In its relentless pursuit of academic excellence, the Central Luzon State University (CLSU) will honor 368 graduands who are ready to stride the center stage of the Dr. Pedro A. Abella Graduation Site on Friday, March 3, 2023, for the 32nd Mid-Year Commencement Exercises. With the theme “Marching Ahead of the Curve: Strategic Foresight in the Internationalization of Higher Education,” the graduation ceremony will commence through a procession followed by the commendation of the 47 graduands with academic honors. Moreover, an honoris causa will also be given to Hon. Joseph Gilbert F. Violago, Guest of Honor and Commencement Speaker and Representative of the 2nd District of Nueva Ecija, in recognition of his outstanding and exemplary leadership, and Hon. Nestor A. Alvarez, Science City of Munoz Vice Mayor, for trailblazing the culture, music, and arts in the Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija. Mr. Reynaldo Trajano Cuevas V, BS Statistics from the College of Science, will lead the graduating class of 2023 as valedictorian. He got the highest general weighted average of 1.51. From the total graduands who are expected to march, 183 are from the College of Agriculture, 9 from the College of Arts and Social Sciences, 4 from the College of Business Administration and Accountancy, 58 from the College of Education, 61 from the College of Engineering, 5 from the College of Fisheries, 11 from the College of Home Science and Industry, 15 from the College of Science, 1 from the College of Veterinary Science and Medicine, and 21 from the Distance, Open, and Transnational University. The graduation ceremony will be streamed live via the CLSU Facebook Page.

"This is a milestone that we are celebrating here. We are here where everything started. [I] remember we started with a Round Table Discussion in Baguio City last 2019, our first Technical Working Group meeting happened here in Benguet State University in 2020, and now we are back here to make it official by signing the Memorandum of Agreement.” This is what UP Open University (UPOU) Chancellor, Dr. Melinda dela Peña Bandalaria, stated as she highlighted how the Consortium of Open and Distance Education Providers in the Philippines (CODEPP) was formalized in the very place where it was first conceptualized. The Consortium is composed of eight higher learning institutions that offer open distance education in the country. These universities are Benguet State University, Cavite State University, Central Luzon State University, Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University , Ifugao State University, Mariano Marcos State University, John B Lacson Foundation Maritime University - Arevalo, Inc., and UPOU.

To ensure the attainment of the university goals and targets for the year, CLSU conducted the 2023 Annual Direction Seminar with the theme “CLSU to the World, in the World and for the World” held from December 10-12, 2023. University President Edgar A. Orden set the tone as he served as the lead plenary speaker followed by Dr. Robert C. Kemerait, Jr. from the University of Georgia and Prof. Dr. Machito Mihara from the Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan. The event featured different workshops addressing the following: Increasing Research and Extension Productivity; Crafting the Program of Activities for Board Examination Review Classes; and Promoting Institutional Loyalty. The seminar was attended by the College Deans, Department heads, Program heads; College and department Research and Extension Coordinators; Specialized R and D heads; College Graduate Program Coordinators; ARC Focal Persons; IAO representatives; OSA personnel, and all college and department Guidance Coordinators and counselors.