Updated advisory: Getting ready for Central commencement 2024
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Getting ready for Central commencement 2024
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MEDIA ADVISORY – May 3, 2024
New Britain, Conn. - Central Connecticut State University will host two outdoor commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 11. (The inclement weather date is Sunday, May 12.) Both ceremonies also will be livestreamed at www.ccsu.edu/commencement/. A media feed will be available.
The commencement ceremonies will take place on campus at Arute Field where undergraduates and graduates of each school will be recognized according to the following schedule:
9 a.m. ceremony
- Carol A. Ammon College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
- School of Business
2:30 p.m. ceremony
- School of Education & Professional Studies
- School of Engineering, Science & Technology
The names of each degree candidate will be read aloud during both ceremonies.
Parking
Please see the attached map or click here to locate the parking areas below.
- There will be limited parking spaces for media at the event staging area. To reach that parking area, please take Wells Street, which is off East Street in New Britain. Proceed to the marked checkpoint and check in with the police officer on duty. If there are no parking spots available, you will be directed to another parking area. If using GPS, use 60 Wells St. as a starting point.
- Guest parking is available elsewhere at the Student Center garage and parking lot; Welte garage and parking lot; and the Copernicus garage. If using GPS, use 105 Ella Grasso Blvd. in New Britain as a starting point.
- Accessible parking will be available in Kaiser parking lot.
- Shuttle buses to Arute Stadium will be available. Shuttles will pick up passengers at Welte garage and parking lot.
- We anticipate that Ella Grasso Boulevard will be congested from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. If possible, use alternative routes to get to campus, such as Barbour Road and Manafort Drive.
Speakers
In recognition of the university’s 175th anniversary, three alumni representing three generations of Central’s student body will serve as speakers at both ceremonies.
They are Dr. Peter Rosa ’68, ’74; Lawrence Hall ’89, ’96; and William Wyatt Bosworth ’17. View their photos and full bios at https://www.ccsu.edu/commencement/speakers/.
Dr. Rosa dedicated more than 30 years of his career to higher education in several capacities, including his tenure as vice president for Student Affairs at Central Connecticut State University. He also was an admissions officer, higher education policy analyst, university lobbyist, counselor, professor, student services executive officer, and a university system trustee. He was chief author of the state’s higher education Strategic Plan for Racial and Ethnic Diversity, a document that resulted in the establishment of ConnCAP, the first state-funded program of its kind in the nation. Rosa also introduced and implemented the College Board’s Spanish SAT for Connecticut’s Spanish-speaking college applicants and was a founder and president of the Connecticut Association of Latinos/Latinas in Higher Education.
Hall is an alumnus of Weaver High School in Hartford. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a Master of Science in Educational Leadership from Central Connecticut State University. Since he graduated from Central, Hall has worked in higher education, assisting people of all ages in pursuing an education. He has worked for Sacred Heart University, Western Connecticut State University, and is currently at Central Connecticut State University as director of Recruitment and Admissions. Hall is a member of the National Association for College Admission Counseling, the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated.
Bosworth serves as associate counsel for the Connecticut Business & Industry Association. He represents Connecticut businesses on matters that come before the Connecticut General Assembly’s Public Health, Insurance and Real Estate, Judiciary, General Law and Government Administration and Elections committees.
Central is celebrating 175 years of academic excellence. Learn more about upcoming anniversary events and more at www.ccsu.edu/175-anniversary/.
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