Some 1,437 graduates will be presented Saturday to receive their degrees during the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s May Commencement, according to information released by the institution. 

Two ceremonies, the first of which began today at 10 a.m., and a second which will begin at 3 p.m., are each anticipated to last two hours.

The ceremonies will be held in the Williams Center on the UW-Whitewater campus.

Information provided within a printed commencement program notes that the university began as a “normal school,” which was a training institution for teachers, and was dubbed the Wisconsin State Teachers College-Whitewater in 1927. It was renamed the Wisconsin State College-Whitewater in 1951, and the Wisconsin State University-Whitewater in 1964, and was included among 13 four-year institutions, under the umbrella of the University of Wisconsin System in 1971. Today the system is known as the Universities of Wisconsin.

Today, the program read, UW-Whitewater serves approximately 11,522 full- and part-time students, offering them an ability to enroll in one of 61 undergraduate-degreed programs, 21 master’s degreed programs, a doctoral degreed program and a program which leads to a education specialist degree.

The university offers such programming through its colleges of Arts and Communication, Business and Economics, Education and Professional Studies, Integrated Studies, and Letters and Sciences.

Each year, the university awards more than 2,650 degrees, the program stated.

Local grads 

A list of students graduating Saturday who live within the communities of Fort Atkinson, Helenville, Jefferson, Lake Mills and Whitewater, follows. 

College of Arts and Communication, receiving bachelor degrees: 

Fort Atkinson

Matt Romens

Marco A. Unate

Jefferson

Jacob Anthony Holmes

Keira Kuhnke

Samantha Irene Ness

Whitewater

Gracia Elsa Maria Boley

Brandye N. Carter

Anne E. Dahl

Matthew Ellis

Makayla K. Fedler

Joshua Hetz

Zihan Hong

Tristan Kapsos

Kassandra Ntsa Iab Lee

Demetrius Javon Lewis

Hayden Radloff

Francisco C. Torres

Navnit Venkatesh

College of Business and Economics, receiving bachelor degrees: 

Fort Atkinson 

Almira Ajdini

Teagan Yvonne Gray

Caitlin Horvatin

Jacob Louis Kostroski

Cassidy Moe

Helenville

Morgan Deon Krause

Jefferson 

Kayla Gehrmann

Marley Harstford

Lake Mills

Jocelyn Lily Asmus

Luis Castellanos Solano

Whitewater 

Christopher Donald Abts

Riley Ryan Burbach

Nicholas John Cairo

Benjamin Nicholas Gerber

Griffin Gerber

Reilly F. Grasso

Nathan H. Gross

Benjamin D. Hafeman

John Michael Hanlon

Rachel Hepler

Omunazia Maxine Hicks

Jackson Terrance Hollander

Gaby Islas

Teagan J. Kane

Michael T. Kelley

David John Kneiser

Earl L. Lewis

Jack David Lind

Parker J. Louden

Natalie Mayer

Kaitlyn Elizabeth Partoll

Keelin Ann Pierner

Sydney A. Reinhardt

Melanie Reyes

Angela Marie Ripple

Izabella Jeannette Romandine

Melanie Anne Theide

Garrett Landon Townsend

Sebastian Joseph Van Wyhe

Jaelyne Simone Makita White

Trenten Michael Zahn

Brianna G. Zimdars

Elizabeth Anna Zinda

College of Education and Professional Studies, receiving bachelor degrees: 

Fort Atkinson

Alivia Baker

Jefferson

Frank Douglas Barnett

Jacob Tyler Brawders

Rebecca Jane Doebereiner

Elizabeth Sue Meyers

Amanda R. Nelson

Tyler Jeffrey Seisser

Lacy Marie Thomas

Whitewater 

Jocelin Beecroft

Alondra Jazmin Buboltz

Alyssa Jane Engels

Megan Jeanne Haskins

Alexandra Danielle Hassforth

Sarah I. Lalasz

Jordan Peterson

Aeron James Polley

Tatyanna Nicole Savage

Lili Irene Templeman

Joel Aaron Watter

Evan Mitchell Wendt

College of Integrated Studies, receiving bachelor degrees: 

Fort Atkinson

Ben A. Lindsey

College of Letters and Sciences, receiving bachelor degrees:  

