Dec 3, 2018 2 min read

The first graduates of California University of Pennsylvania’s Doctor of Health Science program in health science and exercise leadership will receive their degrees at 7 p.m. Dec. 14 as the university holds its winter commencement ceremonies.

Undergraduate commencement begins at 10 a.m. Dec. 15. Both ceremonies will be held in the Convocation Center arena.

Speaker for both the graduate and undergraduate ceremonies will be Cal U. alumnus Timothy P. Camus, class of 1984. Camus worked in the U.S. Treasury Department for 31 years, including 25 years as a special agent in the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration office in Washington, D.C. There he supervised all aspects of the agency’s law enforcement mission, including investigating domestic terrorism groups; death threats made against public officials; bribery, extortion and other aspects of internal corruption; and white-collar crime involving the IRS.

In addition to the Doctor of Health Science graduates, master’s degree candidates will receive their diplomas and be vested in their academic hoods at the Dec. 14 ceremony. Bachelor’s and associate degrees will be awarded Dec. 15.

Cal U.’s 187th commencement recognizes students who completed their studies in August and December 2018. In all, more than 1,100 students are expected to graduate, including those who choose not to attend commencement.

University President Geraldine M. Jones will confer the degrees and greet each graduate. Families and friends are welcome to attend.

Both ceremonies can be viewed live online at calu.edu/news. For more information, visit calu.edu/events/commencement.

Also on Dec. 14, the Doctor of Health Science (D.H.Sc.) students will make research presentations from 9:30 to 11 a.m. and poster presentations from 11:15 to noon in the Kara Alumni House, on Cal U.’s campus.

The research and poster presentations are open to the public. Those who cannot attend the presentations in person may view them live at https://calu.zoom.us/j/104173671.