2026 Bachelor's Degree Candidates' Ceremony
119th Commencement
Saturday, May 16, 2026 3 pm Sydney Goldstein Theater
Join us in celebrating CCA's commencement class of 2026 bachelor's degree candidates.
Student Speaker
Alana Valentina Abuchaibe
BArch Architecture 2026
So as we leave CCA, at a time when it's also coming to a close, I believe what matters most is not what we're leaving behind, but what we're taking with us. The ability to adapt. The ability to be present. And letting go of the fear of doing something 'correctly.'
Ceremony Program
- Grand Marshal Introduction
- Calvin Wheeler, Chair of the Board of Trustees
- Academic Processional
- Candidates for the Bachelor of Architecture Degree
- Candidates for the Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree
- Candidates for the Bachelor of Arts Degree
- Welcome from the President
- David C. Howse, President
- Land Acknowledgment
California College of the Arts current and historical campuses are located on the unceded territories of Chochenyo and Ramaytush Ohlone peoples, who have continuously lived upon this land since time immemorial. CCA honors Indigenous peoples—past, present, and future—here and around the world, and we wish to pay respect to local elders.
- In Memoriam
- David C. Howse
- President's Address
- David C. Howse
- Professor Emeriti Announcement
- David C. Howse
- Conferring of Honorary Doctorate Candidate
- TT Takemoto, Interim Provost
- Helen Maria Nugent, Dean of Design
- Honorary Doctorate Commencement Address
- Michael James Vanderbyl, (BFA Graphic Design 1968), Multidisciplinary Designer
- Student Remarks
- Alana Abuchaibe, (BArch Architecture 2026)
- Commencement Video
- Taro Hattori, Faculty Senate Vice President, Sculpture Assistant Professor
- Conferring of Degrees
- Curtis Hidemasa Nickerson Arima, Dean of Fine Arts
- Bachelor of Architecture
- Bachelor of Fine Arts
- Bachelor of Arts
- Presentation of the Class of 2026
- David C. Howse
- Recessional Members of the audience, please stand and remain standing until the academic procession has left the hall. Music provided by KLEZMANIA!.
Bachelor's Degree Candidates
Celebrating 281 bachelor's degree candidates
Architecture
BArch Architecture
- Alana Valentina Abuchaibe
- Anastasha Luz B Aco
- Noor Alhashimi
- Jose Arias-Patino
- Junghan Bae
- Seva Burkov
- Vicky W Cheung
- Gaoyang Dong
- Finn Ghinn
- Amanda Nicole Gomez
- Jongmin Jeon
- Yicheng(Eason) Jiang
- Abigail Van Kirk
- Yicheng Li
- Ziching “Z” Ooi
- Christopher Ryan Pouliot
- Chupeng Ruan Ruan
- Zahabiya Mustafa Sakarwala
- Liwen Shao
- Curran Thompson
- Jhostine Dayanara Chalen Ulloa
- Samuel Vallejo
- Zanmei Wang
BFA Interior Design
- Ann Pegollo Araneta
- Aleksandra Bugajska
- Ray Chang
- Carmelina Fulford
- Lois Taehee Kim
- Gabriela Johanna Mierkalne
- Anna Myasnikova
- Sofi Nali Tith
- Yenan Wang
- Xinyu Wang
- dawei Yang
- Xiaoyuan Zhang
Design
BFA Fashion Design
- Grace R Brodie
- Yixuan Li
- Xinyi Luo
- Jeilyn Mendoza-Martin
- Maeve O’Callahan
- Ashley Robles-Rasgado
- Josslyn L. Shi
- Ma Lee Xiong
- Linrong Yu
- YUE YU
BFA Graphic Design
- Maria Jose Fierros Aguilar
- Finn Banbury
- Benjamin Cardoza
- Yawen Chen
- Andrea G. Manrique Maes
- Nina Jasmin Mayne
- Vivan Mandar Nadkarni
- Cindy Hoang Nguyen
- Bonny Peng
- haotian shen
- Hương Thảo (Lucie) Trần
- Grace Tsai
- Morgan Wash
- Frank Zhang
- Zidan Zhu
BFA Illustration
- Estelle Rose Babus
- Enrique Atienza Beltran
- Adrian Lewis Brawn
- Lauren Rose Burrola
- Jenny Chan
- Angelina Elizabeth Colasuono
- Rosalyne Britney Dominguez
- Laz Geddes
- Morrigan J Goforth
- Linda He
- Mira Henry
- Cecilia Hu
- Saki Huang
- Mariela Alexandra Jacamo
- Clio St. James
- Cara Yu-Ju Juan
- Amelia Violet Kamin
- Gabrielle Kelley
- Amy Margaret Kerswill
- Taemin Kim
- David Labowitch
- Seo In Lee
- Andong Li
- Erin Li
- Wenyan Luo
- Peter Mao (double major)
- Amaris E. McNealy
- James R Nichols
- Adora Dalia Helena Oziębło
- Kainoa Viray Rocamora
- Jordan Sabaot-Bennett
