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A total of 1,455 UW-La Crosse students are candidates for graduation, including 1,159 undergraduate students and 296 graduate students. Graduates will walk the stage during two separate ceremonies at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 13, at the La Crosse Center, 300 Harborview Plaza, La Crosse.
No reservation or tickets are required.
Sean Mobley, graduating senior in Communications Studies – Broadcast & Digital Media, and Ka Lia Lo, graduate student from the Student Affairs Administration program, will give the student address at 10 a.m.
At 2 p.m. UW-L Seniors Cassandra DeHaro and Rachel Boldt, who traveled to Costa Rica this semester as part of their Community Health Education program, will give a commencement address together.
All colleges will have a reception immediately following the graduation ceremony in the Ballroom.
Graduate students will be in the Zielke suite one hour prior to graduation to meet with their program directors for formal placement of their hoods.
Ceremonies and times: 10 a.m. - College of Business Administration; College of Liberal Studies; School of Education (including teacher education programs in Early Childhood-Middle Childhood, Middle Childhood-Early Adolescence, English, Social Studies, History, Political Science, Sociology, German Studies, Spanish); School of Arts and Communication (including teacher education programs in Art, and Music [Choral, General, and Instrumental])
2 p.m. - College of Science and Health; School of Education (including teacher education programs in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, General Science, Mathematics, Physical Education, and School Health Education)
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