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UW–Madison conferred 1,770 degrees Sunday to undergraduate, graduate and professional school students. About two-thirds of those students, or 1,200, took part in the ceremony at the Kohl Center. Many others will participate in spring commencement in May. The total crowd at the Kohl Center, including graduates, was 7,379.
Family and friends packed the Kohl Center on Dec. 15 to celebrate with 1,200 graduates taking part in winter commencement exercises. See the photos here.
As the student speaker at UW–Madison’s winter commencement, Lisa Kamal has made an impact far beyond the 7,379 people who heard her at the Kohl Center Dec. 15. Videos of Lisa’s speech have been viewed more than 3.5 million times on various social media platforms. She even got a shout-out from Lin Manuel Miranda!
It’s a rite of passage for UW–Madison graduates, wearing their graduation gowns, to pose for a photo on the lap of the Abraham Lincoln statue atop Bascom Hill. With the Dec. 15 commencement ceremony less than a month away, some took their photos recently. Some grads whisper their dreams into Abe’s ear, others even kiss …