Photo Gallery: 2014 GCC graduation

ASGCC President Davit Avagyan takes a seflie for Facebook with school Superintendent and President Dr. David Viar at the graduation of Glendale College on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

June 11, 2014 10:45 PM PT

Glendale Community College celebrated more than 700 graduates on Wednesday, June 11, 2014, during its commencement ceremony, and the evening was dedicated to John Davitt, who passed away last month after serving as the college’s superintendent and president for over 20 years, from 1985 to 2006.

Markie Pietel holds her diploma up for her family to see at the graduation of Glendale College on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Excited family members with signs yell out to their graduate at the graduation of Glendale College on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Superintendent and President Dr. David Viar prepares to embrace a graduate at the graduation of Glendale College on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. This is Viar’s first graduation at GCC. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Graduates walk down the center of a long line of faculty welcoming them to graduation at the graduation of Glendale College on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Graduates line up and cast shadows on the wall in late afternoon sun at the graduation of Glendale College on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Graduates line up before walking to graduation ceremonies at the graduation of Glendale College on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A woman holds a sign for a graduate at the beginning of graduation at Glendale College on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Drummer John Davis leads the procession into the stadium at the graduation of Glendale College on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A man holds a sign for a graduate at the beginning of graduation at Glendale College on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Graduates line up before walking to graduation ceremonies at the graduation of Glendale College on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Graduates surround an assistant who is reading the names on name cards at the graduation of Glendale College on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Graduate Asaneeya Imsana waves to family after graduating at the graduation of Glendale College on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Graduation attendants check pictures and shelter themselves from the low direct sun at the graduation of Glendale College on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A man dances and waves for a graduate at the beginning of graduation at Glendale College on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Superintendent and President Dr. David Viar leads the line as the graduation ends at the graduation of Glendale College on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

The front row of graduates at the graduation of Glendale College on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Superintendent and President Dr. David Viar speaks at the graduation of Glendale College on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Seda Davtyan, Adrineh Escandarian, Linda Fanaei Ghalibaf Khos, Lili Fregoso, and Armine Ghukasyan at the graduation of Glendale College on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Graduate Christopher White is all thumbs up after graduating at the graduation of Glendale College on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A graduate walks onto the stage just as a gust of wind blows the American Flag at the graduation of Glendale College on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Graduate Kristine Tuzon smiles after her name is read as she walks onto the stage at the graduation of Glendale College on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A graduation cap at the graduation of Glendale College on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Commencement speaker Sindura Subanemy Kandasamy laughs as her microphone sound is replaced with the Commencement March for a moment at the graduation of Glendale College on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Superintendent and President Dr. David Viar speaks at the graduation of Glendale College on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Superintendent and President Dr. David Viar shakes the hands of all the graduates at the graduation of Glendale College on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

A group of RNs sit together at the graduation of Glendale College on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)