Commencement Exercises
College of Letters and Science
Social Sciences II
Sunday, June Sixteenth
Two Thousand Twenty-Four
One O'Clock
Commencement Green
PROCESSION
The audience is requested to stand while the procession is entering.
Standard Bearer
Selena Martinez, B.A. in Spanish and Global Studies
Susannah Scott, University Marshal
Divisional Chair, Academic Senate
PRESIDING
Charles R. Hale
SAGE Sara Miller McCune Dean of Social Sciences
Michael Miller
Dean and Associate Vice Chancellor of Undergraduate Education
NATIONAL ANTHEM
Owen Castillo
B.A. in Sociology
DEAN’S WELCOME
Dean Hale
GREETINGS
Henry T. Yang
Chancellor
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
Gaye Theresa Johnson
Associate Professor, UCLA
STUDENT ADDRESS
Tara Shafazand
B.A. in Sociology
CANDIDATE STAGE CROSSING
CONFERRING OF DEGREES
Chancellor Yang
University Marshal Scott
UNIVERSITY SONG
Kiki Reyes
Office of Public Affairs and Communications
Commencement Speaker
Gaye Theresa Johnson
Associate Professor, UCLA
Gaye Theresa Johnson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies and an affiliate in the Department of African American Studies at the University of California at Los Angeles. She also serves as Chair of the Faculty Advisory Committee for the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies. A historian of freedom struggles and cultural politics who is deeply invested in social justice movements, grassroots organizations, and advocacy work. Johnson is an award-winning scholar and teacher with an international profile in studies of Black radicalism, Chicana/o cultural politics, and expressive culture. In addition to her academic and activist work, she serves as an advocate, facilitator, and healing justice trainer for grassroots organizations, and also serves on the board of California Latinas for Reproductive Justice. Her proudest achievement is being a mother to her 12-year-old daughter and a part of the circle of friends and family that constitute the core of her life.
Hail to California
Hail to California, Alma Mater dear,
Sing the joyful chorus,
Sound it far and near,
Rallying ’round her banner,
We will never fail—
California, Alma Mater,
Hail! Hail! Hail!
RECESSION
Carillon Music from Storke Tower
Wesley Arai
University Carillonist
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