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Calendar Listing: Commencement June 15-16
Children’s Hospital CEO, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education
to address Cal State L.A.’s Class of 2012
What: 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 65th Commencement June 15 and 16.
When: Friday, June 15, 2012, 5 p.m.
Conferring degrees to graduates in the Charter College of Education, the College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology, and the College of Health and Human Services
Speaker: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles CEO/President Richard D. Cordova.
Saturday, June 16, 2012, 8 a.m.
Conferring degrees to graduates in the College of Arts and Letters, the College of Business and Economics, and the College of Natural and Social Sciences
Speaker: U.S. Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education Eduardo M. Ochoa.
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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