BE ACKNOWLEDGED BY YOUR FAMILY 
AND FRIENDS.
AND NOW, WILL EVERYONE PLEASE 
RISE FOR 
THE ACADEMIC P ROCESSION.
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>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE 
REMAIN STANDING AND WELCOME CAL 
STATE LA STUDENT GIANNA HALPIN 
WHO WILL SING THE 
NATIONAL ANTHEM ACCOMPANIED BY 
THE CAL STATE LA BRASS QUINTET.
[SINGING NATIONAL 
ANTHEM]
[APPLAUSE] 
>> PLEASE BE SEATED.
GOOD MORNING STUDENTS, HONORED 
FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS.
I'M PAMELA SCOTT-JOHNSON THE 
DEAN OF 
THE COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND 
SOCIAL SCIENCES.
WELCOME TO 
THE 2018 COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY.
OVER THE COURSE OF YOUR ACADEMIC
CAREER, OUR FACULTY, 
ADMINISTRATION AND 
STAFF HAVE FOCUSED THEIR 
EXPERTISE ON YOUR SUCCESS. THEY 
HAVE BECOME YOUR MENTORS AND FOR
MANY OF YOU YOUR COLLEAGUES.
AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO 
ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK THE CHAIR 
OF 
ACADEMIC SENATE, VEENA PRABHU.
MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY, STAFF 
AND THE 
ADMINISTRATION FOR ASSISTING OUR
STUDENTS TO EXCEL AND ACHIEVE 
THEIR GOALS.
WILL THESE MEMBERS OF THE 
UNIVERSITY 
COMMUNITY PLEASE STAND AND BE 
RECOGNIZED.
[APPLAUSE]  THANK YOU, YOU MAYBE
SEATED.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING THE 
PRESIDENT OF CAL STATE LA, 
WILLIAM A. COVINA.
>> CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 
2018. HOW MANY OF THE 
UNDERGRADUATES HERE TODAY ARE 
THE FIRST IN YOUR FAMILY TO BE 
RECEIVING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE? 
HOW MANY OF OUR GRADUATES 
STUDENTS ARE 
THE FIRST IN YOUR FAMILY TO BE 
RECEIVING 
A MASTERS DEGREE? THAT'S 
TERRIFIC. CONGRATULATIONS 
EVERYBODY.
TODAY IS ALL ABOUT YOU.
TO GIVE US A CHANCE TO CELEBRATE
HOW AND THAT YOU'VE ACHIEVED AND
YET TO COME.
THIS IS A BIG CHAPTER IN THE 
STORY OF YOUR LIFE.
BECAUSE DURING YOUR TIME HERE, 
WE 
WITNESS WORLD CHANGING M OMENTS 
TOGETHER.
CALIFORNIA BECAME THE WORLD 
FIFTH LARGEST ECONOMY EXPANDING 
OPPORTUNITIES THAT AWAIT YOU AS 
YOU GRADUATE.
POLITICAL CHANGES ON THE 
NATIONAL SCENE 
CREATED NEW PRIORITIES AND NEW 
CHALLENGES AND THE VOICES OF 
STUDENTS DETERMINED TO SERVE THE
PUBLIC GOOD 
BECAME AN EVEN MORE I MPACTFUL 
FORCE FOR CHANGE.
DURING YOUR TIME HERE SCIENCE 
AND 
TECHNOLOGY, GAVE US NEW POWER, 
NEW POTENTIAL, NEW TOOLS OF 
EXPLORATION AND 
DISCOVERY IN THE FIELD OF THE 
NATURAL S CIENCENS AND ELSEWHERE
AND DAY-TO-DAY 
LIFE BECAME FULL OF MORE 
POSSIBILITIES 
FOR PERSONAL GROWTH AND FOR 
INNOVATION AND FOR PROFESSIONAL 
ADVANCEMENT.
YOU, CLASS OF 2018, YOU ARE THE 
CREATORS OF TOMORROW.
WE'RE HERE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE
FUTURE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO 
BUILD. DURING YOUR TIME HERE, 
YOU EACH EXPERIENCED A PERSONAL 
TRANSFORMATION.
