PLATTEVILLE, WI (01/31/2014)(readMedia)-- The following local University of Wisconsin-Platteville graduate students were awarded their Master's degree in commencement ceremonies on Dec. 14, 2013:
Nels Chelstrom of Coal Valley, IL, earned a Master's degree in Engineering.
Amanda Hamerlinck of Rock Island, IL, earned a Master's degree in Engineering.
UW-Platteville awarded 589 diplomas, including 83 master's degrees, during its 191st commencement ceremony.
UW-Platteville, founded in 1846, is located in the southwestern corner of Wisconsin, near the Iowa and Illinois borders. The university, the fastest-growing four-year school in the 13-college University of Wisconsin System, enrolls more than 8,000 undergraduate students.