MADISON — Comedian Charlie Berens told a crowd at the Kohl Center Sunday that he still dreams about UW–Madison, his alma mater. In the recurring dream, Berens said he shows up to class to give a speech. But there’s not just one professor there — it’s all his professors. And the dean. And his parents. And the speech is at the Kohl Center, and he has absolutely nothing prepared. “This is why you never follow your dreams,” he told the audience. It was unusual advice for a graduation ceremony, but very on-brand for Berens. (He was joking, of course.) Berens,

Blugold alumna Camila Mennitte Pereyra told University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire graduates on Saturday that they have a responsibility to use the “great power” of their new college degrees to help improve the lives of others. Mennitte Pereyra delivered the “Charge to the Class” at the two commencement ceremonies, thanking those who helped her persevere when she moved from Argentina to Wisconsin to pursue her dreams of higher education. “Some people think that in order to effect change you have to be a politician or an activist,” Mennitte Pereyra says. “But the truth is, we can all effect change. The people who