A TRANSFORMATION THAT IS AS 
PROFOUND AS THE EVENTS WE LIVE 
THROUGH TOGETHER. YOU'RE NOT THE
SAME PERSON THAT YOU WERE WHEN 
YOU FIRST SET FOOT ON CAMPUS.
YOU CAME HERE WITH A PLAN TO 
LEARN 
MORE, TO FOCUS YOUR MAJOR ON A 
CAREER 
PATH PERHAPS TO EMBARK ON A NEW 
PATH.
YOU WILL LEAVE CAL STATE LA WITH
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCES THAT 
WILL 
PROPEL YOU FORWARD IN YOUR 
CAREERS, IN 
FURTHER RESEARCH  TOWARD GREAT 
THINGS. I HOPE YOU REMEMBER THE 
FACULTY WHO 
TAUGHT AND MENTORED YOU AND 
HELPED YOU BECOME THE A 
CCOMPLISHED GRADUATE YOU ARE 
TODAY.
THE FRIENDS WHO ENCOURAGED YOU 
AND THE COMMUNITY THAT EMBRACED 
YOU.
YOU SHARED IMPORTANT EVENTS IN 
THE LIFE OF THE UNIVERSITY 
COMMUNITY.
TOGETHER WE CELEBRATED THE 
UNIVERSITY'S 70th ANNIVERSARY.
WE LAUNCHED NEW INITIATIVES, WE 
STOOD IF THE SPOTLIGHT WHEN A 
STUDY IN THE 
"NEW YORK TIMES" RANKED CAL 
STATE LA 
NUMBER ONE IN THE UNITED STATES 
FOR THE 
UPWARD MOBILITY OF OUR STUDENTS.
THAT MEANS CERTAINLY THAT THE 
FUTURE IS BRIGHT FOR ALL OF YOU.
TODAY, YOU BECOME ALUMNI OF CAL 
STATE LA.
YOU JOIN THE RANKS OF MORE THAN 
245,000 
ALUMNI OF THIS UNIVERSITY.
THREE MILLION ALUMNI OF THE 
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY 
SYSTEM.
OUR OUTSTANDING ALUMNI INCLUDE 
TENNIS LEGEND BILLIE JEAN KING, 
CONGRESSWOMAN MAXINE WATER, 
CONGRESSWOMAN LUCILLE 
ROYBAL-ALLARD, ASTRONAUT SAMUEL 
T. DURRANCE.
THE CREATOR OF BRATZ DOLLS. 
ISAAC LARIAN. NO FREE BRATZ 
DOLLS TODAY. I CHECKED. WE'RE 
GOING TO PILE THEM UP AND HAVE 
YOU GRAB THEM COMING OUT.
IT DIDN'T WORK OUT. DR.SUMANTA 
PAL, THE DIRECTOR OF THE KIDNEY 
CANCER PROGRAM AND MEDICAL 
ONCOLOGY AT CITY OF HOPE 
HOSPITAL.
THE FOUNDERS AND OWNERS OF 
GAVINA COFFEE.
AND THE FOUNDERS AND OWNERS OF 
PORTO'S BAKERY.
I KNEW THERE WERE FANS OUT T 
HERE.
NOW ALL THESE GREAT PEOPLE ARE 
YOUR FELLOW  ALUMS.
OUR CLASS OF 2018 ALSO INCLUDES 
106 VETERANS WHO SERVED OUR 
NATION WITH VALOR AND THEN 
RETURN TO EARN A DEGREE.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ALL OF THE 
VETERANS IN THE ROOM TODAY, THE 
VETERANS AMONG 
OUR PARENTS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS,
THE 
VETERANS IN OUR GRADUATING CLASS
ANY OF 
OUR VETERANS IN THE ROOM TO 
PLEASE STAND AND LET US THANK 
YOU.
[APPLAUSE] 
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
STUDENTS IN THE COLLEGE OF 
NATURAL AND 
SOCIAL SCIENCES, LEARN FROM OUR 
EXPERT, 
DISTINGUISHED FACULTY AND 
PARTICIPATE IN A RENOWNED 
CONTEST.
