MADISON, WISCONSIN (February 24, 2023) — Just over 1,750 students received degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison during a commencement ceremony at the Kohl Center on December 18, 2022.

Here are the degree recipients from your area:

HOMETOWN, STATE; NAME, COLLEGE1, DEGREE1, MAJOR1(S), DISTINCTION (if listed), COLLEGE2 (if listed), DEGREE2 (if listed)

Bettendorf, IA

DAVENPORT, IOWA (February 23, 2023) — General admission tickets cost $40 per person if purchased online before March 3, 2023, 1PM. Tickets at the door will be $50 per person. A special thank-you goes out to Dimitri and Kathy ('94) Papageorgiou for hosting this event, where they offer you a sampling of their favorite wines while you enjoy delicacies from several Quad Cities restaurants at this popular annual fundraising event. All proceeds from this casual tasting will benefit St.

PELLA, IOWA (February 23, 2023) — Heather Burr Isaacson, a 1997 Central College graduate, will speak at the college's Commencement ceremony at 2PM, Saturday, May 13, 2023, at Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium. Isaacson's passion to support students and help them attain a college education inspires all who hear her journey and successes.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (February 23, 2023) — Where the Watch Tower Plaza once stood in southwest Rock Island now stretches a 23-acre vacant lot. Just across the street from the lot — which was cleared in 2015 to make way for a Walmart Supercenter that never came, displacing a supermarket, a drug store, a salon, and other local retailers — a non-profit called Positive Brothers United (PBU) is bringing new resources to community members in the area.