The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Manitowoc Campus will hold its annual Commencement ceremony on Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. in the Campus Theatre. Sixty-four students earned two-year degrees from the Manitowoc Campus during the 2018-19 academic year, many of whom will be participating in the ceremony.
An alumnus of the Green Bay Campus (formerly UW-Manitowoc), Dean Halverson, will deliver the address. Halverson is founder and CEO of a full-service marketing research firm, Leede Research Group, with offices in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Leede’s clients are national in scope and their work is international. Halverson has more than 35 years of business and consumer market research experience. Leede Research specializes in custom designed information packages for healthcare, business, industrial, insurance, education, and energy clients.
Lue Vang, a 2017 graduate of Manitowoc Lincoln High School, has been selected to address his graduating class as Student Speaker. Vang has taken a leadership role on campus and serves as president of the Student Senate. He is active in Phi Theta Kappa and Member Future Nurses. In response to fee shortfalls, he took it upon himself to spearhead a number of fundraising initiatives that supported student success. Lue is also a volunteer with Hmong Senior Meals: A Gesture of Love, a local program geared toward helping Hmong senior citizens navigate the world. The program was formed because many Hmong seniors do not attend traditional senior centers due to a language barrier that prevents them from receiving the services they need.
