U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin will be the keynote speaker May 28 at graduation ceremonies for the College of Menominee Nation.
The Wisconsin Democrat will address graduates during ceremonies starting at 10 a.m. at the Menominee Casino Resort Conference Center ballroom, N277 State Highway 47-55, Keshena.
The graduates will include bachelor and associate degree recipients from both the college’s Keshena and Green Bay campuses, as well as students completing technical diploma programs.
Audience members are encouraged to arrive no later than 9:30 a.m.
Baldwin, a champion of education issues, is a frequent visitor to the college’s Keshena campus. She holds the distinction of being Wisconsin’s first woman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives and first in the U.S. Senate.
Baldwin served three terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1998. In 2012, after seven terms in the House, Baldwin won election to the U.S. Senate. Her service in the 113th Congress has included membership on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions; Senate Budget Committee; Energy and Natural Resources Committee; Special Committee on Aging; and the U.S. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
She is active in legislative efforts to support middle class-affordable higher education and in summer 2015 introduced the America’s College Promise Act to aid students attending community colleges.