2025 USD Graduate Commencement Program

Class of 2025 Graduate I Ceremony School of Leadership and Education Sciences and Professional and Continuing Education Sunday, May 18, 2025 9 a.m. PROCESSIONAL Mace Bearer Lea Hubbard, PhD, Professor, School of Leadership and Education Sciences PROCESSIONAL MUSIC Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 — Sir Edward Elgar WELCOME Gail F. Baker, PhD, Senior Vice President and Provost COLOR GUARD NROTC San Diego NATIONAL ANTHEM Avery Cecilia Aquino ’25, Adam James Bretsch ’25 and Carly Anne O’Rear ’25 INVOCATION Michael Lovette-Colyer, PhD, Vice President for Mission Integration GREETING James T. Harris III, DEd, President CONFERRAL OF DEGREES Kimberly White-Smith, EdD, Dean, School of Leadership and Education Sciences Chell A. Roberts, PhD, Associate Provost, Professional and Continuing Education PRESENTATION OF DEGREE CANDIDATES AND AWARDING OF DEGREES WELCOME FROM THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Helen (Kasperick) Finneran ’81, P’08, Alumni Association President ALMA MATER Avery Cecilia Aquino ’25, Adam James Bretsch ’25 and Carly Anne O’Rear ’25 RECESSIONAL

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