Commencement PROGRAM
CEREMONY PRELUDE
OPENING
INVOCATION
WELCOME
PRESENTATION OF COLORS & NATIONAL ANTHEM
REMARKS
Mariachi Luceros De Mexico Dembrebrah West African Drum Ensemble
Victor Chaban, PhD, MSCR Ceremony Grand Marshal
Karen Luna, MA Director of the Office of Faith and Justice, Verbum Dei Jesuit High School
David M. Carlisle, MD, PhD President and CEO
John C. Fremont High School JROTC and Kayla Starr
John Baackes Chair, CDU Board of Trustees
Jose A. Torres-Ruiz, PhD Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs; Interim Dean, Mervyn M. Dymally College of Nursing
PRESENTATION OF PRESIDENT’ S MEDAL
Sylvia Drew Ivie, JD
2025 CLASS SPEAKER Njeri Kiambati President, CDU Student Government Candidate- BS, Public Health
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
Julio Frenk, MD, PhD Chancellor, UCLA
CERTIFICATION OF DEGREES |
Victor Chaban, PhD, MSCR |
AND CERTIFICATES |
President, Academic Senate; |
Chair and Professor, College of Medicine |
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