Sacramento State President Luke Wood presided over his first graduation ceremonies Friday at the Golden 1 Center, amid ongoing tensions at universities across the country over the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
The university plans to recognize the achievements of 9,730 graduates in seven ceremonies over three days. The first commencement on Friday was the College of Business. The College of Arts and Letters would graduate at 1:30 p.m. and the College of Education will end the day at 7 p.m.
Sacramento State President Luke Wood stands in place wearing his signature sneakers during the commencement ceremony at the Golden 1 Center on Friday.
A Sacramento State faculty member confiscates a graduating student’s microphone after an unscripted trip to the stage during Sacramento State’s commencement ceremony at the Golden 1 Center on Friday. The graduate walked off stage without incident.
Mohammad Ilyas Ahmadzai, a business school graduate, unfurls a Palestinian flag after receiving his diploma during Sacramento State’s commencement ceremony at the Golden 1 Center on Friday.
Sacramento State graduate Paul Lawrence Dunbar Banks makes the “stingers up” sign with university President Luke Wood for a photo after the commencement ceremony at the Golden 1 Center on Friday.
