Highlights from Commencement 2022
- BY Cal State East Bay
- PHOTOGRAPHY BY Garvin Tso
- May 17, 2022
More than 176 staff and faculty worked at 19 ceremonies for more than 840 volunteer hours.
Cal State East Bay 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 Cal State East Bay 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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Cal State East Bay 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.
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!