College of Education Commencement Information

Frequently Asked Questions

The College of Education Commencement will be held on Thursday May 29th at 5:00 pm.  Graduates are encouraged to arrive on campus 45 minutes before the start of the ceremony.  Once the ceremony begins, graduates and guests are asked to turn off their cell phones and graduates are expected to remain for the entire ceremony.

Graduates will line up in the following order:

• Doctorate Graduates
• Masters Graduate inEducational Psychology, Administration, & Counseling
• Masters Graduates in Teacher Education
• Credential Graduates
• Liberal Studies Graduates*

*ITEP Graduates may line up together at the beginning of the Liberal Studies Department.

Masters graduates do not wear their hoods into the ceremony. The hoods are draped over the left arm until they are placed on the graduates by the faculty hooders.

Bachelors graduates and Masters graduates will fill out YELLOW registration cards with their names spelled phonetically on the back for the faculty who will read their names.

Credential graduates will fill out BLUE registration cards with their names spelled phonetically on the back for the faculty who will read their names.

Undergraduates wear their tassel on the right side of the cap.  Graduates wear their tassel on the left side of the cap.

Graduates will be listed in the program if you filed a Request to Graduate Form with the Office of Enrollment Services for August 2007, December 2007, January 2008, May 2008, August 2008, or December 2008 BEFORE the deadlines. 

Credential Students whose credentials were issued in Summer 2007, Fall 2007, or Spring 2008 will be listed in the program.  The Credential Center makes every effort to list all Spring 2008 credential candidates who are enrolled and in good standing at the time of publication.

Graduates may participate in the Commencement Ceremony even if you did not meet the deadlines to file for Graduation but your name will not appear in the program.

A reception for the College of Education graduates will be held from 7:00-9:00 pm following the Commencement Ceremony.

The ceremony can be watched on large television screens located in the air conditioned Lecture Halls (LH room 150 & 151) and Peterson Hall 1 (PH1 room 140 & 141). The Medical Tent is located at the northeast corner of the event for emergency medical assistance.

CSULB graduation information website: http://www.csulb.edu/projects/commencement/

College of Education graduation information website: http://www.ced.csulb.edu/commencement/

Last update: 8/1/07