![Asia Raymond, left, and Elaine Eng, right, celebrate their friend Monique Dunn, center, during the Lavender Graduation at San Diego City College, May 9, 2024. Photo by Samantha Griffen/ City Times Media](https://sdcitytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/LAV.GRAD_sg_01-1200x800.jpg)
Third annual City College Lavender Graduation celebrates LGBTQ+ students’ academic success
Lavender ceremony honors record number of students
Samantha Griffen, Multimedia Journalist
• May 22, 2024
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![Lucy Plascencia stands in front of a wooden podium surrounded by an arch of yellow, green and blue balloons on an outdoor patio with a building in the background.](https://sdcitytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/CT-COVER-TEMPLATE-6-900x505.jpg)
City College honors LGBTQ+ graduates at second Lavender graduation
LGBTQ+ community members stand proud as they receive degrees, certificates at annual ceremony
Shamere Grimes, Multimedia Reporter
• May 24, 2023
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City College celebrates its first ‘Lavender Graduation’ ceremony
While most such events are put on by student-run LGBTQIA+ organizations, City’s celebration was spearheaded by a combination of student-support programs
Jakob McWhinney, Managing Editor
• May 19, 2022
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![Graduates from City College in caps and gowns stand in a row at the Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park.](https://sdcitytimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/22GRAD_01-900x600.jpg)
City to celebrate graduates with first in-person commencement events in three years
In addition to a schoolwide ceremony at Balboa Park, there will be a variety of smaller events for City graduates on campus
Kathy Archibald, Jakob McWhinney, Philip Salata, and Susana Serrano
• May 5, 2022
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