Incoming Student Named Outstanding Undergraduate Returning Adult Student

This year’s Outstanding Undergraduate Returning Adult Student Award winners, Chikara Crooks and Ivanna Ceballos, share a powerful common thread: each is working to become the kind of support and inspiration they once needed themselves.

Crooks and Ceballos took nontraditional pathways to earning their degrees — overcoming financial, social and health challenges. In May, both will receive their bachelor’s degree.

Read the full article at: https://dcs.wisc.edu/blog/45th-annual-winners-epitomize-badger-spirit/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=wordpress_insideuw&utm_campaign=facstaff_comms&utm_content=2025_04_22