{"id":850,"date":"2017-05-19T18:10:02","date_gmt":"2017-05-20T01:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/?p=850"},"modified":"2025-07-07T13:10:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T20:10:19","slug":"commencement-ceremony-palomar-college-take-place-friday-may-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/news\/commencement-ceremony-palomar-college-take-place-friday-may-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Commencement Ceremony at Palomar College to take Place Friday, May 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Ceremony Marks the 70<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary Commencement Celebration <\/em><em>and features a member from the 1947 class!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>SAN MARCOS, CA &#8212; <\/strong>Palomar College presents annual commencement exercises Friday, May 26, at 5 p.m. on the football practice field at the College\u2019s San Marcos campus. Joi Lin Blake, Ed.D., Superintendent\/President of the Palomar Community College District, will conduct the ceremonies. The event is open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a very special commencement ceremony as we celebrate our 70<sup>th<\/sup> commencement celebration!\u00a0 We are so proud of the achievements of each and every one of our graduates,\u201d said Blake.\u00a0 While all of our graduates are special, during this year\u2019s ceremony we will honor an alumna from our first class in 1947.\u00a0 Additionally, we have a 13-year-old graduate (with a 4.0 GPA!) participating in the ceremony, demonstrating the life-changing transformative power of education on individuals and the community-at-large.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This year the college received 3,522 applications for associate degrees or certificates of achievement: 1,678 associate of arts (A.A.) degrees; 1,437 certificates; and 407 associate degrees for transfer are planned to be awarded.\u00a0 More than 500 students are expected to participate in the ceremony.\u00a0 Individuals receiving degrees and certificates in the ceremony will meet in the Dome on the college campus at 3:30 p.m. on Commencement Day.<\/p>\n<p>The keynote speaker is Candace Rose, winner of the 2015 &#8211; 2016 Distinguished Faculty Award for full-time faculty.\u00a0 Rose is Assistant Professor of Cinema in the Media Studies department. She also received Palomar\u2019s 2016 \u201cBest of the Best\u201d Teaching with Technology award.<\/p>\n<p>Palomar\u2019s 2017 Alumna of the Year Anita (Ronay) Maag unknowingly became a trendsetter in her family when she enrolled at Palomar College in 1947, shortly after the college opened at its first location at Vista High School. She and her husband Stan, who she met as a fellow student on campus, became the first of three generations of the Maag family to graduate from Palomar.<\/p>\n<p># # #<\/p>\n<p>Media Contacts:<\/p>\n<p>Laura Gropen, Director, Public Affairs Office, 760-744-1150 x2152<br \/>\nMelinda Finn, Public Affairs Office, 760-744-1150 ext. 2365<br \/>\nCommencement Information for Students: Marilyn Lunde, Student Affairs, 760-744-1150, ext. 2595<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ceremony Marks the 70th Anniversary Commencement Celebration and features a member from the 1947 class! 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