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U.S. Secretary of Labor, California State Controller to address Cal State L.A.’s Class of 2011
Doubleheader Commencement June 10-11
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 during this year’s Commencement June 10 and 11.
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 U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis.
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 California State Controller John Chiang. Los Angeles Police Commission President John W. Mack—who served as president of the L.A. Urban League from August 1969 until his retirement in 2005— will also receive an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the CSU Board of Trustees on June 11.
What: The Commencement of Cal State L.A.’s 64th graduating class will be a festive celebration.
When: Friday, June 10, 2011, 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: U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis.
Saturday, June 11, 2011, 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: California State Controller John Chiang.
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.
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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 215,000 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 the Honors College for high-achieving students, opening in fall 2011. Programs that provide exciting enrichment opportunities to students and community include an NEH-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