Posted 9:50 a.m. Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Three ceremonies will celebrate 1,980 graduates at the La Crosse Center
UW-La Crosse will celebrate about 1,700 undergraduates and 280 graduate students during spring commencement Saturday, May 16, at the La Crosse Center, 300 Harborview Plaza, La Crosse.
Tickets are not required. Graduates should limit guests to a maximum of six.
There will be three ceremonies.
9:30 a.m. | undergraduate students www.uwlax.edu/gel/graduate-education/
- College of Business Administration
- School of Education [all majors, including ECE; EME; EME/SPE; EME/TESOL; EME/SPA; EME/FRE; World Language Education; Art Education; Music Education; PASHE; STEP (English, Mathematics, Science, & Social Studies)]
12:30 p.m. | undergraduate and graduate students
- Associate degree candidates
- College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities
- Graduate degree candidates
3:30 p.m. | undergraduate students
- College of Science and Health
Before commencement, some graduate programs will hold their own hooding or pinning events.
Other graduate programs will participate in a hooding ceremony hosted by Graduate & Extended Learning. Learn more about the hooding ceremony.
Livestreaming
For those who cannot attend, the event will be livestreamed.
Learn more on the UWL commencement website.