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Educated and Graduated:
CSU Celebrates the Class of 2023


Hearts filled with pride, tears of joy flowed and tassels were turned. Take a look at how the 23 universities that make up the California State University system honored graduates from the class of 2023, welcoming them into an alumni network more than 4 million strong.

graduating student holding up diploma
CSU Channel Islands
graduating students in front of C S U B balloon sign
CSU Bakersfield
graduating masters student being hooded
CSU Bakersfield
crowd of graduating students and streamers
Chico State
graduating student hugging professor
CSU Dominguez Hills
graduating student raising hand in celebration in front of fireworks
CSU Channel Islands
graduating students holding up diplomas
Chico State
graduating student in flurry of confetti
Cal State​ East Bay
graduating student holding young son
Cal State​ East Bay
proud graduating student doing the dominguez hills toro sign in streamers
CSU Dominguez Hills
graduating students walk in dark hallway
Fresno State
graduating students dancing
Cal State Fullerton
graduating student raises fist in celebration
Fresno State
graduating students hugging
Cal State Fullerton
graduating students celebrating
Cal Poly Humboldt
graduating student accepting diploma from campus president
Cal Poly Humboldt
graduating students walking on baseball diamond
Cal State Long Beach
graduating student and family standing in front of angels stadium
Cal State Long Beach
family of graduating student holding multiple cameras
Cal State LA
graduating student and family in front of colorful sign
Cal State LA
graduating students wave to crowd
CSU Monterey Bay
color guard cadets carry california and cal maritime flags into ceremony
Cal Maritime
graduating female cadets smile and hold up diplomas
Cal Maritime
graduating student throws cap in the air
CSU Monterey Bay
graduating student giving a thumbs up
CSUN
graduating student holding diploma up in celebration
CSUN
proud graduating student crossing the stage
Sacramento State
graduating student receives medal from cal poly pomona president soraya coley
Cal Poly Pomona
graduating students turn their tassels
Cal Poly Pomona
graduating student embraced by professor
Sacramento State
family of graduating student reaching out for her
Cal State San Bernardino
graduating student holding diploma up in celebration
Cal State San Bernardino
two graduating students holding another on their shoulders
San Diego State
a group of smiling graduating students
San Diego State
graduating student holding diplomas up with fireworks behind her
San Francisco State
graduating student holds up cap that says later gator s f s u 2023
San Francisco State
graduating students family holding their arms in the dab pose
San José State
graduating student and her guest pose with a dog whose bandana says my mom did it
San José State
a crowd of graduating students with streamers flying over them
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
graduating students pose for a selfie with cal poly san luis obispo president jeffrey armstrong
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
graduating student holding diploma up
CSU San Marcos
graduating students son accepts her diploma with her on stage
Sonoma State
graduating students pose for a selfie with c s u san marcos president ellen neufeldt
CSU San Marcos
stanislaus state president ellen junn on stage with streamers flying into crowd of graduating students
Stanislaus State
group of graduating students cheering
Stanislaus State
graduating student with sonoma state mascot lobo the seawolf
Sonoma State

Photos courtesy of: EJ MEDELLIN/​CSU BAKERSFIELD, JESSICA CHIANG AND WHITNEY HOWARD/CSU CHANNEL ISLANDS, JASON HALLEY/CHICO STATE, MATT BROWN/CSU DOMINGUEZ HILLS, GARVIN TSO/CAL STATE EAST BAY, CARY EDMONSON/FRESNO STATE, MATT GUSH/CAL STATE FULLERTON, KELLIE BROWN/CAL POLY HUMBOLDT, SEAN DUFRENE/CAL STATE LONG BEACH, J. EMILIO FLORES/CAL STATE LA, NICOLE STAUFFER/CAL MARITIME, BRENT DUNDORE-ARIAS AND KATIE TOZIER/CAL STATE MONTEREY BAY, LEE CHOO/CSUN, TOM ZASADZINSKI/CAL POLY POMONA, BIBIANA ORTIZ CALDERON and Nicole​​ fowler/SACRAMENTO STATE, SAN DIEGO STATE,​ PAUL ASPER/SF STATE, ROBERT BAIN/SAN JOSÉ STATE, JOE JOHNSTON AND DYLAN HEAD/CAL POLY SAN LUIS OBISPO,​​​ ERICA PEREZ/CSU SAN MARCOS, BRENNAN CHIN/SONOMA STATE, Stanislaus State

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6/26/2023