{"id":6300,"date":"2024-10-14T15:25:40","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T20:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/african-diaspora-studies\/?p=6300"},"modified":"2026-02-09T11:42:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:42:46","slug":"passing-of-w-michael-ross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/african-diaspora-studies\/passing-of-w-michael-ross\/","title":{"rendered":"Passing of W. Michael Ross"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"alignright uwm-c-img--right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/african-diaspora-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2024\/10\/Thumbnail-231x300.webp\" alt=\"Michael Ross\" class=\"wp-image-6301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/african-diaspora-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2024\/10\/Thumbnail-231x300.webp 231w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/african-diaspora-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2024\/10\/Thumbnail.webp 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><figcaption>W. Michael Ross<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It is with heavy hearts that we share alumnus W. Michael Ross (BA, Criminal Justice &amp; Africology, 1999) has passed away on October 6th, 2024. Memorial contributions in support of UWM students of Africology\/African and African Diaspora Studies may be directed to the W. Michael Ross Scholarship\u00a0(4010000).\u00a0Memorial gifts are payable to UWM Foundation, Inc. for the W. Michael Ross Scholarship and may be mailed to: UWM Foundation, Inc., 1440 e. North Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202 or <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/advance\/give\/ways-to-give\/\">donate online<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn about Michael\u2019s life, and legacy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zwaskafuneral.com\/obituaries\/Willie-M-Michael-Ross?obId=33301190\">you can read his obituary here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is with heavy hearts that we share alumnus W. Michael Ross (BA, Criminal Justice &amp; Africology, 1999) has passed away on October 6th, 2024. Memorial contributions in support of UWM students of Africology\/African and African Diaspora Studies may be &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22425,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"meta_fields":{"_edit_lock":["1770658981:1272"],"_edit_last":["1272"],"_rawhtml_settings":["0,0,0,0"],"_yoast_indexnow_last_ping":["1770658966"],"feat_img_video":[""],"feat_img_gallery":[""],"feat_img_caption":["feat-img-caption-on"],"breadcrumbs_display":["breadcrumbs-on"],"otp_nav_display":["otp-on-mobile"],"post_layout":["post-layout-theme"],"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":["9"],"_yoast_wpseo_content_score":["90"],"_yoast_wpseo_focuskeywords":[""],"_yoast_wpseo_keywordsynonyms":[""],"_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":["1"],"_uwm_wg_content_review_log":["a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:11:\"reviewer_id\";i:0;s:6:\"status\";s:5:\"reset\";s:10:\"entry_date\";s:19:\"2026-03-01 02:09:52\";s:16:\"priority_content\";s:0:\"\";s:4:\"note\";s:43:\"Content review reset at start of new cycle.\";}}"]},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-29 13:15:53","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/african-diaspora-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/african-diaspora-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/african-diaspora-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/african-diaspora-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/african-diaspora-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6300"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/african-diaspora-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9231,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/african-diaspora-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6300\/revisions\/9231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/african-diaspora-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/african-diaspora-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/african-diaspora-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}