There were close to 3,000 candidates for graduation.

By Ashlee Green

Photos: Gene J. Puskar for CCAC

The Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) held a commencement ceremony on May 19 with members of graduating classes from 2022 as well as both 2020 and 2021. It was CCAC’s first in-person graduation celebration since 2019 and the first one held at Heinz Field.

Graduates partaking in the ceremony earned associate’s degrees in arts and science as well as certificates and diplomas in close to 150 programs; there were 2,858 total candidates for graduation. 

Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald gave the commencement address. Other speakers included CCAC President Dr. Quintin Bullock; CCAC Board of Trustees Chair Mona Generett, PhD; CCAC Professor Deborah Grice Conway; Roseann Ferrara-Love, member of the CCAC Educational Foundation Board of Directors and class of 1975 CCAC alumna; and CCAC Graduate and Student Trustee River Ward. 

A nursing pinning ceremony was held at Heinz Field separately that day and included 334 nursing program graduates.