Degree earned by local student

Alec Muir from Wautoma, earned a degree from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater on May 16.

Muir graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Business Administration in general management.

More than 1,700 students received degrees this May, including 1,685 from the Whitewater campus and 95 from the Rock County campus.

The graduating class included 15 international students, 85 military veterans and 244 nontraditional students, defined as under-graduate students who are 25 years of age or older. In addition, 137 self-identified students with disabilities received degrees.