UW-Platteville to celebrate 209th commencement

Commencement

The University of Wisconsin-Platteville will hold its 209th commencement on Saturday, Dec. 17. The ceremony will start at 9 a.m. with the College of Business, Industry, Life Science and Agriculture. The College of Liberal Arts and Education, associate and graduate programs will hold their ceremonies at 12:30 p.m.; followed by the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Science at 4 p.m. All ceremonies will take place in Williams Fieldhouse.

Jay O. Rothman, president of the University of Wisconsin System will deliver the principal speaker address for all three ceremonies. Rothman began his tenure as the ninth president of the UW System on June 1. He previously served as the chairman and CEO of the law firm Foley and Lardner LLP. Rothman earned his bachelor’s degree from Marquette University and his law degree from Harvard Law School.

The College of BILSA senior speaker and valedictorian is Ryan Erickson, an agricultural education major, from Barron, Wisconsin. Dr. Louis I. Nzegwu, professor emeritus of the School of Business, will serve as the ceremony’s marshal.

Grace Trenkamp will deliver the senior speaker address for the College of LAE, which includes associate degree and master’s degree candidates. Trenkamp is an environmental science and conservation and theatre double major from Preston, Iowa. Dr. Rosalyn Broussard, professor emerita of political science, will serve as the ceremony’s marshal. The valedictorian is Bailey Watson, a history major from Brodhead, Wisconsin.

The commencement ceremonies will conclude with the College of EMS. Brendan Weber, a mathematics in secondary education major, from Potosi, Wisconsin, is the senior speaker. Dr. Joanne Wilson, provost emerita, will serve as the ceremony’s marshal. Justin Penkalski, a software engineering major from Franklin, Wisconsin, is the valedictorian.

Since 1866, UW-Platteville has provided affordable and accessible education to students of Southwest Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois and other parts of the country and world. Nearly 60,000 students have earned UW-Platteville diplomas.

For more details about commencement, visit https://www.uwplatt.edu/commencement.