Commencement Committee
Chair: Paul de Dios
Chair Contact: pdedios@cypresscollege.edu
Meeting Dates: Second Tuesdays of each month (October-June)
Meeting Time: 3 – 4:30 p.m.
Meeting Location: Zoom
Purpose
The Commencement Committee is charged with coordinating the annual spring graduation ceremony and student/family reception.
Reporting Relationships
The Commencement Committee reports to President’s Staff.
Membership Composition
- Vice President, Student Services (chair)
- Communications Specialist, Campus Communications
- Coordinator, Campus Safety
- Coordinator, Theater Productions-Visual and Performing Arts Department
- Coordinator, Music
- Director, Admissions and Records
- Director, Campus Communications
- Director, Campus Safety
- Director, Charger Experience Program
- Director, Maintenance and Operations
- Director, Student Life and Leadership
- Evaluator, Admissions and Records
- Executive Assistant to the Vice President, Student Services
- Facilities Coordinator, Maintenance and Operations
- Interpreter Coordinator, Disability Support Services
- Landscape Coordinator, Maintenance and Operations
- Manager, Maintenance and Operations
- President, Academic Senate
- Student Services Specialist, Student Life and Leadership
- Technician, Theater-Visual and Performing Arts
Current Membership
- Paul de Dios – Vice President, Student Services (chair)
- Marcie Kagawa – Communications Specialist, Campus Communications
- Alex Bernal/Armando Vega – Coordinator, Campus Safety
- Vacant – Coordinator, Theater Productions-Visual and Performing Arts
- Gary Gopar – Department Coordinator, Music
- David Booze – Director, Admissions and Records
- Marc Posner – Director, Campus Communications
- Craig Lee – Director, Campus Safety
- Brittany Hamer – Director, Charger Experience Program
- Phil Fleming – Director, Maintenance and Operations
- Dave Okawa – Director, Student Life and Leadership
- Patrick Tu’ufuli – Evaluator, Admissions and Records
- Gloria Ortega – Executive Assistant to the Vice President, Student Services
- Vacant – Facilities Coordinator, Maintenance and Operations
- Sandra Garcia – Interpreter Coordinator, Disability Support Services
- Sergio Leonardo – Landscape Coordinator, Maintenance and Operations
- A.D. Fowler – Manager, Maintenance and Operations
- Kathleen McCallister – President, Academic Senate
- Joseph Shonkwiler – Student Services Specialist, Student Life and Leadership
- Chuck Rogers – Technician, Theater-Visual and Performing Arts
Terms of Membership
Membership is ongoing, and is subject to the employee’s continuation in their position.