{"id":1101,"date":"2025-11-25T09:25:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T15:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduation\/?page_id=1101"},"modified":"2025-11-25T09:25:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T15:25:57","slug":"order-of-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduation\/commencement\/commencement-program\/2025-december-commencement-program\/order-of-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Order of Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list uwm-c-list--cleanlist\">\n<li><strong>Prelude<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>51ÁÔÆæ Wind Ensemble<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thomas Gamboa, Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Processional<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The National Anthem<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bridget Koser, Vocalist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Welcome<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thomas Gibson, Chancellor<br>University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Greetings from the Board of Regents<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Haben Goitom, Board of Regents Representative<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Commencement Address<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gale E. Klappa, Chairman of the Board of the WEC Energy Group<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Conferral of Honorary Degree<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thomas Gibson, Chancellor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Andrew Daire, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Video from the 51ÁÔÆæ Alumni Association<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Conferral of Academic Degrees<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thomas Gibson, Chancellor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Andrew Daire, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Recessional<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\"><nav aria-label=\"Sidebar\" class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list uwm-p-navigation-list--gold-border \"><div class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list--title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduation\/commencement\/commencement-program\/2025-december-commencement-program\/\">2025 December Commencement Program<\/a><\/div><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduation\/commencement\/commencement-program\/2025-december-commencement-program\/greetings-from-the-chancellor\/\">Greetings from the Chancellor<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduation\/commencement\/commencement-program\/2025-december-commencement-program\/uwm-seal-story\/\">Story of the 51ÁÔÆæ Seal<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduation\/commencement\/commencement-program\/2025-december-commencement-program\/history-of-uwm\/\">A Quick History of 51ÁÔÆæ<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduation\/commencement\/commencement-program\/2025-december-commencement-program\/meaning-of-academic-regalia\/\">The Meaning of Academic Regalia<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduation\/commencement\/commencement-program\/2025-december-commencement-program\/university-officials\/\">University Officials<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduation\/commencement\/commencement-program\/2025-december-commencement-program\/order-of-ceremony\/\"><span aria-current=\"page\">Order of Ceremony<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduation\/commencement\/commencement-program\/2025-december-commencement-program\/commencement-speaker\/\">Commencement Speaker<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduation\/commencement\/commencement-program\/2025-december-commencement-program\/honorary-degree-recipient\/\">Honorary Degree Recipient<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduation\/commencement\/commencement-program\/2025-december-commencement-program\/doctoral-degrees\/\">Doctoral Degrees<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduation\/commencement\/commencement-program\/2025-december-commencement-program\/masters-degrees\/\">Master&#8217;s Degrees<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduation\/commencement\/commencement-program\/2025-december-commencement-program\/bachelors-degrees\/\">Bachelor&#8217;s Degrees<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduation\/commencement\/commencement-program\/2025-december-commencement-program\/associates-degrees\/\">Associate Degrees<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/graduation\/commencement\/commencement-program\/2025-december-commencement-program\/acknowledgements\/\">Acknowledgements<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":19861,"featured_media":0,"parent":1063,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/centered.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-1101","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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