COMMENCEMENT

Joseph Balistreri served as the student speaker at UW-Whitewater’s 2026 commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 16. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in management.

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Sabrina Wolf served as a student speaker at UW-Whitewater’s 2026 commencement ceremony at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 16. She earned a B.S. in environmental science with an emphasis in geosciences with a minor in general business and a certificate in geographic information systems.

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Cade Stowe served as a student speaker at UW-Whitewater’s 2026 commencement ceremony at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 16. He earned a B.A. in psychology with a minor in sociology.

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Peter Glerum, an investment professional and Warhawk alum, served as commencement speaker at UW-Whitewater’s 2026 commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 16.

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Reggie Lawrence, an educator and Warhawk alum, served as commencement speaker at UW-Whitewater’s 2026 commencement ceremony at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 16.

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The student speaker was Jasmine Bertschy, a proud first-generation college student who is earning her associate degree. She will be majoring in psychology on the Whitewater campus, where she has been accepted as a scholar in the McNair Scholar Program.

The commencement speaker was Quint Studer, the founder of The Studer Group, an internationally respected healthcare consulting company. Studer earned his bachelor's degree in education in 1973 and a master's degree in special education in 1978 from UW-Whitewater.