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Mar 22, 2017

Alumnus Larry Maggi will address graduates May 11-12 in the Convocation Center. Click on the link below to watch live.

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Master's degree candidates will receive their diplomas and be vested in their academic hoods at 7 p.m. May 11. Undergraduate Commencement begins at 10 a.m. May 12. Both ceremonies will be held in the Convocation Center arena.

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In all, more than 1,200 students are expected to graduate, including those who choose not to attend Commencement. Graduates' families and friends are welcome to attend.

University President Geraldine M. Jones will confer the degrees and greet each graduate who walks across the stage.
Cal U's 186th Commencement recognizes students who completed their studies in January and May 2018.

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About the speaker

Larry Maggi '79 has devoted his career to public service. A lifelong resident of Washington County, Pa., Maggi is chairman of the county's Board of Commissioners, where he is serving his fourth term in office.

He has been a member of California University's Council of Trustees since 2009 and was chair of the council from 2013-2017.

Maggi served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1969-1971. He entered the Pennsylvania State Police Academy in 1973, beginning a 24-year career as a state police trooper and criminal investigator. He graduated from California State College in 1979, with a degree in education.

Maggi entered the political arena in 1997, when he was elected sheriff of Washington County. He held that office until his election as a county commissioner in 2003.

In addition to serving his Washington County constituents, Maggi is chairman of the board for the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission, which oversees spending of state and federal transportation funds for a 10-county region. He serves on the board for Blueprints (formerly Community Action Southwest), a nonprofit community action agency, and he chairs the Courts and Corrections Committee of the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania, where he has been a member for 13 years.

Maggi also is active with a number of veterans organizations, including the Marine Corps League, the Mon Valley Leathernecks, the American Legion and the American Legion Riders. He frequently participates in military ceremonies with various veterans groups.

A former Vulcan wrestler, Maggi has officiated high school wrestling matches for more than 40 years. He is a member of the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) Hall of Fame, the Washington-Greene County chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame, and the Pittsburgh Chapter of the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame.

In 2017, he was inducted into the Pittsburgh chapter of the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame.

He is state coordinator for the annual Pennsylvania American Legion/State Police Youth Week camp for high school students who are interested in law enforcement or military careers. He also is a lay speaker, liturgist and Sunday school teacher at Claysville Methodist Church.

Maggi and his wife, Mary Jeanne, make their home in Buffalo Township, Pa. They delight in spending time with their four children and six grandchildren.

Both graduation ceremonies can be viewed live online at www.calu.edu/news. For more information, visit www.calu.edu/events/commencement.