Blog Post: Congratulations to the class of 2008!

Larger enrollment and an economy that still beckons college graduates may be pushing the increase. The demand for an educated work force persists, with more employers recruiting on campus this year and a 15 percent increase in online job postings, according to Elaine Stover of ASU Career Services.

The largest-ever class of 243 nurses got their tassle, along with 900 teachers, 675 engineers, 210 lawyers, 600 business undergraduates and 550 MBAs.

The School of Design graduated 390 architects, designers and urban planners, and the Walter Cronkite School educated 188 journalists. The Herberger College of the Arts graduated 328 artists, musicians, dancers, theater and film professionals, and scholars and historians of the arts.

Overall, the West campus graduated about 1,070 students, Polytechnic about 550 graduates and the Downtown Phoenix campus graduated 980.

Graduates who attended commencement this morning listened to a speech by James Duderstadt, president emeritus at the University of Michigan, who received an honorary doctorate at the ceremony.

If YOU graduated from ASU today, or you have a newly minted Sun Devil alum in your life, keep the good times flowing with a Grad Pack membership in the ASU Alumni Association. The Grad Pack quells post-graduation anxiety by providing you with gift cards and other presents from merchants such as Target and Starbucks, introducing you to the services and benefits of the Alumni Association and by acting as your guide to a lifetime of Sun Devil connections!