Commencement
Congratulations to the UCLA IoES Class of 2025. We look forward to the impact you’ll make in building a more sustainable, resilient world.
Ackerman Grand Ballroom
Keynote Speaker
Nurit Katz
Chief Sustainability Officer, UCLA
Nurit Katz is an educator, urban ecologist, and sustainability leader dedicated to building a more resilient and healthy region through cross-sector collaboration. As UCLA’s Chief Sustainability Officer, she led the university’s first comprehensive sustainability plan, award-winning landscape and biodiversity initiatives, and promoted campus-wide integration of sustainability in education, research, operations, and partnerships. She also served six years as Executive Officer for Facilities Management. Nurit is a Commissioner on the Board of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, where she championed biodiversity and nature-based solutions, and she contributes to multiple advisory groups including the LA28 Sustainability Working Group and the City of Los Angeles Biodiversity Expert Council. With over 15 years of teaching experience, she instructs in UCLA Extension’s Sustainability Certificate Program and supports community science as Outreach Coordinator for the Los Angeles Raptor Study. Nurit holds an MBA and MPP from UCLA, a BA in Environmental Education from Humboldt State, and is pursuing a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UCLA.
Logistics
For cap and gowns, please visit UCLA Commencement.
For academic eligibility questions or for more information about the College ceremony, click HERE.
Graduating Seniors: Remember to declare your Degree Expected Term via MyUCLA and check your MyUCLA page for graduation announcements and ticket information. Students with a Degree Expected Term of Spring or Summer are automatically included for the Spring Commencement; Fall quarter graduates will need to file a Special Inclusion Petition.
Graduating seniors: For a graduation check for the Environmental Science major, please make an appointment with Royce.
