Nearly 800 Long Beach City College students participated in the annual Commencement Ceremony at Long Beach City College’s Veterans Stadium tonight, June 7.

A few highlights from today’s ceremony and re-cap of this academic year:

• 1,925 graduates earned Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degrees.
• 316 students earned Certificates of Achievement.
• 230 LBCC students achieved Honors by earning a 3.500 – 3.749 cumulative grade point average; 149 students graduated with High Honors (3.75 – 3.99 cumulative grade point average); and 44 students graduated with Highest Honors, a perfect 4.00 cumulative grade point average. 
• Professor and author Dr. J. Luke Wood served as the keynote speaker.
• LBCC student Mackenzie Howard, a product of the Long Beach College Promise, was selected as the 2018 Valedictorian.
• LBCC recognized its transfer students during a May 31 ceremony. Approximately 1,300 LBCC students transfer every year to four-year universities and colleges.
• More than $1 million in scholarship funds was awarded to LBCC students at a ceremony June 6.