Message to grads: “You don’t have to do this alone”
Master’s and doctoral candidates dance in celebration at their commencement Saturday at Camp Randall Photo: Bryce Richter
Renowned psychologist John Gottman had three messages for the graduate degree candidates assembled at Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday, for an in-person and physically distanced commencement during a year marked by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The first, from the UW alumnus considered a pioneer in the psychology of relationships: “Follow your heart undertake what’s most meaningful for you.”
For Ninah Divine, receiving her doctor of medicine degree, and her husband Lorenzo Gudino, graduating with a doctor of law degree, their years at the University of Wisconsin–Madison represented just that.