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Spring Commencement

Eligible graduates for spring 2026 commencement are:

  • Students completing their degree at the end of the spring 2026 term and have a graduation application on file with the Office of the Registrar;
  • Graduates who didn't participate in the fall 2025 commencement; and
  • Summer 2026 graduates who have a graduation application on file by the commencement RSVP deadline date and have submitted their proof of summer course(s) enrollment to the Commencement Office via email commencement@csub.edu.

The RSVP for spring commencement will open in mid-March 2026. Information will be sent to campus students in late February about spring commencement.

Spring 2026 Graduate Hooding & Undergraduate

Saturday, May 16

Time: 8:30 A.M.

Location:
Dignity Health Arena
  • MS Biology
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  • BS Environmental Resource Management
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  • BS Natural Sciences
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  • BA Philosophy
  • BS Public Administration
  • BS Physics
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  • BA Religious Studies
  • BA Spanish
  • BA Theatre
Guest tickets: Each graduate will be issued 10 guest tickets.

Saturday, May 16

Time: 1:30 P.M.

Location:
Dignity Health Arena
  • EdD Educational Leadership
  • MS Counseling Psychology
  • MA Education Curriculum and Instruction
  • MA Educational Administration
  • MS Educational Counseling: School Counseling
  • MS Educational Counseling: Student Affairs
  • MS Kinesiology
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  • BA Anthropology
  • BA Child, Adolescent, and Family Studies
  • BS Kinesiology
  • BA Liberal Studies
  • BA Political Science
  • BA Psychology
  • BA Sociology

Guest tickets: Each graduate will be issued 10 guest tickets.

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