This year’s Long Beach City College (LBCC) commencement ceremony will return in-person after two years of virtual ceremonies, the college announced on Thursday.
The ceremony will take place at Veterans Memorial Stadium on June 9 at 3 p.m.
The classes of 2022, 2021, and 2020 will all be invited to attend, making it one of the largest ceremonies in the college’s 90-year history, LBCC said in a statement.
Students receiving the associate degree of arts, associate degree of sciences and certificates of achievement will have an opportunity to take the stage in front of faculty, family and friends while following safety protocols established by the Long Beach Health Department.
“This will no doubt be the largest commencement ceremony in the history of the college, having the three very resilient classes affected by the pandemic, participating in one event,” said LBCC District Board of Trustees President Uduak-Joe Ntuk.
According to LBCC, 800 students participated in the last in-person ceremony in 2019.
Details of the ceremony will be sent to the graduates and will also be updated on the LBCC’s Commencement website at www.LBCC.edu/commencement.
“We are so excited to once again celebrate with the pomp, circumstance, traditions and special twists of excitement together and in-person,” said LBCCD Superintendent-President Mike Muñoz.
