Of the 10,000-plus bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees CSULB will be conferring this graduation season, more than 1,000 will be awarded to engineering students. The College of Engineering’s 2016 Commencement ceremony will take place at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, May 17 in the Central Quad.
But in addition to the university-wide celebration, this year, for the first time, individual engineering departments will be holding their own celebrations. “Students come here and work hard and faculty work hard,” said College of Engineering Dean Forouzan Golshani. “Their relationship is faculty to student. But once they graduate, they are two professionals in the same field. We want these graduation celebrations to mark that.”
The department graduation celebrations will give engineering students a chance to mingle with fellow students, speak with favorite faculty, and enjoy refreshments. The department graduations will be held on Monday, May 16 in ECS-105 at the appointed times:
- Computer Engineering and Computer Science, 9-10:45 a.m.
- Chemical Engineering: 11 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering: 1-2:45 p.m.
- Electrical Engineering: 3-4:45 p.m.
- Civil Engineering and Construction Engineering Management, 5-6:45 p.m.
If you are graduating for any term between Fall 2015 to Summer 2016, sign up by Thursday, May 12 at http://www.csulb.edu/coe-dept-grad to reserve your space.
During Commencement Week from Tuesday-Friday May 17-20, a total of 10 graduation ceremonies will be held. In addition to participating students, upwards of 70,000 family members and friends are expected to visit the university over the four-day period to hear their graduate’s name and watch them walk across the dais. The graduations will be live-streamed via the Web or campus rooms set aside.