Cal State San Bernardino is set to celebrate its Class of 2025 with a series of commencement ceremonies scheduled for May 16-17 at the Toyota Arena in Ontario. The events will also be available via livestream.
Around 3,100 students from both the Palm Desert and San Bernardino campuses are expected to participate in five ceremonies. The celebrations will commence on Friday, May 16, with two ceremonies hosted by the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Graduates from child development, economics, ethnic studies, political science, and psychology departments will be recognized at 1:30 p.m. Later at 6 p.m., graduates from criminology and criminal justice, social work, anthropology, geography and environmental studies, history, social sciences, and sociology departments will be celebrated.
On Saturday, May 17, the Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration will begin the day's events at 9 a.m. The College of Natural Sciences follows at 1:30 p.m., with a joint ceremony for the College of Arts and Letters and the James R. Watson and Judy Rodriguez Watson College of Education concluding the day at 6 p.m.
The Watson College of Education will graduate a record number of candidates—20—from its doctorate in educational leadership program this spring.
Mary Jane McCoy, a CSUSB alumna and longtime Inland Empire educator, will receive an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters during the ceremonies. Additionally, Paul Granillo, president and CEO of the Inland Empire Economic Partnership and CSUSB alumnus, will be honored with a CSU Trustee-Nominated Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters.
The Toyota Arena is located at 4000 E. Ontario Center Parkway in Ontario. For more information about each ceremony or to access livestream links, visit the CSUSB Commencement webpage.
The Palm Desert Campus plays an essential role in expanding access to higher education within Coachella Valley. With increasing student enrollment figures, the new Student Services Building is part of ongoing efforts to enhance campus facilities for its diverse student body.
For further details about the CSUSB Palm Desert Campus, contact Mike Singer in the Office of Marketing and Communications via email or phone or visit their website.