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“Failure is never an option with commencement. There are no do-overs.”

The new commencement festival offers fun amenities and atmosphere to engage grads and guests.

Formerly known as affinity graduations, the events awarded stoles and certificates for participating graduates.

The day proceeded in a new venue with the familiar rhythms and emotions of past commencement celebrations.

The event moved from a two-day affair at the ºÚÁÏÉçapp Stadium to a one-day unified event at the Salinas Sports Complex.

This spring semester, 703 students worked on the ºÚÁÏÉçapp campus.

This is the sixth time in the past nine years that the Otters have made the NCAA Division II Western Region playoffs.

The festival takes place May 17-19 across almost every academic area of campus.

They are an instructional designer with a passion for teaching, and a science researcher interested in soft robotics.

They're each grounded and ambitious, hyper-engaged on campus and off, thoughtful, daring and well-spoken.