<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/academics/articles/patch-commencement19.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>06/19/2019</pubDate><title>Degrees, Determination and Distinction</title><author>Strategic Communications, Marketing and Public Affairs</author><image><img src="/academics/articles/images/patch-commencement19.jpg" alt="citrus college graduates in black caps and gowns walk together after commencement, several wearing honor cords and medals and carrying diploma covers as family and fellow graduates surround them"/></image><caption/><thumbnail/><display/><description>Transfer goals, military service, international backgrounds and academic honors all shaped Citrus College's class of 2019, as 1,451 graduates celebrated their achievements during the college's 103rd commencement ceremony.</description><tags><tag>academics</tag><tag>departments</tag><tag>divisions</tag></tags></item>