Cheers rang out at One Washington Square this week as San Jose State University held 10 commencement ceremonies for the Class of 2024, conferring diplomas on 7,600 undergraduate and graduate students.
The 36,000-student university is the founding school in the California State University system, and its alumni number in the hundreds of thousands.
This week’s graduates included the first 10 students to receive Doctorate of Audiology degrees and the first four graduates of SJSU Online’s economics program.
Wednesday’s honorees were from the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering and the Connie L. Lurie College of Education and College of Professional and Global Education. Receiving diplomas Thursday were graduates of the College of Social Sciences, the College of Health and Human Sciences and the College of Science. And on Friday, the grads of the Lucas College and Graduate School of Business and the College of Humanities and the Arts will get their turn.
Kimo Fukofuka, who graduated with a degree in psychology, has his tassel pulled to the side his aunt Lucy Fukofuka, of Hayward, outside Provident Credit Event Center at San Jose State in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, May 23, 2024. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
Graduates, friends, and families meet up after the College of Social Sciences Commencement Ceremony outside Provident Credit Event Center at San Jose State in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, May 23, 2024. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
Parisa Kabiri, left, who received a Master of Science degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, speaks to Erin Woodhead, Associate Professor of Psychology, after the College of Social Sciences Commencement Ceremony outside the Provident Credit Event Center at San Jose State in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, May 23, 2024. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
Felipe Gomez, professor of communications, hugs Mark Aziz, who received a degree in communications, during the College of Social Sciences Commencement Ceremony inside Provident Credit Event Center at San Jose State in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, May 23, 2024. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
Kiara Johnson, who graduated Cum Laude with a degree in African American studies, has her tassel straightened out before walking across the stage during the College of Social Sciences Commencement Ceremony inside Provident Credit Event Center at San Jose State in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, May 23, 2024. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
Severo Vazquez, who received a Masters degree in Chicano studies, waves while in line during the College of Social Sciences Commencement Ceremony inside Provident Credit Event Center at San Jose State in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, May 23, 2024. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
Graduates wait to walk across the stage during the College of Social Sciences Commencement Ceremony inside Provident Credit Event Center at San Jose State in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, May 23, 2024. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
Graduation stoles and sashes are for out for sale outside the Provident Credit Event Center at San Jose State in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, May 23, 2024. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
