Photo gallery Students — and campus — all dressed up for commencement
Late spring — when flowers emerge and another class prepares to graduate – is one of the most beautiful times on the UW–Madison campus. This year was no exception, as the sun emerged after a cold early spring. All week, graduates in graduation gowns posed for photos at campus landmarks, as the newly emerged spring flowers looked on.

Photo by: Althea Dotzour
Soon-to-be-graduate Makenna Ley poses on Bascom Hill with her gown and decorated neurobiology and biochemistry motarboard hat while Liza Spellman take photos.
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It’s a hot day! Sophomore Michael Nichols takes a photo of poli sci graduate Canaan Odeh on Bascom Hill.
Photo by: Althea Dotzour
First-year audiology graduate students, from left to right, Vee Stanarevic, Jenny Lucke, Serena Helman, and Kelly Schneider along with Mia the dog enjoy a picnic on Bascom Hill on May 11.
Photo by: Althea Dotzour
Soon-to-be-graduate Canaan Odeh poses while wearing his graduation gown with the numerals “2022” while sophomore Michael Nichols directs his photo.
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Soon-to-be industrial engineering graduates Dingsheng Tao (left) and Nicholas Tam (right) pose with the numerals “2022” while wearing their graduation gowns on Bascom Hill.
Photo by: Althea Dotzour
Soon-to-be industrial engineering graduate Dingsheng Tao poses with the numerals “2022” while Nicholas Tam takes his photo.
Photo by: Althea Dotzour
Art supplies are ready for creative graduates at the Wheelhouse Studio’s Cappy Hour event.Tags: commencement, recent sightings