Celebration Events

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will host a virtual event on May 7th at 6:00pm. Please visit this website for the most up-to-date information.

On Friday, May 7 at 7:00pm central time, join us as we celebrate our May 2021 graduates with a virtual graduate recognition event. The event will include remarks from the College of Engineering dean and department chairs, acknowledgement of each graduate’s name, and a special graduate video compilation of student reflections. Visit our Department Celebrations page to view our virtual department celebrations and congratulatory messages. Click for more information

The College of Letters & Science will send graduates a series of pre-recorded videos to commemorate your accomplishments. One video will include remarks from Dean Eric Wilcots and student speakers, and the other will feature a name scroll of all our L&S graduates.

Students who applied to graduate by the university’s deadline of April 9 will be featured in our L&S-specific PDF program and will have their names displayed in a separate video as well. L&S is also planning a mailing to graduates in the Summer of 2021.

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For the following departments, please refer to their official websites for the most up to date information.

Afro-American Studies Department: End of the Year Graduate Celebration, Friday, April 30, 2021; 4:00pm-5:00pm CDT (virtually)

Art History: A celebration of graduation will be held Friday, May 7, 2021; 3:00pm-5:00pm CDT (virtually)

Asian American Studies: Will be mailing graduation certificates and emailing a video to all graduates. Date to be determined.

Asian Languages & Cultures: Celebration 2021, Friday, April 30, 2021; 3:30pm CDT via Zoom

Astronomy: Astro-Physics Graduation, Friday, April 30, 2021; 3:00pm-4:00pm CDT via Zoom

Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences: A virtual AOS commencement celebration will be held. The event will be a combination of live addresses and some recorded segments. The celebration will be about an hour, and following the main celebration, there will be breakout rooms for students and their families to meet with faculty and staff. Friday, May 7, 2021; 5:30pm-7:00pm CDT

Integrative Biology (Biology Major): A slideshow of graduates will be available at biologymajor.wisc.edu from May 10-24, 2021. We will also send congratulations cards to the Spring 2021 graduates.

Chican@ & Latin@ Studies: Our virtual graduation will be held on Friday, May 7, 2021 at Noon CDT via Zoom.

Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies: Virtual Graduation Celebration – we recognize each graduate by name and offer them the opportunity to share any thoughts about their experience and future plans. Thursday, April 29, 2021; 5:00pm CDT

Communication Sciences and Disorders: Virtual MS-SLP Graduate Celebration Friday, May 7, 2021 from 2:00pm-4:00pm CDT Hosted via Zoom (an event link will be distributed closer to the date). Virtual Undergraduate Graduate Celebration Friday, May 7, 2021 at 5:30pm CDT Hosted via Zoom (an event link will be distributed closer to the date)

Language Sciences: A senior profile page will be released in the near future at https://langsci.wisc.edu 

Communication Arts: Spring 2021 Virtual Graduation Thursday, May 6, 2021 (content will be emailed to students)

Computer Sciences (Professional Master’s Program): The Professional Master’s Program along with the Traditional Master’s/PhD program is holding a joint virtual reception on Saturday, May 8th at 12:00 pm CDT

Computer Sciences (Undergraduate Program): We will hold a few small virtual events. Students should be encouraged to check their email to sign up for a time slot on Friday May 7th or Saturday May 8th. These will include a chat with our department chair. We will also do a special slideshow of our graduates and a virtual program.

Anthropology: Graduation Event Link for the Zoom event will be created at a later date. This event will be recorded for those who cannot attend but wish to view later. At this event, our department chair will recognize the students graduating Spring 2021. Following her presentation, there will be time for faculty/instructors in our department to say some words, as well as, time for the graduating students and families to speak. Saturday, May 8, 2021 at 9:00am CDT via Zoom.

Chemistry: We will showcase both award winning students and graduating students from the Department of Chemistry though a Celebrating Student Success webpage. There will be no live event other than the publication of this web page, which will include videos, photos and well-wishes from family, friends and mentors. Website opens to the public Friday, May 7, 2021 at 8 am CDT.

History: The department is planning to mail a packet of materials to our undergraduate students who are graduating.

Second Language Acquisition (Doctoral Program): End-of-Year-Celebration will be held on Friday, May 7, 2021; 2:00pm CDT (virtually)

Economics: 2021 Virtual Graduation Celebration will be uploaded on YouTube and can be found here  on Friday, May 7, 2021; 5:00pm CDT

English: Will be recognizing our Spring 2021 graduates through a variety of digital media to be posted on our website: https://english.wisc.edu/

Gender & Women’s Studies: We will be hosting a virtual celebration of graduates on our website on  Wednesday, May 5, 2021; 4:00pm CDT

Geography: Graduation Celebration will be held on Friday, May 7, 2021; 2:00pm-4:00pm CDT (virtually)

Information School: The iSchool Class of 2021 graduation celebration will be held virtually on canvas and open at 9:00 a.m. CDT. It will be followed with a live reception, scheduled on zoom from 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. CDT. Sunday, May 9, 2021

L&S Honors: Will put up a webpage for Spring 2021 graduates.

