Hello MSPQC Students,

The details for our MSPQC Virtual Graduation 2020 can be found on our website. Please share this with family and friends and invite them to celebrate with us! They can join the live video stream at 12:00pm CST on Friday, August 7th. WebEx is the platform that we will use and it also allows for guests to join by phone if they are unable to connect to video. https://www.physics.wisc.edu/graduate/mspqc-current-students/mspqc-graduatio...

As we prepare for Friday, I wanted to share a few logistical details with our graduates: Yi, Ryan, David, Carlos, Jacques, and Del. During the ceremony, Professor Joynt will give a presentation and then we will recognize each graduate individually in alphabetical order. When your name comes up on the screen and is announced, you will be asked to say a few words and then your faculty advisors will say a bit about you too. Please plan ahead for the brief remarks you will say during the ceremony. You will be able to "unmute" yourself and share anything you'd like during that time. There is not a time limit so anywhere from 30 seconds to 5 minutes is fine. If you'd rather not speak during the ceremony, you can submit anything you'd like to say in writing to me by Thursday at 11:59pm and I will include it in the presentation for Friday. If for some reason you are unable to join us on Friday, please let me know so we are aware that you do not plan to attend.

Please wear your caps and gowns during the celebration and plan to be on video if your internet connection allows. This will be sure we can make the most of the virtual celebration together! If you have not yet received your cap and gown yet, please let me know. You will need to return your cap and gown. If it was mailed to you, there should have been a return envelope included. Please send that back next week after the ceremony. If it was delivered to you, you should plan to drop it off at the UW Bookstore on State Street anytime during business hours.

You should have also received your gift from the MSPQC program, a UW diploma frame. Your actual diploma to put into the frame will be mailed to you by the Office of the Registrar 6-8 weeks after the Summer 2020 degree conferral date which is August 23rd, 2020. I've requested your degree warrants from the Graduate School and will check final grades once classes are over next week. Then I will submit signed degree warrants on your behalf to the Graduate School. They will then work with the Office of the Registrar to get the degree posted to your transcript soon thereafter. Once the degree is on your transcript, you can request an official transcript with your degree posted on it from this website: https://registrar.wisc.edu/transcript/

As always, please let me know if you have any questions along the way. Best wishes finishing the final week of your summer course and the MPSQC program this week. We look forward to seeing you all on Friday for the big day!

Best, Michelle

Michelle R.Z. Holland

Graduate Programs Coordinator

Department of Physics

University of Wisconsin-Madison

608-262-9678 (available while working remotely)

michelle.holland@wisc.edu

Microsoft Teams: @michelle.holland