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Ben Schultz, Emma Mae Weber's 2021 UWM graduation speech

This PDF document contains the finalized original text of the graduation speech of then-UWM Student Association president Emma Mae Weber as delivered…

Tags: Activism, Document, Graduation, Text, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Jamee N. Pritchard, Oral History Interview with Yazmin Cruz, May 7, 2021

Yazmin Cruz, a college freshman at UW-Milwaukee, graduated from Ronald Reagan High School in July 2020. In this oral history interview, she discusses…

Tags: Education--K12, Education--Universities, Graduate, Graduation, Oral History, Ronald Reagan High School, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Sacrifice Now, So They Don't Have To (in Hmong and English), Chong Lee, Creative Health Collective, 2020

The creator of this piece, Chong Lee is a recent high school graduate, and a member of Milwaukee’s Hmong community. Lee’s goal in creating was to…

Tags: Art, Asian Americans, Children, Digital Painting, Face Mask, Graduation

The End?, Stephanie Cruz, 2020

Yazmin Cruz stands in her front garden, facing away from the camera, as her sister takes a photograph of her graduation cap. Although the camera is…

Tags: Education--K12, Graduate, Graduation, Photograph, Ronald Reagan High School, Student, Virtual Commencement

An End of an Era, Phareda Be, 2020

The photograph depicts UW-Milwaukee freshman Phareda Be at her high school graduation in 2020. Because of the small size of her graduating class, Be…

Tags: Celebration, Education--K12, Education--Universities, Graduation, Photograph, Student

Jamee N. Pritchard, Oral History Interview with Dr. DaJuan Ferrell, April 22, 2021

In March 2020 when university instruction moved primarily online, DaJuan Ferrell was tasked with learning how to teach his undergraduate students in a…

Tags: Alumni, Education--Universities, Graduate, Graduation, Oral History

Jamee N. Pritchard, Oral History Interview with Phareda Be, April 29, 2021

In this oral history interview with Phareda Be, she describes her experiences of graduating high school in 2020 at the height of the global…

Tags: Education--K12, Education--Universities, Graduation, Oral History, Race & Ethnicity, Student, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Xenophobia

Becca Schnabel, A Zoom Graduation Party, May 2020

Becca Schnabel, pictured in the upper right-hand corner of the photograph, graduated from UW-Milwaukee in May 2020 with a master’s degree in public…

Tags: Alumni, Celebration, Employment, Graduate, Graduation, Photograph, Screenshot, Sheboygan Historical Society and Museum, Student, Virtual Gathering, Zoom

Graduation (2 of 2), Amanda Irene Seligman, 2020

My neighbors continue their celebration of their son's graduation with balloons and a sign announcing that he will continue his education at Madison.

Tags: Celebration, Glendale WI, Graduation, Photograph

Graduation (1 of 2), Amanda Irene Seligman, 2020

Neighbors celebrate their son's graduation from Nicolet High School with a sign and balloons in school colors.

Tags: Education--K12, Glendale WI, Graduation, Nicolet High School