THE COLLEGE IS THE HOME TO THE 
FIRST CHICANO STUDIES DEPARTMENT
IN THE U.S. THIS DEPARTMENT 
OPERATES 50th ANNIVERSARY THIS 
YEAR. IT'S ALSO HOME TO THE 
SECOND 
PAN-AFRICAN STUDIES DEPARTMENT 
IN THE NATION.
THAT DEPARTMENT WILL CELEBRATE 
ITS 50th ANNIVERSARY NEXT Y EAR.
AND THIS COLLEGE HAS EARNED A 
CLAIM FOR LEADING THE NATION IN 
GRADUATING 
STUDENTS OF COLOR WHO GO ON TO 
EARN THE PH.D. IN STEM FIELDS.
THIS YEAR, 34 STUDENTS ARE H 
EADED TO PH.D. PROGRAMS.
[APPLAUSE]  ONCE AGAIN, THE 
NATIONAL 
SCIENCE FOUNDATION RANKS US YEAR
AFTER YEAR AS NUMBER ONE FOR 
SENDING STUDENTS 
ON TO COMPLETE, PH.D. PROGRAMS 
IN STEM.
I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT 
DISTINCTION AND ABOUT THE 
FUTURES OF EVERYONE HERE 
WHO'S HEADED IN THAT DIRECTION.
THEY ARE STUDENTS LIKE BENJAMIN 
NITTAYO.
BENJAMIN'S RESEARCH IS GUIDED BY
HIS 
DETERMINATION TO HELP END THE 
SUFFERING 
FAMILIES EXPERIENCE WHEN CANCER 
ENDS THE LIFE OF A LOVED ONE.
NOT LONG AFTER BENJAMIN STARTED 
AT CAL STATE LA IN 2014.
HIS FATHER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH 
CANCER. BENJAMIN WOULD VISIT HIM
AT CITY OF HOPE HOSPITAL DURING 
HIS TREATMENT.
SADLY BENJAMIN'S FATHER PASSED 
AWAY. BUT BENJAMIN REFUSE TO 
ALLOW CANCER TO HAVE THE LAST 
WORD. HE COMMITTED HIMSELF TO 
CANCER RESEARCH WITH THE GOAL OF
DEVELOPING BETTER VACCINES AND 
THERAPIES FOR THOSE WITH CANCER 
AND TWO YEARS LATER, BENJAMIN 
RETURNED TO CITY OF HOPE 
HOSPITAL THIS TIME AS A RESEARCH
INTERN IN THE 
DEPARTMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL 
THERAPEUTICS 
THROUGH THE EUGENE AND RUTH 
ROBERTS ACADEMY. COMPETITIVE 
PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS WHO 
ARE INTERESTED IN BIOMEDICAL 
RESEARCH. DURING HIS TIME AT CAL
STATE LA, 
BENJAMIN WORKED IN PROFESSOR 
NATHAN LANNING'S RESEARCH LAP 
INVESTIGATING THE ROLE 
MITOCHONDRIA PLAYS IN 
MICROBIOLOGY.
HE RECEIVED RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
THROUGH THE MINORITY O 
PPORTUNITIES IN RESEARCH OR 
MOORE PROGRAMS. BENJAMIN HAS 
CONDUCTED PREACHER, PRESENTED 
HIS WORK AND MENTORED OTHER 
YOUNG RESEARCHERS HERE AT CAL 
STATE LA.
HEE ALSO SERVED AS VICE 
PRESIDENT FOR THE CAL STATE LA 
CANCER RESEARCH AND AWARENESS 
SOCIETY. THROUGHOUT HIS TIME AS 
A S TUDENT, 
BENJAMIN HAS ALSO VOLUNTEERED AT
LOCAL HOSPITALS. TODAY, BENJAMIN
GRADUATES SUMMA CUM 
LAUDE WITH A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
IN BIOLOGY AND MINOR IN 
MICROBIOLOGY AND 
HAS BEEN A CCEPTED INTO A PH.D.
PROGRAM AT UC DAVIS WHERE HE WAS
AWARDED THE FLOYD AND MARY 
SCHWALL FELLOWSHIP IN MEDICAL 
RESEARCH TO FUND HIS STUDIES. 
