Graduation 2025

The Cal State LA Graduation Initiative 2025 Campus Plan was submitted to the Chancellor’s Office in April 2017. This was written in collaboration with the Graduation 2025 Consultative Group and describes our campus community’s impressive range of student success efforts, specifically focusing on those aimed at improving our graduation rates and equity gaps. Learn more about the CSU Graduation 2025 Initiative.

2022-23 Group Membership

Jose Anguiano – Faculty, Dept. of Chicana(o) and Latina(o) Studies
Kristine M. Bezdecny – Chair, Academic Senate
Amy Bippus – Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
Grace Castillo – Associate Vice President for Student Life
Jennifer Celaya Davis – Associate Vice President for Student Life
Danielle K. Chambers – Associate Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students
Andre Ellis – Associate Vice President, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Krishna Foster – Faculty, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry
T. Fox, – Director of Student Success and Advising, College of Business and Economics
Jose Gomez – Provost and Executive VP, Academic Affairs
Veronica Gutierrez – Administrative Analyst, Office of Undergraduate Studies
Catherine Marley Haras – Executive Director, Center for Effective Teaching and Learning
Michelle Hawley – AVP and Dean, Undergraduate Studies
Andrew J. Long – Executive Director, Center for Academic Success
Sunny Moon – Assistant Vice President, Institutional Effectiveness
Marla Peppers – Associate Dean, Library, John F. Kennedy Memorial
Jesus Ramirez – Deputy Chief Information Officer, ITS, Associate Vice President's Office
Tonatiuh Rodriguez-Nikl – Faculty, Dept. of Civil Engineering
Kristina Ruiz-Mesa – Faculty, Dept. of Communication Studies
Mine Ucok Hughes – Faculty, Dept. of Marketing
Rene Vellanoweth – Dean, College of Natural and Social Sciences
Octavio Villalpando – Vice President for Student Life
Andrea Villegas – Executive Director of Student Success and Advising, Undergraduate Studies
Joyce Williams - Vice President for Administration and Chief Financial Officer
Miguel Zavala – Coordinator, Urban Learning Program