La Follette School of Public Affairs: Details about the virtual event can be found here and will take place Sunday, May 9, 2021 11:00am-1:00pm via Zoom

Legal Studies/Criminal Justice: We will be posting a congratulatory video for our students on our website: https://criminaljustice.wisc.edu/alumni/alumni-notes/

Mathematics: Department Graduation Celebration (all degrees) accessible via UW Math Department YouTube channel available on May 7, 2021

Mead Witter School of Music: Are live streaming a graduation ceremony from the Hamel Music Center on Wednesday, May 5, 2021; 4:00pm CDT

Physics: Will provide an a-synchronous celebration. Date/Time to be determined

Planning & Landscape Architecture: Bachelor in Landscape Architecture Graduation Ceremony: Friday, May 7, 2021. Time is TBD. Masters in Urban & Regional Planning Graduation Ceremony on Saturday, May 8, 2021. Time is TBD.

Political Science: Will post a Spring 2021 Commencement website. The site will be accessible at any time and will be linked on our homepage polisci.wisc.edu. Content made available on Friday, May 7, 2021.

Psychology: Graduation Celebration (undergraduates) We are creating a YouTube congratulatory video and electronic program that will be available on Friday, May 7, 2021 at 5:00pm CDT

Sociology: We are producing a graduation video featuring faculty, staff and names and photos of our graduates here https://sociology.wisc.edu/ We will make this video available on May 8, 2021.

Statistics: We will create a video for Spring 2021 and August 2021 graduates. It will be available on our website and sent to graduates. Friday, May 7, 2021

The Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement (DDEEA) will hold a virtual celebration for our 350 graduating scholars at 5 p.m. CT on Friday, May 7, on YouTube. Join the live premiere at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WXtWSlX02I, and check out our commemorative page for the DDEEA Class of 2021 at https://diversity.wisc.edu/ddeea-graduation-spring-2021.

Video and speeches will premiere on May 7, 2021 through Remo platform. Student received a graduation swag packet.

The Nelson Institute will host a virtual commencement celebration & scholarship recognition at 8:30am on Friday May 7th. This will include pre-recorded videos of well wishes from the Dean and other faculty and staff, a reading of the names from our academic advisors, and a congratulatory discussion board. Graduates are also invited to a May 13th virtual LinkedIn Happy Hour. Please visit this website for more details and the most up-to-date information. 

 

Class of 2021: Lead and Inspire. We’re extremely proud of all the students — nearly 600 of them — graduating from programs within the School of Education. As educators, healthcare professionals, and artists, it’s your time to lead and inspire your communities and the world. So let’s celebrate! Commemorate your time at UW–Madison by viewing the School of Education’s 2021 graduation video message from Dean Hess, slideshows, and stories.

The School of Human Ecology will update their website for commencement with a graduate slideshow and faculty tribute videos.

Join the Wisconsin School of Business – BBA Undergraduate Program’s ‘Countdown to Commencement’ the week of May 3 – 8. The BBA Program will be hosting a week-long virtual celebration featuring tribute videos, photo contests, special messages and a raffle for our graduates. We are proud of our graduating Business Badgers and all they have overcome and accomplished to get to graduation. For the most up to date information, follow the Wisconsin School of Business Instagram page where all the action will take place. We look forward to celebrating along with you!

The School of Nursing will hold a live zoom hooding ceremony and celebration on Friday evening, May 7th. This celebration will be available on our website the morning of Saturday, May 8th as well. The undergraduate celebration will be a recorded virtual program that will include all aspects of a traditional celebration and will be posted on our website the morning of May 8th. Please visit this website for the most up-to-date information.

The School of Medicine & Public Health will host a live stream virtual graduation event.

The Gender and Sexuality Campus Center will host the 28th celebration of Rainbow Graduation! We will virtually honor the graduates of the Class of 2021, confer Rainbow Leadership Awards, and recognize recipients of the 2021 GLBT Alumni Council Scholarships. The graduation will take place through Zoom (captioned) on Thursday, May 6 from 6-7:30pm. For the most up-to-date information and registration please visit this website. 

To participate as graduates (May, August, or December 2021), or for you to commence as an alum, register below:

Register to participate: go.wisc.edu/RG21signup

Join the event page: Rainbow Grad event on Facebook

Livestream the Virtual Graduation Celebration for School of Pharmacy PharmD, PhD, and MS graduates on Friday, May 7.

BS PharmTox graduates will be honored at a private virtual celebration on Saturday, May 8, which will available for viewing after the commencement event.

Please visit this website for more information.

SJMC Spring Graduation Celebration Friday, May 7, 2021; 12:00pm CDT via Zoom

Full-Time MSW Program, BSW, Social Welfare and PhD Graduation Celebration: Sunday, May 9, 2021; 10:00am CDT

Part-Time MSW Program Graduation Celebration: Sunday, May 9, 2021; 1:00pm

Join the MSC’s annual Multicultural Leadership Awards and Graduation program on Thursday, April 29th at 6pm CST to recognize outstanding student leaders and organizations, and celebrate our graduating students of color! This program will be held virtually and streamed live through YouTube. Don’t miss our keynote speaker: Dr. Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated 5, and his motivating advice for all graduates. To RSVP for a link, go to: www.tinyurl.com/VirtualMLA

The School of Veterinary Medicine is excited to celebrate the Class of 2021 during the virtual investiture ceremony held at 9 am on May 8th, 2021.