BENJAMIN, CONGRATULATIONS.
[APPLAUSE] 
STUDENTS LIKE CINTHIA CAMPOS ARE
HELPING US UNDERSTAND THE PATHS 
THROUGH 
THEIR RESEARCH.
CINTHIA RESEARCH HAS TAKEN HER 
THROUGH MICHOACAN, MEXICO. AS 
STUDENT OF THE CAVE ARCHAEOLOGY 
RESEARCH PROGRAM, SHE'S 
PARTICIPATED IN INTERNATIONAL 
EXCAVATIONS.
BUT CINTHIA'S WORK IN MEXICO 
CARRIES SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE.
HER FAMILY HAS LIVED IN 
MICHOACAN FOR GENERATIONS AND 
HER RESEARCH PUTS 
TOGETHER THE PIECES OF THEIR 
PATH.
SHE PUBLISHES HER FINDINGS IN 
ENGLISH 
AND IN SPANISH FOR THE BENEFIT 
OF WIDER AUDIENCE.
FOR HER ACHIEVEMENT, WAS NAMED A
2017 EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN CAVER 
BY 
EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN LEADERS IN 
SPELEOLOGY AN ORGANIZATION THAT 
CELEBRATES WOMEN WHO CONTRIBUTES
CAVE 
EXPLORATION AND TO EDUCATION AND
CONSERVATION. CYNTHIA YA 
EXEMPLIFIES STUDENTS SUCCESS.
SHE WAS NAMED 2018 OUTSTANDING 
GRADUATE STUDENT BY THE COLLEGE 
OF NATURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 
AND WAS ONE OF SIX 
GRADUATE STUDENTS AT CAL STATE 
LA TO 
RECEIVE A 
2017-18 SALLY CASANOVA 
PREDOCTORAL SCHOLAR AWARD.
TODAY, CINTHIA GRADUATES WITH A 
MASTER 
OF ART IN ANTHROPOLOGY WITH 
EMPHASIS ON 
MESS  -- MESOAMERICAN CAVE.
SHE BEGINS RESEARCH AT B 
INGHAMTON 
WHERE SHE RECEIVED CLIFFORD DR. 
CLARK DIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP FOR 
GRADUATE STUDENT. TERRIFIC 
CONGRATULATIONS C INTHIA.
[APPLAUSE] 
ALONG WITH THESE GRADUATES, ALL 
ARE 
HEADED TO COMMUNITIES THAT YOU 
WILL 
ENERGIZE AND EMPOWER WITH ALL 
YOU'VE LEARNED WITH THE CAL 
STATE LA VALUES THAT YOU CARRY.
WITH YOUR EXPERIENCES AS A PART 
OF THIS RICH INTELLECTUAL 
COMMUNITY.
THAT'S WHY TODAY'S COMMENCEMENT 
IS SUCH 
A MONUMENTAL DAY FOR COMMUNITIES
ACROSS 
LOS ANGELES AND FOR WHEREVER YOU
CALL HOME.
WHEN YOU WALK ACROSS THE STAGE 
THIS MORNING, YOU'RE NOT JUST 
WALKING FOR YOURSELF, YOU'RE 
WALKING FOR THE PLACES THAT YOU 
LOVE.
IN THAT CONNECTION, THE PLACE 
THAT WE LOVE GREATER LOS A 
NGELES, HAS GIVEN US 
THE NAME FOR OUR LARGEST 
FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN IN THE 
UNIVERSITY'S HISTORY.
WE CALL IT "WE ARE LA: THE 
CAMPAING FOR CAL STATE LA.
" WE CHOSE THAT NAME BECAUSE THE
GRADUATES OF CAL STATE LA 
REPRESENT THE BEST OF LOS 
ANGELES.
BECAUSE OF THE DEDICATION AND 
KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU'RE CARRYING 
WITH YOU WHEREVER 
YOU ARE H EADED, WHEREVER YOU 
WILL LIVE 
AND WORK, THE PEOPLE IN THOSE 
PLACES CAN 
LOOK FORWARD TO AN EVEN BETTER 
FUTURE BECAUSE OF YOU. YOU'RE 
WALKING TODAY FOR THE PLACES YOU
LOVE BUT YOU'RE ALSO WALKING FOR
THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE. YOU DIDN'T 
ACCOMPLISH THIS IMPORTANT GOAL 
ALONE. THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE 
INSPIRED AND MOTIVATED YOU AND 
HELPED YOU OUT WHEN THE GOING 
GOT TOUGH.
