Commencement
The UW-La Crosse undergraduate Commencement ceremonies will be live-streamed:
- UWL Celebration page
- KQEG-TV (check your provider for channel)
- Undergraduates Attending Commencement
- Undergraduates Not Attending Commencement
- Graduate Students
- Couch Commencement: Sign the digital yearbook!
Spring Commencement: May 15, 2021
Ceremony Times
- 9 a.m. - College of Business Administration
- 11:30 a.m. - College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities & School of Education [including EC-MC; MC-EA; STEP (English, History, Social Studies); World Language Education; Art Education; Music Education]; associate degree candidates
- 2:30 p.m. - College of Science and Health & School of Education [including STEP (Math, Biology, Chemistry, Physics); PETE]
Location
La Crosse Center
300 Harborview Plaza
La Crosse, WI
Book Your Seat
- Undergraduate student seating will be assigned at the Commencement ceremonies.
- All students who submitted their intent to graduate were sent a survey from Qualtrics on April 6.
- If you did not receive a survey and still wish to participate, email ex@uwlax.edu
- UWL wants to celebrate our graduates safely and joyfully.
- CDC guidelines continue to limit the size of events in order to reduce viral spread.
- Decisions about commencement need to be made in March 2021 to secure spaces and logistics.
- UWL and many other universities are holding commencements in this manner to best accommodate the many competing needs.
- The decision will not change even with increased vaccination rates.
Couch Commencement
You are encouraged to sign the digital yearbook.
Commencement Programs & Diploma Covers
For students not attending Commencement, programs and diploma covers will be available for pick-up from 9:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. on the following days:
- May 12, 2021: 230 Morris Hall
- May 13, 2021: 230 Morris Hall
Hooding Ceremony
Graduate students may participate in a hooding ceremony on May 15, 2021. Hooding ceremony details are provided here.
Programs and Diploma Covers
Graduate students will receive diploma covers and Commencement programs. Those items will be available as follows:
| Graduate program | When and where to collect your diploma cover and program |
| Athletic Training graduate students | Athletic Training graduation event |
| Physician Assistant Studies graduate students | Physician Assistant Studies graduation event |
| Physical Therapy graduate students | Physical Therapy graduation event |
| Students who indicated that they are attending the Graduate Studies Hooding Ceremony on campus on May 15 | May 15, 2021: Graduate Studies Hooding Ceremony on campus |
| All other graduate students |
May 12–13, 2021
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Couch Commencement: Sign the digital yearbook!
We are excited to be putting together our spring 2021 Couch Commencement page. This is a supplement to the in-person ceremonies, and is the page where the in-person ceremonies will be live-streamed online. This is open to all graduating students—undergraduate or graduate. We need your help.
Please take a moment to sign the digital yearbook – it is open now for students who are graduating!
- Go to https://share.uwlax.edu/celebration and log in using your UWL NetID. Once in, some of the information for your bio will be populated for you.
- Profile pic – upload an image. We’d love to see you in your UWL gear or wearing your graduation cap if you have one. Also, we are creating a number of UWL frames, filters and stickers for Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat for you to share your UWL graduation pride. Ideally, choose a photo of yourself rather than a group photo.
- Words of encouragement or thanks – 600 characters. Say thank you to your family or professors. Tell your friends they’re amazing.
- Submit by Thursday, May 13 – Couch commencement goes live Saturday, May 15. We will review your submission and contact you if we have any questions. Please remember, this will be a public site that will be viewable by family and friends (and, in theory, future employers).
We are so proud of you and all you’ve done to get to this major milestone. We look forward to sharing this online celebration with you. Thanks for contributing to help us make it something special.
Commencement Programs & Diploma Covers
For students not attending Commencement, programs and diploma covers will be available for pick-up from 9:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. on the following days:
- May 12, 2021: 230 Morris Hall
- May 13, 2021: 230 Morris Hall
Students attending commencement will receive a diploma cover and programs at their respective ceremony.
Diplomas
Diplomas will be mailed to your address listed in WINGS approximately six weeks after grades have been submitted.
First Destination Survey
Take the survey!
Please tell us about your post-graduate career plans. Takes less than 5 minutes and is completely confidential.
Still looking?
Still in need of any job search/grad school assistance?
Career services is available to help you as you navigate the process of job searching or applying to graduate school.