BRIEF: Commencement Ceremony Changes

8, at 9 a.m., at John Shepard Stadium.

The graduation ceremony will be held in the stadium as opposed to Rocky Young Park.

Also, past ceremonies have been held on Tuesday evenings. It has been changed to the morning to try to avoid the heat of the day.

“It is our 75th graduation ceremony,” Marmolejo said.

“We have been working on the stadium for some time now, for a couple of years. Last year, Taft

High School used the stadium for their graduation ceremony and it worked out pretty well, so we feel capable and excited to use it for our commencement ceremony as well.”

A task force was formed last fall to ensure that everything, from aesthetics to the ticket distribution process and the allocated budget, as well as parking and shuttles are handled properly.

Marmolego said the task force includes representation from student services, Associated Student Organization (ASO), the facilities department, the bookstore and faculty.

“We’re going to be sending out information to the campus,” Marmolejo said. “So be on the lookout for an email that will include a save-the-date and what our students should expect.” talaskey.roundupnews@gmail.com student if even one mistake was made on their transfer application.

“As long as the student meets the minimum criteria for transfer, we'll take them,” Salter said. “That means the golden four: english 101, critical thinking, speech communications, transfer level math, 60 units, 2.0 GPA. That's it.”

There are a couple of exceptions for certain majors, including nursing and music. The deadline to apply for transfer from Pierce to both CSULA or CSUN has passed but Salter said that even if a student missed the deadline, they can still email to be considered for transfer admission for fall 2023.