Dr. Sandy Hirsh

Associate Dean, College of Professional and Global Education

On behalf of the College of Professional and Global Education, I bring greetings and congratulations from the Dean.

As the former Director of the School of Information and the current Associate Dean for Academics in the college, I am particularly thrilled to be here today to congratulate our graduates of the School of Information. Through your course of study in the School of Information you have all gained a deep understanding of how information can be applied to address some of the world's most challenging problems and you have also gained the skills and knowledge that will enable you to make a difference in your communities.

I congratulate the School of Information's outstanding Master's degree students who are graduating with their MLIS, MARA and Informatics Degrees, and also to those who have completed their Teacher Librarian programs and certificate programs. And as you have already heard from Dr. Chow and Dr. Main, we are very excited to be celebrating our very first class of undergraduates who are graduating from our college. This is a huge milestone achievement and we're super excited, so we especially wish to congratulate those who have just completed that iSchool's new BS in Information Science and Data Analytics degree.

While today marks the end of one segment of your career journey with the completion of your degree, it is also just the first step in what we know will be a rewarding, inspiring, and impactful future. I am excited to see what the future holds for you and I know that you will go on to achieve great things.

Congratulations and all the best of luck to you in your next adventure.


Dr. Sandy Hirsh
Associate Dean, Academics
College of Professional and Global Education
San Jose State University