Celebrating the next generation of Mount Mary Alumni

Spring Commencement

Saturday, May 17, 2025 | 11 a.m.
Bloechl Center | Mount Mary University

All graduates are allowed four guests. Guests are required to have tickets. Ticket pickup information will be communicated to graduates by email. Questions can be directed to mmu-commencement@mtmary.edu.

   Click here to watch Mount Mary Commencement (May 17)

Commencement Ceremony Digital Program

COMMENCEMENT HONORY DEGREE:

Margaret Kelsey, LL.D.

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Compliance Officer

Margaret “Peggy” C. Kelsey joined WEC Energy Group as executive vice president in September 2017 and assumed responsibilities as general counsel and corporate secretary in January 2018 and as compliance officer in August 2021.

In these roles, Kelsey is responsible for all legal matters affecting the company. She also is corporate secretary to the WEC Energy Group board of directors and manages all governance matters. In addition, she oversees the company’s environmental, and ethics and compliance functions.

Kelsey was previously general counsel, corporate secretary and vice president—legal and corporate communications at Racine, Wisconsin-based Modine Manufacturing Co., where she oversaw a variety of legal and regulatory matters, served as liaison to Modine’s board of directors, and managed corporate governance matters and the company’s corporate communications function.

Kelsey joined Modine as senior counsel in 2001 and progressed through a series of positions, including senior counsel and assistant secretary; corporate treasurer and assistant secretary; vice president—finance, corporate treasury and business development; vice president—corporate strategy and business development; and vice president—corporate development. She served as general counsel, corporate secretary and vice president since 2008.

Previously, Kelsey was a partner at Quarles & Brady LLP, where she was a member of the litigation group, specializing in product liability defense and representing clients across the United States.

Kelsey holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Mount Mary University, a juris doctor from Georgetown University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

She is a member of the boards of directors of Greater Milwaukee Committee; North Shore Bank; Teach for America-Milwaukee; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Foundation; United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County; and Zoological Society of Milwaukee. She also serves on the Marquette University Women’s Council.

Kelsey has received multiple honors and awards, including recognition by the Milwaukee Business Journal as a 2005 Woman of Influence and 2012 Best Corporate Counsel—Public Company ($1 billion-plus). She also is a 2008 recipient of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Graduate of the Last Decade (GOLD) award and member of the Titan 100 inaugural class in Wisconsin for 2023.

From a personal perspective, Kelsey and her husband have been together since she was 15 and have been married for almost 36 years. They have 3 children and 3 grandchildren.

Graduate Hooding Ceremony

Friday, May 16, 2025 | 4 p.m.
Bloechl Center | Mount Mary University

This is a special recognition of distinction for graduating graduate students that includes program faculty placing hoods over graduates’ academic regalia. Master's Thesis, Culminating Project and Dissertation titles will be read as graduates cross the stage. No tickets required.

Hooding Ceremony Digital Program

Baccalaureate Mass with Light of Learning – A Mount Mary Tradition

BACCALAUREATE MASS
Friday, May 16, 2025 | 6 p.m.
Our Lady Chapel | Notre Dame Hall

LIGHT OF LEARNING CEREMONY
Friday, May 16, 2025 | 7 p.m.
Stiemke Hall | Notre Dame Hall

Check-in at the registration table before 7 p.m.

Dating back to the beginning of Mount Mary’s history is the Commencement Mass and Light of Learning ceremony. Held the night before each Commencement, this ceremony features a passing of the “light of learning” lantern. Family and loved ones are invited to enjoy this ceremony. Tickets are not required for this event.