WHY DON'T WE ASK THE MOTHERS AND
FATHERS OF OUR GRADUATES TO 
PLEASE STAND AND LET US THANK 
YOU.
[APPLAUSE]  NOW YOU REMAIN 
STANDING AND 
WE WANT TO ADD THE GRANDMOTHERS 
AND GRANDFATHERS.
THE AUNTS AND UNCLES, THE S 
ISTERS AND 
BROTHERS, THE NIECE AND NEPHEWS,
THE 
SPOUSES, PARTNERS AND 
SIGNIFICANT OTHERS, THE CHILDREN
AND ALL OF THE 
FRIENDS OF THE CLASS OF 2018.
[APPLAUSE]  ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU
ALL SO 
VERY MUCH FOR MAKING THIS DAY 
POSSIBLE.
THEY LOVE YOU TOO.
GRADUATES, IN THE STORY OF YOUR 
LIFE 
TODAY IS INDEED AN U 
NFORGETTABLE CHAPTER.
TODAY YOU STAND  ON THE PEAK OF 
A GREAT MOUNTAIN LOOKING AT THE 
WORLD IN YOUR 
FUTURE AND IT'S A MOUNTAIN YOU 
CLIMBED YOURSELF. YOU SEE OTHER 
MOUNTAINS AROUND YOU, 
MANY OF THEM ARE HIGHER THAN THE
ONE YOU'RE VIEWING F ROM.
THEY REPRESENT THE GOALS AND 
CHALLENGES BEFORE YOU.
DON'T BE DAUNTED BY THE HEIGHTS 
OF THOSE OTHER MOUNTAINS.
DON'T BE DAUNTED BY THE HEIGHTS 
OF YOUR DREAMS AND CHALLENGES.
DURING YOUR TIME HERE, YOU'VE 
LEARNED TO REACH THE TOP.
ALWAYS REMEMBER, YOU ARE A G 
OLDEN EAGLE.
YOU WILL SOAR. CONGRATULATIONS.
[APPLAUSE] 
>> THANK YOU PRESIDENT COVINO.
AMONG THE STUDENTS EARNING 
BACCALAUREATE DEGREES ARE THOSE 
WHO GRADUATE WITH ACADEMIC H 
ONORS. DR.NANCY McQUEEN 
ASSOCIATE DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF
NATURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES WILL
ACKNOWLEDGE THESE STUDENTS. DR.
McQUEEN?
>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
UNIVERSITY GRANTS THE 
BACCALAUREATE DEGREE WITH LATIN 
DESIGNATIONS, SUMMA CUM LAUDE, 
MAGNA CUM LAUDE, OR CUM LAUD 
TO STUDENTS WHO MAINTAIN AN 
OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC RECORD 
WHILE EARNING THEIR DEGREES.
THESE STUDENTS WEAR GOLD BRAIDS 
DRAPED TO MARK THEIR OUTSTANDING
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
WOULD THE CANDIDATE FOR  
GRADUATION 
WITH HONORS, PLEASE RISE AND BE 
RECOGNIZED.
[APPLAUSE] 
THANK YOU. PLEASE BE SEATED.
NOW IT'S MY PLEASURE TO 
INTRODUCE THE 
CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER OF THE 
UNIVERSITY DR.
LYNN  MAHONEY, PROVOST AND VICE 
PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS. 
>> PRESIDENT COVINO.
I PRESENT TO YOU THE CANDIDATES 
FOR DEGREES IN THE COLLEGE OF 
NATURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. 
THEY HAVE MET ALL THE 
REQUIREMENTS FOR THEIR R 
ESPECTIVE DEGREES AND ARE 
RECOMMENDED BY THE UNIVERSITY 
FACULTY 
WHO TAUGHT 
THEM. 
