Traffic tips for commencement and move-out
Commencement and move-out at residence halls will make for a busy upcoming weekend on campus. Two ceremonies will take place: a smaller ceremony for doctoral and professional students at 5:30 p.m....
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Top 15 of 2015
This weekend, more than 10,000 students will receive a bachelor’s, master’s, professional or doctoral degree during UW-Madison’s commencement exercises. Every student’s journey is unique, but some of...
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Storm holds off for successful UW-Madison commencement
The commencement ceremony was attended by approximately 5,800 bachelor’s and master’s degree candidates. Photo: Jeff Miller For the second year in a row, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s main...
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New metrics illustrate UW student success
The amount of time it takes UW-Madison students to earn their degrees has decreased to 4.13 years — the lowest on record, according to the Office of Academic Planning and Institutional Research....
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Alumna Zoë Timms to address December graduates
In the years since Zoë Timms graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she’s never had a job interview. It all started with a life-changing decision she made in a sociology class. When her...
View ArticleMeet the 2016 Spring Commencement speaker
MADISON — Russell Wilson’s athleticism and leadership have made him a star on and off the field since high school. But there’s one thing he’s never done: don a cap and gown to celebrate his college...
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Addario, Rutter and Thompson to receive honorary degrees in May
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has selected photojournalist Lynsey Addario, biochemist William J. Rutter and former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson as recipients of its honorary degrees this May....
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Holder to give keynote at Wisconsin Law School Hooding Ceremony
Eighty-second U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. will be the speaker at the 2016 University of Wisconsin Law School Hooding Ceremony. The ceremony, which is open to law school students and their...
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Commencement spotlight: Class of 2016
Every one of the 6,517 students graduating this week has a unique story to tell about their UW-Madison experience — of challenges overcome, connections forged, contributions made. Here are a few...
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Traffic tips for commencement weekend
UW-Madison graduates celebrate as Jump Around plays during spring commencement at Camp Randall Stadium in May 2015. Photo: Bryce Richter This weekend will be especially busy at UW-Madison with...
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Extraordinary effort merits posthumous Ph.D. for Schuff
A tragic swimming accident in 2011 left University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate student Craig Schuff paralyzed from the neck down, but his ever-curious mind refused to get the memo. Schuff came to...
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UW-Madison awards posthumous engineering degree to WWI aviator
When Milton Pettit Griswold entered the University of Wisconsin, fighting in World War I had been going on for slightly more than a year — yet that was overseas, and in Madison, students were content...
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Thompson’s advice to Class of 2016: ‘Find your passion and follow it’
Proud family members capture the moment during commencement exercises for graduate and professional students Friday, May 13, at the Kohl Center. Photo: Bryce Richter After countless hours of classes,...
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Chancellor Rebecca Blank greets the parents of graduate student Craig Schuff as they receive his posthumous degree during Friday’s commencement exercises at the Kohl Center. Schuff died in October,...
View ArticleMoments to remember: Commencement 2016
Beaming families, blinged-out mortarboards and hugs with best friends – a slide show celebrating Commencement. Click to enlarge photos
View ArticleRussell Wilson 2016 Commencement speech: “When Life Tells You No”
Note: Video footage will be available at 4 p.m. Central Time May 14 at https://www.youtube.com/user/uwmadison It’s good to be back in the stadium, obviously. Chancellor Blank and the Board of...
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Cheers despite the chill at UW-Madison Commencement Saturday
“I’ve seen that lots of people have potential, but not everyone does it.,” said speaker Russell Wilson. “I’ve learned that the difference isn’t the way people handle themselves when things go well. …...
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ROTC students commissioned as officers upon graduation
Family members help with a pinning ceremony as graduates from UW-Madison’s Army, Navy and Air Force ROTC units participate in an officer commissioning ceremony at Gordon Dining and Event Center at the...
View ArticleVideo: The Class of 2016, in their own words
Who are they thankful for? Where do they hope to work? What will they remember fondly? What surprised them? And what if they’d known then what they know now? University Communications cameras caught up...
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Astronaut James Lovell to speak at UW-Madison’s December commencement
December’s University of Wisconsin-Madison commencement speaker is out of this world. Or at least he has been. Captain James A. Lovell, Jr. is one of only 24 people to go to the moon and back. Lovell...
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