{"id":320876,"date":"2026-05-18T06:01:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T06:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/320876\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T06:01:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T06:01:18","slug":"fresno-state-celebrates-50th-chicano-latino-commencement-with-thousands-in-attendance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/320876\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno State celebrates 50th Chicano\/Latino commencement with thousands in attendance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KFSN logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/origin-kfsn.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Monday, May 18, 2026 4:46AM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Fresno State celebrates 50th Chicano\/Latino commencement with thousands in attendance\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; Thousands gathered on Saturday at the Save Mart Center for Fresno State&#8217;s Chicano\/Latino Commencement Celebration, which marked its 50th year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Organizers described the event as the largest ceremony of its kind in the country. The milestone celebration featured special appearances from the event&#8217;s founders and the California State University chancellor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The annual ceremony drew significant attention online, highlighted by emotional tributes, expressions of cultural pride and an energetic dance party finale that capped the evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">One of the night&#8217;s most powerful moments came during the opening procession, when graduates carried flags representing nearly three dozen countries into the arena.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monday, May 18, 2026 4:46AM FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) &#8212; Thousands gathered on Saturday at the Save Mart Center&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320877,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[133820,74399,133815,133817,3965,133819,112,3594,114,113,742,133816,35651,133818,294],"class_list":["post-320876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-133820","tag-50th-anniversary","tag-chicano-latino-commencement","tag-csu-chancellor","tag-cultural-celebration","tag-flag-procession","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-event","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-fresno-state","tag-graduation-ceremony","tag-save-mart-center","tag-student-diversity","tag-timely"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}