The University of Wisconsin-Madison announced Thursday that it will hold two in-person graduation ceremonies this year, with the caveat that graduates will not be allowed to have guests present.
The university announced Thursday that its traditional stadium ceremony will be held for only graduating students in two ceremonies, one for undergraduates and another for graduate students, both of which will be May 8.
UW-Madison’s Class of 2021 can expect to celebrate commencement at Camp Randall this May — just not with their families or other guests.
“While today calls for excitement and hope, we must continue to keep positive case numbers low in order to realize this opportunity to be at Camp Randall,” senior class president says.
“It really concerns me that that’s the case even within midwifery which does offer a really beautiful model but again is hampered by these exclusions still being perpetuated even with this potentially transformative model of care,” UW professor says.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison plans to hold in-person graduation ceremonies for 2021 graduates. University officials made the announcement in a video posted online Thursday.
“To family members and friends, I know many of you wanted to be in Camp Randall as well,” Chancellor Rebecca Blank said in the release. “Please know that we are working hard to make sure there are many unique ways for you to participate in this joyous occasion.”
The University of Wisconsin plans to return to Camp Randall Stadium this May to honor its spring graduates. UW announced Thursday it will host two commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 8, one for undergraduates and one for graduate students.However, while the students will be there, their families won’t.
Seven percent of UW-Madison’s 43,595 enrolled students turned out to vote in the election that took place from Monday through Wednesday. The 33 elected student council representatives will help to enact student governance as granted in Wisconsin State Statute 36.09(5), leading the 28th session of ASM which will start in April. Student council representatives come from UW-Madison’s seven schools, colleges, graduate and professional school programs.
UW-Madison’s spring 2021 commencement ceremony will be in-person at Camp Randall Stadium instead of the virtual format it has taken the last two semesters due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
’[The plan] says a lot without saying anything at all,’ BIPOC Coalition leader says.
Dr. Greg DeMuri, with the UW-Madison Department of Pediatrics, said some recent studies indicate three feet of distance is “likely as safe as six feet,” though six feet is still preferable when possible. He noted that guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control suggested six feet distancing “when feasible,” which gives “some flexibility.”
UW System, Foundations must make financially, ethically smart decision to divest from fossil fuels.
“I’ve never encountered this before,” said John Gross, an associate law professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who has worked as a public defender in New York City and taught criminal defense strategies at Syracuse University and the University of Alabama. “It’s pretty obvious how much potential prejudice that could have on the jury. It’s a little surprising to me this is potentially fair game in Minnesota. If it isn’t evidence of guilt, why is it there?”
Menzie Chinn, professor of public affairs and economics at UW-Madison, said he expects the federal stimulus signed into law Thursday will help boost unemployment some, as Wisconsinites start to spend that money in the economy. But Chinn also notes that many residents in the state took large hits to their finances last year, and may not be able to spend that money as freely, potentially limiting some positive economic effects the stimulus money could have had.
According to Dr. James Conway, professor of pediatrics at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, and a vaccine expert and pediatrician at UW Health, vaccine hesitancy is often fueled by a number of causes like natural skepticism, confusion from media reports or misinformation.
“There is something that others have that we don’t have and we want it even more,” Dominique Brossard, UW-Madison life sciences communication department chair said.
Infectious Disease Physician and UW associate professor, Dr. Jeniel Nett, and UW School of Pharmacy professor, Mary Hayney, have both spent a lot of time combing through the ingredients of each COVID-19 vaccine.
UW-Madison students overwhelmingly voted “yes” in a referendum this week to put leftover student fees toward a COVID-19 relief fund that would help students cover rent payments — an approach administrators continue to say is illegal.
