Some 853 graduates were presented Saturday to receive their degrees during the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s December Commencement, according to the printed program. 

According to information released by the university, the ceremony, which began at 10 a.m., was anticipated to last for two hours.

The commencement was held in the Williams Center on the UW-Whitewater campus.

Information provided within the printed commencement program noted that the university began as a “normal school,” which was a training institution for teachers, and was dubbed the Wisconsin State College-Whitewater in 1927. It was renamed 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 11,087 full- and part-time students, offering them an ability to enroll in one of 60 undergraduate-degreed programs, 22 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 2,800 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

Jefferson

Lucinda Vaughn Randall

Caiden Jamison Willkomm

Whitewater

Rosemary Abplanalp

Lucas Ackman

Nick David Blomgren

Gia Marie Donofrio

Brandon S. Terwilliger

Erik J. Weldon

College of Business and Economics, receiving bachelor degrees: 

Fort Atkinson 

Caryn Rose Seufzer

Klaire E. Trieloff

Jefferson 

Bryanna Bergmann

Whitewater 

Devin Nathaniel Fitzer

Anthony Salvatore Gamboeck

Hawk Heffner

Brett Robert Knowlton

Rylan Robert Maly

Rachel Mickelson

Carson Tyler Stout

Jacob W. Veeder

Chloe Elizabeth Welak

College of Education and Professional Studies, receiving bachelor degrees: 

Lake Mills

Claire Elizabeth Smith

Whitewater 

Molly Jayne Bohmann

Kenna Maxine Breckon

Jenna Marie Dalzin

Alyssa Dobbs

Lucas Gonzalez

Jaylah Harris

Cally Jeanne Julson

Natalie Grace LaBreche

Meg McGinley

Katlyn Renae Miller

Sydney Jane O’Hearn

Abby Marie Sturino

Brooks Anthony Tiedeman

Kayleeann Noel White

Mark Anthony Zimmermann

College of Integrated Studies, receiving bachelor degrees: 

Whitewater

Molly J. Parrish

College of Letters and Sciences, receiving bachelor degrees:  

Fort Atkinson 

Kory D. Bina

Kirsten A. Bishop

Helenville

Anhelina Damirchan

Jefferson 

Liam Thomas Mulcahy

Whitewater 

Alex A. Abplanalp

Case Robert Calhoun

Montserrat Cuevas

Taylor Jay Jacque

Talba Kabore

Benjamin Michael Kloskey

Anthony M. LaPoint

Amber Cassity Mussey

Benjamin Oldenburg

Lyssa Samuel

Evan Shaw

Brock Evan Splittgerber

Phillip Conner Young

Andrea Rose Zimmermann

Students receiving a master’s degree in business administration: 

Fort Atkinson

Madalyn Grace Homan

Jefferson

Michael Scott Dusel

Students receiving a master’s degree in computer science: 

Fort Atkinson

Bryan Brandt

Students receiving a master’s degree in cybersecurity:

Whitewater

Issiake Bara

Students receiving master’s degree in environmental safety and health:

Whitewater

Trevin Oertel

Shaun Michael Young