HOSPITAL
HOSPITAL SYSTEM AT GREATER RISK. IT IS COLLEGE GRADUATION SEASON AND TODAY SAN DIEGO
STATE UNIVERSITY WILL BEGIN
IN-PERSON CEREMONIES. THINGS
WILL LOOK DIFFERENT THIS TIME
AROUND EVEN INCLUDING THE
VENUE. YES. NEWS 8000 ROYAL
LIVE OUTSIDE PETCO PARK WITH A
PREVIEW. I IMAGINE THAT SENIOR
COMMENCEMENT WAS HELD AT PETCO
PARK. THAT'S PRETTY NEAT. I
KNOW IT'S REALLY A REALLY
INCREDIBLE PLACE TO HAVE A
COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY AND 20000
NEW GRADUATES ARE ELIGIBLE TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE CEREMONIES
THIS WEEK FROM THE LAST YEAR
AND A HALF BECAUSE OF THE
PANDEMIC. SOME PEOPLE CHOSE TO
GO THE VIRTUAL WORLD. OTHER
PEOPLE WANT TO WALK ACROSS THAT
STAGE PHYSICALLY IN PERSON AND
ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE IS HERE
WITH ME. THIS IS SAM SCALES AND
YOU ARE RECEIVING YOUR
DOCTORATE IN EDUCATION HERE.
YES, ABSOLUTELY. RECEIVING MY
DOCTORATE IN EDUCATION. I WAS
IN THE JOINT DOCTORAL PROGRAM
WITH SAN DIEGO STATE AND
CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY.
SO IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS TAKING
A THREE HOUR TWO HOUR DRIVE UP
NORTH AND THE TWO HOUR BACK AT
NIGHT FOR THIS PROGRAM. BUT IT
WAS DEFINITELY WORTH IT. WHAT
DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO FINALLY BE
HOODED AND FINALLY TO WALK
ACROSS THE STAGE AND BE HONORED
FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK HERE?
IT'S A RELIEF. IT'S KIND
OF SURREAL BECAUSE I DON'T GET
TO GO BACK TO CAMPUS. I DON'T
GET TO SEE ALL OF MY FRIENDS
THAT I'VE MADE IN THE JOINT
DOCTOR PROGRAM AND YOU KNOW,
IT'S SOMETHING THAT MY FAMILY
HAS BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO AND
THE FIRST IN MY FAMILY TO
RECEIVE A DOCTORATE SO IT'S
VERY EXCITING AND YOU KNOW, I'M
JUST SETTING A PRECEDENT FOR MY
YOUNGER COUSINS COME IN BEHIND
ME SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT
.CONGRATULATIONS AND I
UNDERSTAND THAT LAST NIGHT YOU
HAD A BIT OF A VIRTUAL CEREMONY
THAT YOUR FAMILY COULD WATCH AS
WELL. YES, ABSOLUTELY. WE HAD A
VIRTUAL RING BECAUSE THE THREE
OF US WERE NOT ALLOWED
HANDSHAKING, HUGGING AND
HOOTING AT THIS CEREMONY IS NOT
ALLOWED. SO THEY SENT US A LINK
WHERE WE COULD SEND IT OUT TO
OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND I
HAD MY FRIEND TERRY PUT ME LAST
NIGHT TEARING OFF THEIR FRIENDS
2011 WE ACTUALLY MET AT SAN
DIEGO STATE AND HE'S LIKE A
LITTLE BROTHER TO ME SO HE
THOUGHT AT ME LAST NIGHT AND
YOU KNOW, IT WAS AN EXCITING
TIME. IT WAS EMOTIONAL. WHAT'S
IT LIKE HAVING ONE OF THE MOST
MONUMENTAL CHAPTERS OF YOUR
LIFE? I THINK THE FIRST PERSON
IN YOUR FAMILY TO RECEIVE A
DOCTORATE DURING A PANDEMIC I
GUARANTEE YOU YOU DID NOT HAVE
THIS ON YOUR BINGO CARD. YOU'RE
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. IT WAS TOUGH.