Fort Atkinson 

Gizett Garcia

Erin-Angelena Juanita Oliva-OHearn 

Jesus Oziel Olvera-Lara

Jessica Grace Robinson

Ryan Michael Taylor

Holly Tierney

Jefferson 

Quincy Leo Thomas Wilharm

Lake Mills

Andrew Christopher Becker

Norah Krause

Emily Katherine Straube

Emma Kristine Wallace

Whitewater 

Alex A. Abplanalp

Michael Kopins Blija

Grace Elizabeth Burke

Ka’lea Calhoun

Cody Alexander Carlson

Teaghan Ashley Carter

Ariana Cawthorn

Celia Cotter

Juan Jose Cuellar Meza

Montserrat Cuevas

Brian Duncan

Larissa Eaker

Kennedi Finley

Taylor Jordan Gamez

Adam Marvin Groth

Ian Glenn Hartle

Talba Kabore

Devon Knowles

Kamryn Rose Krueger

Yingxin Lin

Alissa LoCicero

Isaac James Lytle

Joseph Patrick Maffiola

Douglas Anthony Manning, Jr.

William Howes Morgan

Angel Navarrete

Janessa Rose Norvell

Annabella J. Olson

Montana Violet Petersen

Annika Marie Potter

Jenna Prock

Miranda Reynolds

Ashlee Rose Steed

Keagan Stoltz

Maiya Tatum

Nam Anh Truong

Lane Karrisha Wagner

Zachary J. Wagner

Lily J. Walton

MacKenzie Rose Wesoloski

Ann Marie Wienke

Alyssa Fay Zeller

Students earning an associate of arts degree

Lake Mills

Lexine Zimmerman

Whitewater

Cosette M. Wildermuth-Breitzman

Students receiving a master’s degree in business administration: 

Fort Atkinson

John Eugene Beauchamp

Angela Rex

Lake Mills

Alysondra Michelle Milano Edwards

Zachary Ryan Emricson

Whitewater

Connor James Calebaugh

Jacob Francis Godden

Sandra A. Rasmussen

Yacouba Soire

Students receiving a master’s degree in computer science: 

Fort Atkinson

Bryan Brandt

Students receiving a master’s degree in cybersecurity:

Whitewater

Issiake Bara

Brodie L. Peyer

Students receiving a master’s degree in marketing:

Whitewater

Katie Diane Oehm

Students receiving a master’s degree in communication sciences and disorders:

Fort Atkinson

Erika Kremsreiter

Students receiving a master’s degree in counseling:

Whitewater

Lacey McAleavey

Students receiving a master’s degree in instructional design and learning technology:

Fort Atkinson

Ernesto Saldana

Students receiving a master’s degree in higher education leadership:

Whitewater

Midalis Delacruz

Student’s receiving a master’s degree in school psychology:

Jefferson

Megan LouAnn Gleisner

Whitewater

Emma Marie Reineking

Krystalyn Marie Terski

Carolyn Nicole Watts

Students receiving a master’s degree in special education:

Fort Atkinson

Samantha Elizabeth Lannan

Dani August McCaffery

Helenville

Jennie August Anderson

Lake Mills

Leah May Kick

Students receiving a masters of social work:

Fort Atkinson

Hannah Lyn Riedl

Laura May Thomas

Whitewater

Taylor Rae Christensen

Josie Rae Hammes

Daniella Renee McCauley

Rachel Lynn Millard

Madeline Neuser

Students receiving a certificate of postsecondary education:

Fort Atkinson

Alivia Baker

Jefferson

Frank Douglas Barnett

Jacob Tyler Brawders

Rebecca Jane Doebereiner

Elizabeth Sue Meyers

Amanda R. Nelson

Tyler Jeffrey Seisser

Lacy Marie Thomas

Whitewater

Jocelin Beecroft

Alondra Jazmin Buboltz

Alyssa Jane Engels

Magan Jeanne Haskins

Alexandra Danielle Hassforth

Sarah I. Lalasz   

Jordan Peterson

Aeron James Polley

Tatyanna Nicole Savage

Lili Irene Templeman

Joel Aaron Watter

Evan Mitchell Wendt

The full University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Commencement Program is here: https://www.uww.edu/documents/commencement/UW-Whitewater_Commencement_May_2024.pdf.