- Brenda Isabel Sanchez
- Veronica Stroud
- Tony Le Tong
- Vincent Le Truong
- Xiran Wang
- Yifan Wang
- Aiiln Wong
- Yehan Xiong
- Xinran Xu
- Yvette Zhang
- Shiqi (Cimy) Zhang
BFA Industrial Design
- Emilio Rosario Alvares
- Kuan-jung Chen
- Huizi Cheng
- Bee Christman
- Mr. Junjie Duanmu
- Flynn Neville Goodwin
- Gloria Zhongyi He
- Yongwon Kwun
- Hajun Lim
- Alisa Maggie Manokian
- Stella Moon
- Ryan Michael Patrick
- Tao Peng
- chenchen qian
- Na'il Randolph
- Tianyao Wang
- Jian Yi
BFA Interaction Design
- Chao Chen
- Kuan Ju Chen
- Yijie Ding
- Micky Fang
- Jia Jia
- Luna Jiang
- Radhika Kothari
- Shuoning Liang
- Tzuyin Lin
- Zhongxin Liu
- Wise Liu
- Janette Aleksandra Olmiala
- Tanisha Rana
- Kamya Shah
- Xuanxuan Shangguan
- Cherubin Vanjinath Va Sr (double major)
- Yansong Teng
- Tiana(Shuyuan) Tian
- Ruihan Wang
- Xingmin weng
- Jiayi Xie
- Yujie Yin
- Xiaorui Zhan
- Han Zhang
- ZIQI ZHANG
- Dave Zheng
Fine Arts
BFA Animation
- Rocio Karime Matute Acosta
- Neal Aracil
- Nicholas Connors
- Iso A Donoso
- Juliana Fortunat
- Allya Furness
- Maddison Gama
- Mei Li Hawthorne
- Luisa Bel Cardoso Head
- TeeJay Houck
- zishan huang
- Kayla Nhu Huynh
- Star Abdul Karim
- Jun Seob Kim (double major)
- J H Kim
- Piper Riley Kinion
- Yu Lan
- Vivyan A Lau
- Lauren Lee
- Jacob Oberon Douglas Levinson
- Ziang Li
- Rowan Mei Lopez
- Rodolfo E Lopez-Gutierrez
- jingjing Lu
- Carrie M
- Ivan Mauricio Molina
- Rachel E Moncayo
- Ava Nguyen
- Leo Elise Pickard
- Grace Raghunath
- Stephanie Raigoza
- Sarika Ravi
- Mariana Ixchel Rios
- Inigo Rodriguez
- I N S
- Shay Kaye Samuel
- Linette Santacruz
- C.D Sapit
- John Angelo Martin Serrano
- Soph Shipman
- Gehrig Alden Stevens
- C M V
- immi D White
- Eryn Skye Wilson
- Yiting Xia
- Minseo Yeom
- Anna Yeow
- Angela Alicia Zamora
BFA Ceramics
- Devon Eckert Esquire
- Byron Claxton Jr
- Angel Mae Lusky
BFA Film
- Ezra Max Julian Chaltiel
- ruolun feng
- Misha S Kastrilevich
- Xinying Li
- Hayden Thomas Lim
- Tess McCreery
- Hannah Mueller
- Ji Qi
- Zion Robinson
- Zihan Wang
BFA Game Arts
- Jun Seob Kim (double major)
- Katelyn Laisure
- Kunpeng Li
- Peter Mao (double major)
- Anna-Sophia E. Reoutt-Swabeck
- Hailey Josephine White
- Jiayun Zhao
BFA Individualized Studies
- Lars Jo Bauer
- Lynn Wanjiku Burugu
- Morganne Zion Byrnes
- Zipporah Irine Hinds
- Jaya Arianna King
- Natalie Krebs
- Amrit Sandhu
- Isaiah Segovia
- Cherubin Vanjinath Va Sr (double major)
- Faye Tagen
- Katie Kawatake Vadasz
- Millicent Catacutan Villacastin
- Akiha S Yoshie
BFA Jewelry and Metal Arts
- Posy DiPaolo
- Alexandra Lewis Guthrie
- Jay Martin
- Lily Marylander (double major)
- Sam Otis Naftaly
- Shi Su
- Abbey Tillman
- rex j wallia
- Hongling Wang
- Yumo Xiao
- Zhizhi Xu
- ManJia (Liz) Zhu
BFA Painting/Drawing
- Netanya Marie Buenrostro
- Eli Reid Cather
- Yujun Chu
- Fortune Fechtor
- Dani Galvez
- Sara Govert
- Lucy Francis Harrington
- Anna G Lippert
- Yangjingyi Liu
- Ru Lyons
- Lola Reed
- Marcus M Rodriguez
- Nachuan Xie
- Yeajin Jeslyn Yoo
- Luochen Zhang
BFA Photography
- Amylee Rachael Baldwin
- Sahalie Carnahan-Ramsey
- Jakob K Jimenez
- Zoe E. Miles
- Estella Cruz Mora-Lopez
- Benjamin Thomas Young
- Ruoshui Zhu
BFA Printmedia
- Gabi Dagdag
BFA Sculpture
- Katarina Jean Holbart
- Lily Marylander (double major)
BFA Textiles
- Mookie Margolis
- Monica Ann Metcalf
- miranda robinson
Humanities & Sciences
BFA Comics
- Kenneth J Brunn
- Sof Gamboa
- A Kieu Huynh Nguyen
- Aria Jayne P Nunez
- Carly Jean Plante
- Yana Ghabrielle Ramoso
- Iskra Pag-asa Cervas Verdote
BA Writing and Literature
- Alyssa Bardge
- Alicia "Ace" Maria Hodrick
- Gabrielle G Kedziora
- Samantha Caylin Meyer
- Maximilian Ruiz Sirkia
- Chloe Vuillermoz
CCA's 119th Commencement celebrates students who completed their degree requirements in fall 2025, as well as students anticipated to complete their degrees in spring and summer 2026. Degrees will officially be conferred upon successful completion of all degree requirements.