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The UW Senior Class Office shared the following message in partnership with the announcement to spring graduates from Chancellor Blank and Senior Class President Alec Bukowiec regarding Spring Commencement: Photo by Bryce Richter, UW-Madison To the Class of 2021: By now, you have likely seen Chancellor Blank and Senior Class President Alec Bukowiec’s exciting update regarding …
In the last four years, Sven Kleinhans has earned three college degrees — two bachelor’s degrees and now a master’s degree. Overachiever? He laughs off the idea by telling the story of how he became the student speaker for UW–Madison’s winter commencement ceremony on Dec. 13. Applications were due by 11:59 p.m. on Nov. 2. …
We are seeking a graduating student of the Class of 2020 to serve as the student speaker at the Winter Commencement ceremony on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020. The selected student will be invited to speak on behalf of all graduates. Any student who completes degree requirements in either summer or fall term of 2020 and …
By Joseph States UW-Madison senior class officers announced they will be raising funds for the Green Bandana Project as their departing class gift to help build support and recognition of mental health on campus. The Green Bandana Project is a mental health awareness campaign created in 2016 by Madison freshman Colin Bass. The senior class hopes …
By Kayla Huynh In an effort to provide education on mental illness and spread awareness of mental health resources on campus, the UW–Madison senior class officers have announced a new fund to support the Green Bandana Project. Created by a former UW–Madison student, the Green Bandana Project — organized by the National Alliance on Mental Illness-UW — has …
Every graduation ceremony is rich with personal stories. Here are just a few from this year’s winter graduates.
Keynote speaker Jason Gay, the sports columnist for the Wall Street Journal and a 1992 UW–Madison graduate in political science, stressed the messiness of life. Eleven years ago, he got sacked from Rolling Stone magazine. Read his full commencement address here.
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!