June 10, 2026 Families of Two Cal Poly Students to Receive Posthumous Degrees for their Sons at 2026 Commencement Ceremonies (opens in new tab)

Contact: Jay Thompson805-235-0955; jthompson@calpoly.edu SAN LUIS OBISPO — Cal Poly will honor two students with posthumous degrees during the upcoming 2026 Commencement ceremonies June 13-14 at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. Graduate civil and environmental engineering student Cortland Silverio Rodriguez, who passed away Nov. 9, 2025, in Monterey County, will be honored at the College of Engineering’s first ceremony at the 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 13. And Sean Ogawa Hillman, a first-year archit...