Dear MSPQC Students:
If you are graduating in 2024, you may be interested in attending the Spring 2024 Commencement. The Bachelor’s, Law, and Master’s Degree Candidate Ceremony is on
Saturday, May 11 @ 12:00 PM at Camp Randall. Doors open at 10:00 AM and graduates should arrive no later than 11:10 AM.
There is no separate registration process for commencement, and there is no master list that students’ names are read from. A graduate’s name does not need to appear
in the program to participate in the ceremony. Graduates will need to provide a phonetic pronunciation for how they would like their name read at the commencement ceremony.
See the
Spring 2024 Commencement website for details about attending this event.
Make sure you’re aware that you will have to rent your own Master’s cap and gown for the ceremony from the UW bookstore—details about gown rental are on the website linked
above as well as the UW bookstore website.
The Spring 2024 commencement ceremony is a large, UW-wide ceremony. The MSPQC Graduation Ceremony for 2024 will be on
Friday, August 9 @ 5:00 – 7:00 PM. This is a smaller, more intimate event where you may invite your family and friends to attend, your faculty or research advisor will announce you and say a few words, and there will be a reception following. I will
send a formal RSVP in May.
You may attend both the Spring 2024 Commencement Ceremony and the 2024 MSPQC Graduation Ceremony.
2024 MSPQC Graduation Ceremony
When: Friday, August 9 @ 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Where: in the DeLuca Forum room within the Discovery Building (330 N Orchard St, Madison, WI 53715).
Who: All MSPQC students graduating in Spring 2024, Summer 2024, or Fall 2024 (and potentially Spring 2025 if you want to attend early/may not be here in Summer 2025 for
the next event). Other MSPQC students are welcome to attend but not participate to support their peers. MSPQC Faculty and staff. Guests/family/friends of MSPQC graduates.
What: Business-casual to formal event to celebrate 2024 MSPQC graduates! Check-in, 1-hr ceremony, and reception following the ceremony with refreshments provided.
Details: Students will be asked to rent a master’s gown from UW bookstore.
Please reach out to me with any questions.
Kind Regards,
Elizabeth Hart-Baldridge, M.S. Ed.
Graduate Program Manager
Master of Science in Physics-Quantum Computing Program
Department of Physics
University of Wisconsin-Madison
(608)263-2235
Need to meet with me? Schedule a meeting here:
https://calendly.com/elizabeth-baldridge/30min-1