Cal State Dominguez Hills lines up commencement speakers

State Controller John Chiang, Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy, Harbor Area Rep. Janice Hahn and California State University Chancellor Timothy White will be among six commencement speakers at Cal State Dominguez Hills on Friday and Saturday.

Also delivering an address at the Carson campus will be two Cal State Dominguez Hills alumni: Nancy Carlson, CEO of Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center, and Sam Enriquez, senior page-one editor of the Wall Street Journal.

"It is an honor to welcome such accomplished individuals as our 2013 commencement keynote speakers, all of whom are leaders in their fields," said Willie J. Hagan, interim president of Cal State Dominguez Hills, in a statement.

Roughly 3,100 undergraduate and graduate students are expected to walk in commencement this year, representing students who completed their degrees in the summer and fall of 2012, and those who completed or expect to complete their degrees during spring or summer 2013.

Carlson, who obtained her nursing degree from Dominguez Hills in 1994 and a master of public administration in 1996, will speak at 3 p.m. Friday before the graduates of three programs: the College of Professional Studies, the School of Health and Human Services, and the School of Nursing.

Chiang, a Torrance resident, will speak at 6:30 p.m. Friday before the graduates of the College of Business

Hahn will deliver her address before the graduates from the College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences at 8 a.m. Saturday. Addressing that same school as a guest speaker will be White, who in December became the seventh president of the nation's largest university system.

Enriquez, who earned a bachelor's degree from Dominguez Hills in 1985, will address the College of Arts and Humanities, as well as the College of Extended and International Education, at 11 a.m. Saturday.

Deasy will address the College of Education at 3 p.m. on Saturday.

The ceremonies will be broadcast live at http://dhtv.csudh.edu.

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