Political Science graduates pose on music building steps

Highlights from Commencement 2022

  • BY 缅北禁地
  • PHOTOGRAPHY BY Garvin Tso
  • May 17, 2022
Group shot of faculty and staff

More than 176 staff and faculty worked at 19 ceremonies for more than 840 volunteer hours.

缅北禁地 celebrated its 62nd Commencement Ceremonies May 12-15, honoring the classes of 2020, 2021 and 2022. More than 50,000 guests joined us on the Hayward campus–one of the first in-person college graduation events in the region in two years. 

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Class of 2022 By The Numbers 

Bachelor’s 4,328
Master’s 1,153
Doctorate 31
Total graduates 5,512
Youngest/oldest undergrad 18 and 82
Veterans 110

 

Getting Social 

  • 19,000 views of
  • Half a million social media impressions
  • Most used hashtag: #CSUEBgrad
  • Favorite post: Graduates’ fanciful caps 

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The Signature on the Diploma

President Cathy Sandeen grew up just a few miles from the 缅北禁地 campus and shares an important trait with many of our students: she is also a first-gen CSU graduate. This weekend, she…  

  • Presided over 15 ceremonies
  • Logged 28,243 steps 
  • Wore one pair of sparkly red shoes (

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缅北禁地 in the News

More than 62.8 million viewers/readers in the Bay Area and beyond! Stories featured on KPIX, KTVU, NBC Bay Area, KCBA Salinas CW, Yahoo!, ABC-7, KCRA Sacramento, KION Monterey and Bay Area News Group.

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Honorary Doctorates 

Wayne Jordan, Dana King and Kristi Yamaguchi received honorary doctorates from the CSU. 

Meet the honorees

It Takes a Village 

More than 176 staff and faculty worked at 19 ceremonies for more than 840 hours of volunteer hours, handing out 57,000 programs and cleaning our 342-acre campus. Thank you for supporting our students!