>> THE RECIPIENTS OF THE MASTERS
OF ART AND THE MASTERS OF 
SCIENCE FROM THE COLLEGE OF 
NATURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 
WILL NOW BE HOODED ON STAGE.
>> MASTER OF ARTS ANTHROPOLOGY.
[READING NAMES]
>> MASTER OF ART, GEOGRAPHY.
[READING NAMES]
>> MASTER OF SCIENCE BIOLOGY.
[READING 
NAMES]
>> MASTER OF SCIENCE CHEMISTRY.
[READING NAMES]
>> MAST OF SCIENCE, E 
NVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE.
[READING NAMES]
>> MASTER OF SCIENCE MATHEMATICS
[READING NAMES]
>> MASTER OF SCIENCE, PHYSICS.
[READING NAMES] 
>> CONCLUSIONS THE CANDIDATES 
FOR THE BACCALAUREATE DEGREES 
WILL NOW BE 
PRESENTED ON STAGE.
>> BACHELOR OF ARTS A 
NTHROPOLOGY.
[READING OF NAMES]
>> BACHELOR OF ARTS GEOGRAPHY 
[READING 
NAMES]
>> BACHELOR OF ARTS, M 
ATHEMATICS.
[READING NAMES]
>> BACHELOR OF SCIENCE 
MATHEMATICS 
[READING NAMES]
>> BACHELOR OF SCIENCE PHYSICS 
[READING 
NAMES]
>> BACHELOR OF SCIENCE NATURAL 
SCIENCE.
[READING NAMES]
>> BACHELOR OF SCIENCE 
MICROBIOLOGY 
[READING 
NAME]
>> BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, GEOLOGY 
[READING 
NAMES]
>> BACHELOR OF SCIENCE CHEMISTRY
[READING NAMES]
>> BACHELOR OF SCIENCE 
BIOCHEMISTRY 
[READING NAMES]
>> BACHELOR OF SCIENCE BIOLOGY 
[READING 
NAMES]
>> CONGRATULATIONS. NOW WOULD 
THE CANDIDATES FOR THE MASTERS 
DEGREE PLEASE RISE FOR THE 
CONFERRAL OF DEGREES.
>> ALL RIGHT.
BY THE AUTHORITY VESTED  IN ME 
BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND 
BY THE TRUSTEES 
OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE 
UNIVERSITY, I HEREBY CONFER UPON
YOU THE MASTERS DEGREE FOR WHICH
YOU QUALIFY WITH ALL 
THE RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES AND 
HONORS PERTAINING THERETO.  
CONGRATULATIONS.
[
APPLAUSE] NOW YOU CAN PLEASE BE 
SEATED 
AND ALL OF THE CANDIDATES FOR 
BACCALAUREATE DEGREES WHO ARE 
ABLE 
PLEASE 
RISE.
ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.
BY THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME BY
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND BY 
THE TRUSTEES 
OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE 
UNIVERSITY. I HEREBY CONFER UPON
YOU THE BACCALAUREATE DEGREE FOR
WHICH YOU 
QUALIFY WITH ALL THE RIGHT, 
PRIVILEGES AND HONORS PERTAINING
THERETO.
NOW, YOU CAN MOVE YOUR TASSEL 
FROM THE RIGHT TO THE LEFT.
[APPLAUSE] 
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL HAVE THE WHOLE 
CLASS STAND NOW.
CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2018!
[APPLAUSE] 
>> I WOULD NOW LIKE TO THANK ALL
OF THE 
UNIVERSITY STAFF, F ACULTY, 
STUDENTS AND 
VOLUNTEERS INVOLVED IN 
ORGANIZING THE 2018 COMMENCEMENT
CEREMONY AND 
ACKNOWLEDGED THE MEMBERS OF THE 
CONVOCATION AND COMMENCEMENT 
ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AT THIS TIME, THE UNIVERSITY 
HYMN WILL BE PERFORMED BY CAL 
STATE LA STUDENT GIANNA HALPIN.
WHO WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE 
CAL STATE LA BRASS QUINTET.
THE LYRICS CAN BE FOUND INSIDE 
YOUR PROGRAM.
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