Admit it: You geek about something. At UWM’s annual Geek Week, you can let your geek flag fly at more than two dozen events. Whether it’s gaming, crafting, planets or technology, there’s something for everyone to explore and celebrate. Here are some snapshots from the 2017 edition of Geek Week.
Geek Week 2017
American Foundry Society members help teach students how to create tin casts using sand casting techniques. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
Students use newly learned sand casting techniques to make their own tin casts of key chains and other patterns. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
UWM student Erik Orlowski demonstrates the handiwork of UWM's Robotics Association. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Students line up to learn how to build their own solar-powered charger, courtesy of lessons taught by the Solar Ambassador Team. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
With rousing shouts of huzzah and a great deal of merriment, Students for Creative Anachronism members perform a knights and ladies combat demonstration full of chivalry and strength. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Teams of UWM students, faculty and staff played trivia and competed for the ultimate prize of taking on Chancellor Mark Mone in the final trivia challenge. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
Students show off the fun Geek Week T-shirts given out for Chancellor's Trivia. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
