Veterans Honored at Graduation Celebration

  • color guard

    California State University, Northridge hosted the fourth annual Veteran Graduation Celebration on May 19. The James Monroe High School JROTC conducts the color guard ceremony. Photo by Ruth Saravia.

  • Jose Acevedo

    Jose Acevedo, who graduated from the Department of Cinema and Television Arts, was the student veteran speaker. Photo by Ruth Saravia.

  • The ceremony recognized more than 50 graduates who served in the military. Graduates line up in the USU's Northridge Center to walk across the stage and receive their CSUN VRC Challenge Coin and certificate of recognition. Photo by Ruth Saravia.

  • Retired Maj. Gen. Mark MacCarley ’71 (Political Science), principal partner at the Glendale-based law firm MacCarley & Rosen PLC served as the keynote speaker. Photo by Ruth Saravia.

 

More than 300 guests attended California State University, Northridge’s fourth annual Veterans Graduation Celebration on May 19.

The event, which was hosted by the Veterans Resource Center, was one of several cultural celebrations to recognize the diversity of CSUN students and congratulate them on a successful academic journey. The ceremony recognized more than 50 graduates who served in the military.

Retired Maj. Gen. Mark MacCarley ’71 (Political Science), principal partner at the Glendale-based law firm MacCarley & Rosen PLC, served as the keynote speaker. Jose Acevedo ’16 (Cinema and Television Arts) was the student veteran speaker. Attendees also participated in a special Missing Man Honors ceremony and a toast to the military branches.