
Harder, who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from California’s 10th District last November, is a Turlock native who graduated from Modesto High School and Stanford University before earning his master’s in Business Administration from Harvard Business School.
He worked as a venture capitalist in New York and San Francisco before moving back to Turlock in 2017, and he taught business courses at Modesto Junior College before running for Congress as a Democrat. Harder will address the graduates of the College of Science on Friday, May 24 at 9 a.m.

Huerta earned a teaching credential from the University of the Pacific and also has received multiple honorary doctorates in addition to being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama in 2012. She will be addressing the graduates of the College of the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences during the ceremony Thursday, May 23, at 9 a.m.

Rizo, who has been a member of the California State University, Stanislaus Foundation Board since 2014, will be addressing the graduates from the College of Business Administration and the College of Education, Kinesiology and Social Work on Thursday, May 23 at 6 p.m.