{"id":115628,"date":"2022-12-13T11:55:53","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T17:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=115628"},"modified":"2022-12-14T08:57:58","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T14:57:58","slug":"uwm-to-award-more-than-1800-degrees-at-commencement-dec-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-to-award-more-than-1800-degrees-at-commencement-dec-18\/","title":{"rendered":"51ÁÔÆæ to award more than 1,800 degrees at commencement Dec. 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will award about 1,800 degrees at its 127th commencement on Sunday, Dec. 18, at 10 a.m. at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena, 400 W. Kilbourn Ave.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The university will present 1,234 bachelor\u2019s degrees, 412 master\u2019s degrees, 55 doctoral degrees, 57 flexible option degrees and 66 associate degrees. The oldest bachelor\u2019s degree recipient is 61, while the youngest is 18. The oldest associate degree recipient is 48; the youngest is 17.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SEATING<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Graduates do not need tickets to attend, but all guests are required to have a ticket. Graduates were initially limited to four guests each, though some were able to claim unused tickets. There will be 8,500 seats available for guests in the 51ÁÔÆæ Panther Arena.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doors open at 8 a.m. Guests can enter the 51ÁÔÆæ Panther Arena at the south entrance, along West Kilbourn Avenue. Graduates enter through the doors on the east end of the south entrance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The only bags permitted inside the arena are diaper bags and medical bags, both of which will be subject to search; gallon-sized clear zip bags; and clear stadium bags no larger than 12 inches by 12 inches by 6 inches.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ceremony will be livestreamed. That stream <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/streamingvideo\/commencements\/\">can be seen on 51ÁÔÆæ\u2019s website<\/a>, where it will remain available for viewing afterward.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER: Ashok Rai<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The featured speaker at commencement will be Ashok Rai, president and chief executive officer of Prevea Health. Prevea Health was founded in Green Bay in 1996 and employs more than 2,400 people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rai\u2019s passion to redesign health care in the U.S. embraces the movement from fee-for-service methods of payment to value-based care, which rewards health care organizations for their work in preventive health care and encouraging patients to live healthy lifestyles. Rai has also taken proactive steps to enhance diversity and inclusion efforts within the Prevea Health system, and equitable access to health care for all in our communities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born and raised in Michigan, Rai attended undergraduate school at UW-Milwaukee, enrolled in the Target M.D. program. He completed his medical degree at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Following residency, Rai specialized in hospital medicine and held various leadership positions at Prevea Health before becoming the president and CEO of Prevea Health in 2009. He also continues to practice medicine, caring for patients at Woodside Lutheran Nursing Home in Green Bay and in occasional hospitalist shifts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MEDIA ACCESS<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Members of the media wishing to cover the commencement ceremonies should enter through the Panther Arena\u2019s main doors and ask for assistance from an usher. Media may shoot video or photos from the back or sides of the arena but should stay out of the middle aisles to avoid interfering with students. There is limited riser space behind the first section of seats.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The numbers of degrees awarded by 51ÁÔÆæ schools and colleges are below. The numbers include bachelor\u2019s, master\u2019s, doctoral, associate and flex degrees.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">College of Letters and Science: 433<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lubar School of Business: 310<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">College of Engineering &amp; Applied Science: 207<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">College of Health Sciences: 167<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">College of Nursing: 160<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Helen Bader School of Social Welfare: 111<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">School of Education: 104<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">School of Information Studies: 103<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peck School of the Arts: 99<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">College of General Studies: 66<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">School of Architecture &amp; Urban Planning: 46<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zilber School of Public Health: 22<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global Studies Interdisciplinary: 7<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">School of Freshwater Sciences: 6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will award about 1,800 degrees at its 127th commencement on Sunday, Dec. 18, at 10 a.m. at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena, 400 W. 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