Sacramento State celebrated thousands of new Hornet alumni over the weekend as graduates, their families and their friends and guests packed into Golden 1 Center for Spring Commencement.
As more than 6,500 members of the class of 2025 walked the stage across six ceremonies May 16-17 in downtown Sacramento, each shook the hand of a representative of their college and President Luke Wood before celebrating their accomplishments with smiles and raised arms.
They joined the more than 3,000 Hornets who graduated during Winter Commencement ceremonies in December, bringing the number of students receiving degrees this academic year to more than 9,000.
“You’ve become experts not just in your fields but in persistence, because there’s no such thing as the light that shines better than yours,” Wood said.
