Events: Cap and Gown Gala
First Graduate held its first annual Cap & Gown Gala on June 17, 2006 in the LucasFilm facilities at the Letterman Digital Arts Center in the Presidio. This event is a celebration of college achievement and an opportunity to honor the first in family to have graduated college and an evening full of entertainment, catered food, dancing and good cheer.
We present the First In Family Award each year to a member of the community who was the first in their family to graduate college and who stands as an example of the great opportunities that can be afforded through a college education. Some past award recipients include Chuck Smith, former President & CEO of AT&T West; Dr. Robert J. Birgeneau, Chancellor of UC Berkeley; and Alejandro Toledo, President of Peru from 2001-2006.
The 2008 Cap & Gown Gala will be held on Friday May 16th at San Francisco City Hall from 6PM to 10PM. Carol Bartz, the former CEO of Autodesk and current Executive Chairman of its Board of Directors, will receive the First in Family Award for being the first in her family to graduate from college. For more information, please contact Herve Ernest, Director of Marketing.
“My wife and I had such a great time at the Cap & Gown Gala and were so emotional to see what great work your organization does for these young people and their families”
Bob Paterson, Cap & Gown Gala attendee
