{"id":1633,"date":"2025-01-14T11:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T17:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/advance\/?post_type=class_notes&#038;p=1633"},"modified":"2025-12-08T09:55:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T15:55:21","slug":"susan-santha-kerns","status":"publish","type":"class_notes","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/advance\/class-note-updates\/susan-santha-kerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Susan Santha Kerns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Susan Santha Kerns, a filmmaker and a college professor at Columbia College Chicago, has been appointed executive director of Milwaukee Film, the organization behind the Milwaukee Film Festival and the operations of the Downer and Oriental theaters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-u-flex uwm-u-flex--wrap uwm-u-flex--left\">\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--icon-right uwm-c-button--icon-arrow uwm-u-mr-20 uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanmilwaukee.com\/2025\/01\/13\/milwaukee-film-names-new-executive-director\/\" rel=\"\">Read More About Susan&#8217;s Career<\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1653,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-1633","class_notes","type-class_notes","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UWM University Advancement<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/advance\/class-note-updates\/susan-santha-kerns\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Susan Santha Kerns\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Susan Santha Kerns, a filmmaker and a college professor at Columbia College Chicago, has been appointed executive director of Milwaukee Film, the organization behind the Milwaukee Film Festival and the operations of the Downer and Oriental theaters.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/advance\/class-note-updates\/susan-santha-kerns\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UWM University Advancement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uwmalumni\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-08T15:55:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UWMAlumni\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/advance\\\/class-note-updates\\\/susan-santha-kerns\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/advance\\\/class-note-updates\\\/susan-santha-kerns\\\/\",\"name\":\"Susan Santha Kerns - UWM University Advancement\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/advance\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-14T17:02:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-08T15:55:21+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/advance\\\/class-note-updates\\\/susan-santha-kerns\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/advance\\\/class-note-updates\\\/susan-santha-kerns\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/advance\\\/class-note-updates\\\/susan-santha-kerns\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/advance\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Class Notes\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/advance\\\/impact\\\/class-notes\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Susan Santha Kerns\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/advance\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/advance\\\/\",\"name\":\"UWM University Advancement\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/advance\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"UWM University Advancement","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/advance\/class-note-updates\/susan-santha-kerns\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Susan Santha Kerns","og_description":"Susan Santha Kerns, a filmmaker and a college professor at Columbia College Chicago, has been appointed executive director of Milwaukee Film, the organization behind the Milwaukee Film Festival and the operations of the Downer and Oriental theaters.","og_url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/advance\/class-note-updates\/susan-santha-kerns\/","og_site_name":"UWM University Advancement","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uwmalumni","article_modified_time":"2025-12-08T15:55:21+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@UWMAlumni","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/advance\/class-note-updates\/susan-santha-kerns\/","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/advance\/class-note-updates\/susan-santha-kerns\/","name":"Susan Santha Kerns - UWM University Advancement","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/advance\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-01-14T17:02:08+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-08T15:55:21+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/advance\/class-note-updates\/susan-santha-kerns\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uwm.edu\/advance\/class-note-updates\/susan-santha-kerns\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/advance\/class-note-updates\/susan-santha-kerns\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/advance\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Class Notes","item":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/advance\/impact\/class-notes\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Susan Santha Kerns"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/advance\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/advance\/","name":"UWM University Advancement","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/advance\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/advance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/class_notes\/1633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/advance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/class_notes"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/advance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/class_notes"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/advance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1653"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/advance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/class_notes\/1633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3978,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/advance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/class_notes\/1633\/revisions\/3978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/advance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}