IT WAS DIFFICULT. IT WAS
CHALLENGING. BUT PERSEVERANCE
AND THE SUPPORT OF MY FAMILY,
MY FRATERNITY BROTHERS AND
ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY
ENCOURAGED ME A LOT. SO IT WAS
DEFINITELY WORTH IT AND YOU
KNOW, I JUST HAD TO PERSEVERE
THROUGH THE PANDEMIC SO THAT'S
WHAT IT WAS. THANK YOU SO MUCH,
SAM. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK
YOU. WELL, THE GRADUATION
CEREMONIES START AT NINE
O'CLOCK THIS MORNING AND THEY
GO THROUGH THURSDAY. IF YOU'RE
COMING YOU'RE ALLOWED TO BRING
A SEALED WATER BOTTLE INSIDE
OF PETCO PARK. HANDSHAKE'S
ACROSS THE STAGE ARE A NO GO
THIS YEAR. YOU'VE HEARD THE
THREE H'S ARE NOT ALLOWED THIS
YEAR AND PEOPLE ARE REQUIRED TO
WEAR MASKS EVEN THOUGH THIS IS
AN OUTDOOR CEREMONY. BUT
CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY
WHO'S FINALLY GETTING
RECOGNIZED FOR ALL OF THEIR
HARD WORK HERE. YEAH, WE CAN
DEAL WITH A COUPLE OF THE
LITTLE CHANGES HERE TO BE IN
PERSON BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE
MISSED OUT ON AND THE SAME
STORY THAT WAS INCREDIBLY
MOVING. YEAH. CONGRATULATIONS
TO HIM AND TO EVERYONE ELSE AND
PEOPLE PUT IN A LOT OF TIME AND
ENERGY AND HARD WORK AND A LOT
OF DRIVING A LOT OF HOURS TO
GET TO THIS POINT AND THEY
DESERVE TO BE CELEBRATED.
ALISON, REAL SAM'S STILL NEXT
TO YOU OR DID HE GO ON TO TAKE
PART IN THE CEREMONIES? YEAH.
SAM IS STILL NEXT. NO QUESTION
.DO YOU MIND IF OUR
PHOTOGRAPHER JAY IF YOU COULD
SHOW US. SAM I WANT TO SEE HIS
WHOLE CAP AND GOWN AND I MEAN
SERIOUSLY WHAT DO YOU HAVE ON
YOU, SAM? THAT'S A LOT. YEAH.
TELL US EXPLAINING YOUR
FASHION. YES. THIS SASH THE
BLACK AND GOLD REPRESENTS MY
PATERNITY ALPHA PHI ALPHA
FRATERNITY BRADY YEAH. AND THIS
ONE MY DEPARTMENT HERE DR.
CAMPILLO HAD THESE MADE FOR THE
JOINT DOCTORAL STUDENT THESE
SPECIAL SPECIALLY MADE AND IT
SAYS JDP JOINT CONTROL PROGRAM
BECAUSE GO STATE BY THEMSELVES
CAN'T OFFER A DOCTORATE IN
EDUCATION. SO THEY PARTNERED
WITH ANOTHER SCHOOL AND IN THIS
CASE THEY PARTNERED WITH COME
ON GRADUATE UNIVERSITY WHICH IS
IN CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA 2000
AND HERE THEY HAVE FOUR SCHOOLS
AND THEY GOT STATE UNIVERSITY
AND CLAREMONT GRADS. LOOK AT
THAT. YEAH. AND THE ROPES THESE
FOUR GRADES IN ACHIEVEMENT.
CONGRATULATIONS SO MANY SO IT'S
SO DECORATED. WHAT WHAT'S NEXT
FOR SAM NOW THAT HE'S
GRADUATING? YEAH. WHAT'S NEXT
FOR YOU? ALSO IS THIS BECAUSE
YOU GRADUATED WITH HONORS
RECORDS RIGHT HERE? YES. YES.
GREAT GRADE POINT AVERAGE 4.0
GRADE POINT. WHAT'S NEXT FOR ME
IS STARTING THIS FALL AT SAN
DIEGO STATE WORKING THERE IN
THAT CYNICAL STATE. BUT LIKE I
SAID EARLIER, I'M LOOKING
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY SO
WHEREVER I DECIDE TO CHOOSE
FROM WHATEVER OPPORTUNITIES
THERE ARE, THAT'S WHERE I END
UP FOR YOU ON LINKEDIN. YES, I
AM HIRING AND YOU'RE OUT THERE
SAM SALES GIRL SAM IS GOING TO
BE A GOOD HIRE