Photo Gallery: Glendale Community College 2019 commencement
Nancy Diaz, of Arleta, who plans to attend Cal State University Northridge in the fall, waves to family at the 2019 commencement ceremony at Glendale Community College in Glendale on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Sonia Garcia, of Glendale, shakes the hand of Superintendent and President David Viar after walking across the stage at the 2019 commencement ceremony at Glendale Community College in Glendale on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Vanessa Aldana, of Los Angeles, waves to family at the 2019 commencement ceremony at Glendale Community College in Glendale on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Nursing students all bend in an arch for a photo at the 2019 commencement ceremony at Glendale Community College in Glendale on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Superintendent and President David Viar presents the graduating class at the 2019 commencement ceremony at Glendale Community College in Glendale on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
A graduation cap at the 2019 commencement ceremony at Glendale Community College in Glendale on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Family find their graduate who had just walked across the stage at the 2019 commencement ceremony at Glendale Community College in Glendale on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Graduate Nicole Tarviridian, pumps her fist with her diploma cover at the 2019 commencement ceremony at Glendale Community College in Glendale on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Navy corpsman and veteran Harrison Schofield, of Long Beach, starts at the head of the line to walk to the graduation ceremony in the stadium at the 2019 commencement ceremony at Glendale Community College in Glendale on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Graduate Nare Andreasian smiles big when she sees a faculty member she knows at the 2019 commencement ceremony at Glendale Community College in Glendale on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Sook Hyun, of Glendale, after walking across the stage shakes hand of Superintendent and President David Viar with at the 2019 commencement ceremony at Glendale Community College in Glendale on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Graduate Adrineh Derbidian, of Glendale, holds the tassel she had just turned at the 2019 commencement ceremony at Glendale Community College in Glendale on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
A graduation cap at the 2019 commencement ceremony at Glendale Community College in Glendale on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
William Melikian gives his opening remarks at the 2019 commencement ceremony at Glendale Community College in Glendale on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Graduate Michelle Garabetian gives the commencement address at the 2019 commencement ceremony at Glendale Community College in Glendale on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
President of the Board of Trustees, Vahé Peroomian gives opening remarks at the 2019 commencement ceremony at Glendale Community College in Glendale on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Nearly all the graduates wear sunglasses to avoid the hard light from the setting sun directly in front of them at the 2019 commencement ceremony at Glendale Community College in Glendale on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Graduates Sophia Kestenian, with her sister Julliette and friend Anna Levonyan, all of Glendale, pose for a selfie at the 2019 commencement ceremony at Glendale Community College in Glendale on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Family members wave to graduates they know at the 2019 commencement ceremony at Glendale Community College in Glendale on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Nearly all the graduates wear sunglasses to avoid the hard light from the setting sun directly in front of them at the 2019 commencement ceremony at Glendale Community College in Glendale on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Alexandra Flores, of Rosemead, waves to family as she walks into the 2019 commencement ceremony at Glendale Community College in Glendale on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Guides confirm what they know about the direction they will be taking nearly 2,000 graduates before marching into the 2019 commencement ceremony at Glendale Community College in Glendale on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)