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 websitehttps://commencement.wisc.edu/ceremonies/spring-2024-commencement/#:~:text=The%20Doctoral%2C%20MFA%2C%20and%20Medical,up%20their%20name%20reader%20card. 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 Programhttps://www.physics.wisc.edu/graduate/mspqc-prospective-students/ Department of Physics University of Wisconsin-Madison

Elizabeth.baldridge@wisc.edumailto:Elizabeth.baldridge@wisc.edu (608)263-2235

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