UW-Madison announces local students among spring graduates

By Denton L. Newman Jr

August 11, 2020 at 7:00 AM

MADISON, WI - Nearly 8,500 students received degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison during a unique online commencement ceremony on May 9, 2020.

The ceremony, forced online because of the Coronavirus pandemic, was for doctoral, bachelor's, master's and law graduates.

Hometown, Name, College1, Degree1, major1(s), Distinction (if listed),

Brainerd

Phillip Brunstad, College of Engineering, Bachelor of Science-Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering

Merrifield

Claire Johnson, College of Engineering, Bachelor of Science-Industrial Engineering, Industrial Engineering

By Denton L. Newman Jr

I've worked at the Brainerd Dispatch with numerous job titles since Dec. 7, 1983. Starting off as an Ad Designer and currently as Digital Editor. The Dispatch has been an interesting and challenging place to work these 30+ years. I was present and worked on the our web page when our original BrainerdDispatch.com website first went live on April 26, 1994.