STUDENT NEWS: UW-Madison announces 2022 spring graduates

MADISON, Wis. - About 7,700 students received degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison on May 13 and 14, including students from this area.

There were two live ceremonies: one at the Kohl Center on May 13 for doctoral, MFA and medical students; and one at Camp Randall on May 14 for undergraduate, law and master's students.

The commencement speaker was U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who encouraged students to take risks.

"If you stay comfortable - if you stay in your comfort zone, sticking to what you know - then you are making a bet," she said. "You are betting that your life, and the world, will stay the same. And let me tell you, you will lose that bet every time."

Hometown, Name, College1, Degree1, Major1(s), Distinction (if listed)

Deerwood

• Jessica Feriancek, School of Business, Bachelor of Business Administration, Business: Accounting, Graduated with Distinction

Merrifield

• Claire Mcquiston, College of Letters and Science, Bachelor of Science with Honors in the Liberal Arts, Neurobiology and Psychology

Outing

• Sissel Anderson, College of Engineering, Bachelor of Science-Industrial Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Graduated with Distinction

Pequot Lakes

• Kennedy Kleist, College of Letters and Science, Bachelor of