Menomonie – Fall commencement will be held for 527 graduates on Saturday, Dec. 20, at University of Wisconsin-Stout.
A total of 399 undergraduate and 128 graduate students will receive degrees. Two ceremonies will be held at Johnson Fieldhouse: 10 a.m. College of Arts & Human Sciences and College of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics & Management; 2 p.m., Graduate Studies
The ceremonies can also be seen via livestream on the UW-Stout commencement website and at the Memorial Student Center.
Provost Glendalí Rodríguez will host the ceremonies. Chancellor Katherine Frank will provide remarks to the graduates and confer degrees.
Three graduating students will speak:
- Sophia Moore, of Red Wing, Minnesota, applied social science, CAHS speaker.
- Grace Rucker, of Oronoco, Minnesota, real estate property management and hotel, restaurant & tourism management, CSTEMM speaker.
- Hanahh Eggum, of Menomonie, M.S. training & talent development, Graduate Studies speaker.
Two alumni will also be guest speakers. Undergraduates will be addressed by Michael Leighton (’02), director of industrial design at Polaris Inc., B.F.A. in industrial design and business management. Graduate Studies will be addressed by Shannon Donnelly (’95, ’05), associate dean and director of UW-Stout’s School of Education, B.S. in vocational rehabilitation and M.S. in education.
The ceremonies will include music by the Ludington Guard Band, directed by James Woodford.
For more information, contact Commencement Coordinator Bethany Risler, 715-232-1279, or email [email protected].
UW-Stout, a member of the Universities of Wisconsin, is Wisconsin’s Polytechnic University, with a focus on applied learning, collaboration with business and industry, and career outcomes.
Abbey Goers, UW-Stout News Service may be contacted at 715-232-2565
