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Congratulations, Class of 2025!

SDSU graduates Shaye Phung, Frank Harris with Shareka White, and Vianey Sevilla Crespo.

EOPOS creates community and empowers SDSU graduates

Empowered by EOPOS, SDSU grads reflect on how connection and community shaped their path to success.

An SDSU graduate waves to their family during commencement ceremonies.

Everything you need to know about SDSU Commencement 2025

From honorary degrees and ceremony times to ticketing and parking, here’s everything graduates and families need to know about commencement.

Ethan Pellegrinii on the second floor of the Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union after his presentation at the SDSU Student Symposium in May. (Leslie L.J. Reilly/SDSU)

Student leader and role model plans to focus on environmental justice after graduation

Active in student organizations, Ethan Pellegrini’s four-year journey in CAL was one of resilience, discovery, and growth

Sophie Vratsinas (left) and Ana Angel Aguilar share a bond as ITEP students and aspiring special education preschool teachers. (SDSU)

The long road back to preschool

The first ever grads of an accelerated bachelor’s/credential program, Ana Angel Aguilar and Sophie Vratsinas are ready to make a difference as early childhood special educators.

A wide bird's eye view inside of SDSU's Viejas Arena during a commencement ceremony shows several hundered graduates seated in their caps and gows looking towards the stage

SDSU's top 10 degrees among 2025 graduates

More than 12,000 San Diego State University degree candidates have the opportunity to participate in the university’s 2025 commencement weekend.

Community Health Group CEO and SDSU alumna Norma A. Diaz.

Honorary degree recipient recognized for community impact, SDSU support

Community Health Group CEO and SDSU alumna Norma A. Diaz, who earned a Bachelor of Arts in sociology, is one of the 2025 honorary degree recipients.

With her degree in bilingual education, Paulette Nungaray plans to teach and carry on her mother’s legacy as an award-winning educator.

Paulette Nungaray follows in her mother’s footsteps to become a teacher

New SDSU graduate learned perseverance, importance of education at mother’s knee

Quest for Best winner Shaye Phung arrived at SDSU as prospective teacher, she now leaves for graduate school at Harvard in education policy. (Erik Good/SDSU)

SDSU grad's pivot from teaching to policy lands her at Harvard Graduate School

Shaye Phung started her journey as an aspiring teacher. She leaves SDSU as an aspiring education policy change agent headed to graduate school at one of the world’s most prestigious universities.

Angelica Castillo poses for a photo with a backdrop of the Los Angeles skyline

SDSU grad turns a high school museum visit into a lifelong passion

Chula Vista grad pursued art museum dream with help of SDSU mentors, leadership experiences and campus community support.

SDSU Impact

Mrinali (Milli) Kumar and Jenni Matheson (right) are the founders of EatKinda

I scream, you scream, we all scream for…cauliflower?

Students from SDSU’s Fowler College of Business are helping a Kiwi company introduce an offbeat ice cream product to the U.S. market.

Cristal Zuniga poses with students from Tracy Beach’s Fletcher Hills Elementary class as they visit her SDSU biology lab to learn about microalgae research and STEM opportunities in college.

Researchers inspire local youth to pursue careers in STEM

Professors like Cristal Zuniga are bringing SDSU science into the community through tailored programs and hands-on lab experiences.

Acacia Thede photographed standing in front of a wall of lockers inside a school hallway.

The value of students seeing themselves in history

SDSU lecturer and local history teacher Acacia Thede is out to ensure students can explore the past through the perspectives of Black, Indigenous and people of color.

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Solutions

Graduates in their caps and gowns smile toward the camera.

SDSU 2024 Year In Review

SDSU celebrates a transformative year marked by record funding, academic milestones, global engagement, and athletic triumphs

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SDSU Alumni

From Tijuana to Tallahassee: SDSU’s Ana Ceballos chased headlines from The Daily Aztec to the Miami Herald’s statehouse beat

SDSU journalism alumna Ana Ceballos turned her passion into a powerhouse reporting career that now has her covering Florida politics.

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Aztec Voices

Two SDSU researches are inside a lab observing a petri dish.
This recognition enhances our ability to attract excellent faculty, supercharges our students’ career readiness, and grows the value and prestige of an SDSU degree everywhere, benefiting our 500,000 living Aztec alumni.

— SDSU President Adela de la Torre, from SDSU earns R1 classification, joins top 5% of research universities in the U.S.