciences
Speaker: Tito
Guerrero, III, president of Cambridge College in Massachusetts
Where: Cal State L.A.’s University
Athletic Stadium, at the southeast corner of the campus. The
University is located at the Eastern Avenue exit, San Bernardino (I-10)
freeway, at the interchange of the 10 and 710 freeways.
Info: For more information, go to
www.calstatela.edu/commencement.
Working for California since 1947: The 175-acre hilltop campus of California State University, Los Angeles is at the heart of a major metropolitan city, just five miles from Los Angeles’ civic and cultural center. More than 20,000 students and 205,000 alumni—with a wide variety of interests, ages and backgrounds—reflect the city’s dynamic mix of populations. Six colleges offer nationally recognized science, arts, business, criminal justice, engineering, nursing, education and humanities programs, among others, led by an award-winning faculty. Cal State L.A. is home to the critically-acclaimed Luckman Jazz Orchestra and to a unique university center for gifted students as young as 12.
Programs that provide exciting enrichment opportunities to students and community include an NEH- and Rockefeller-supported humanities center; a NASA-funded center for space research; and a growing forensic science program, housed in the Hertzberg-Davis Forensic Science Center. www.calstatela.edu
to address Cal State L.A.’s Class of 2009
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