Spring 2024 BBA Graduation Celebration

Post-Graduation Survey

Please fill out this 4-minute Post-Graduation Survey on Handshake telling us about 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.

This link will only work if you are on track to graduate or have applied to graduate.

Reserve Your Cap and Gown

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.

Diploma Covers

Graduates will receive their diploma cover as they cross the stage with their name read. All gradates will complete a name card upon arrival and will take that to the stage for their name to be read. Please consider if you will need to use phonetic spelling to ensure your name is pronounced correctly.

Arrival & Seating

All graduates should arrive no later than 1:30 pm and report to Hall B. There you will receive your name card to complete and further instructions. All gradates will enter the main Hall together, but there is no assigned seating. Graduates are welcome to stand by their friends and process into the Hall together for seating.

Food and Beverage

Water stations with disposable cups are located throughout the Alliant Energy Center. No other food or beverage is provided for this event. There are no concessions or vending machines available. Guests are welcome to bring their own bottled water into the event and personal snack items.

Restrooms

Restrooms are located in the general seating area in Halls C&D along the far wall, past the seating. Please look for signage upon arrival.

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. Upon arrival, graduates should report Hall B, however, guests can go directly to Halls C&D to find seating. Seating is first come – first served. Most seating is located on the ground level, with some additional bleacher seating along the back wall.

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

A downloadable program will be available on this website closer to the event. A printed program with graduate names will be available for all attendees of the Saturday, May 11 Camp Randall Commencement. Graduates must have applied to graduate prior to March 29 to have their name featured in the Camp Randall program.

Accessibility 

The Wisconsin School of Business is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible event. If you need a reasonable accommodation to attend this event, please have your graduate include this request in their RSVP, or contact BBA Graduation at bbagraduation@wsb.wisc.edu. All reasonable accommodation requests should be made before Friday, April 28, 2023. We will attempt to fulfill requests made after this date, but cannot guarantee they will be met.

Most seating is on the ground level of the Alliant Energy Exhibition Hall. Reserved seating will be available near the entrance for those with accessibility needs and wheelchairs plus one guest.

Wheelchairs are not available at the Alliant Energy Center. 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.

Parking

Parking at Alliant Energy Center – Exhibition Hall is complimentary to BBA Graduation Celebration attendees. Accessible parking is available first come first serve, but everyone is welcome to use the drop-off lane next to the entrance prior to parking. For a parking map, please see Alliant Energy Center parking information.

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.