FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
No. COC-07-100-JM
June 1, 2007
Commencement Ceremony on Friday Night WHAT:
Commencement Ceremony at College of the Canyons WHERE:
Central-campus Honor Grove
College of the Canyons
26455 Rockwell Canyon Road
Santa Clarita WHEN:
6 p.m. Friday, June 1, 2007 Statistics about the 2007 College of the Canyons Graduating Class: Graduating Class: 1147 Majors Represented: 54 Female Graduates: 680 Male Graduates: 467 Ethnic Minorities: 440 Average Age: 25 Youngest Graduate:16 Eldest Graduate(s): 59 (2 graduates) Students with 4.0 GPAs: 25 Honors Graduates: 203 (3.5 GPA and above) International Students: 20 (Our 20 International graduates represent a wide variety of countries including Japan, South Korea, Brazil, Romania, Taiwan, Bulgaria, India and Ukraine.) PACE: 125 DSP&S graduates: 58 EOPS graduates: 72 Class GPA: 2.99 Leading Majors: Transfer Studies: 513 graduates Accounting: 92 graduates Nursing: 82 graduates Social Science: 78 graduates Biological & Physical Science: 46 graduates General Education: 45 graduates English: 34 graduates Administration of Justice: 32 graduates Early Childhood Education: 29 graduates Fire Technology: 26 graduates History: 21 graduates Math: 19 graduates Story ideas: - Our youngest graduate (age 16) is Nick Gerda, son of COC mathematics instructor, Joe Gerda.
- We have a soldier who just returned from Iraq in the graduating class. His name is Mark William House.
- Academy of the Canyons student, Katherine Nordstrom is receiving her Associate's degree a week before she receives her high school diploma.
If you wish to contact these students, please contact the COC Public Information Office and we'll make our best efforts to put you in touch with them: (661) 362-5604. | 
