Spring 2025 BBA Graduation Celebration

Post-Graduation Survey

Please fill out this Post-Graduation Survey sharing with us your plans after graduation. The data helps inform students of what makes an offer competitive, so by completing this survey, you will help us help future Badgers.

Dress Code & Conduct

Graduates should wear academic regalia (cap and gown) over business professional attire for the Spring BBA Graduation Celebration and the official campus Commencement at Camp Randall. View the University Book Store’s timeline for deadlines to order and pick up your regalia.

Graduates are expected to demonstrate appropriate conduct during the entirety of the event such as remaining seated or in designated areas unless directed and not interrupting speakers or the proceedings.

Prohibited items include signs, flags, sticks, noisemakers or bullhorns.

Diploma Covers

Graduates will receive a red diploma folder at the BBA Graduation Celebration. The actual diploma will be mailed six to eight weeks after grades are entered to the permanent home address listed in the MyUW Student Center.

Name Reading

Upon arrival, graduates will need to check-in and pickup their pre-printed cards. Hold onto the cards until you cross the stage where it will be read and displayed.

Arrival & Seating

All graduates should arrive no later than 1:30 pm, entering through the indicated South entrance to the arena floor level. Graduates and staff escorts are the only ones permitted in this area. There is no assigned seating for graduates, they are welcome to stand by their friends and process into the program together for seating. View the graduate instructions for more detailed overview.

Food and Beverage

The Alliant Energy Center will have concessions available for guest purchase. Guests are welcome to bring their own bottled water into the event and personal snack items. No food and beverage is provided at this event.

Arrival and Seating

Doors open at 12:30 pm, and we ask that all guests are seated by 2:00 pm to begin the program. No tickets are required to attend. Guest seating is general admission, first-come, first-served. There is no limit to the number of guests that graduates may bring. Please review the accessibility arrival and seating instructions if you or your guests have accessibility requests.

Only graduates and staff escorts are allowed on the floor during the entirety of the event.

View seating map.

Live Stream

The program will be live streamed starting at 2:00 pm CST. A link will be provided on this website closer to the event.

Program

View the full BBA Graduation Celebration Program here. A printed program with graduate names will be available for all attendees of the Saturday, May 10 Camp Randall Commencement. Graduates must have applied to graduate prior to March 21 to have their name featured in the Camp Randall program.

Ceremony Etiquette

To create and preserve a memorable experience for graduates and guests, we ask that all attendees adhere to our ceremony etiquette guidelines and decorum.

Accessibility 

For wheelchair users or those with accessibility needs, guests should enter on the west side of the Alliant Energy Center Veterans Memorial Coliseum, nearest to the New Holland Pavilion. The only elevator is located just inside of the west entrance, near Section 224. We will have ushers available to help guests locate the both the elevator and the reserved seating.

Wheelchair accessible seating is available on the concourse level in Sections 206, 208, 210, 212, 222, 224, 226, and 228. Please note that we will only have room for the guest needing accessible seating and one companion—large parties will not be able to be seated together.

Alliant Energy Center Veterans Memorial Coliseum has a drop-off lane to minimize travel between the car and seating. There is also reserved parking reserved for those with an ADA hang-tag.

Wheelchairs and other mobility aids are not provided by at the Alliant Energy Center Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Guests should provide their own equipment for accessibility needs.

The event is live-streamed online, and also projected on large display screens at the event. On the live-stream and screens, closed captioning is provided for the hearing impaired.

General Parking

Parking at Alliant Energy Center –  Veterans Memorial Coliseum is complimentary to BBA Graduation Celebration attendees. There are two parking areas and two main entrances. Please follow signage and parking attendant directions upon arrival.

If you do not have transportation to the Alliant Energy Center, consider taking the bus or using a ride share service, such as Uber or Lyft. Bus Route O runs from Johnson Street to the Alliant Energy Center every hour.

Accessibility Needs Parking & Arrival

The west parking lot offers a drop-off lane close to the West entrance, but will still require a short walk to the building. Accessible parking at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum is limited and is on a first-come, first-served basis. Please note that disabled plates and/or hang-tags are required to secure available accessible spots.