UWM lifts temporary suspension of five student groups

Today, UWM lifted the temporary suspensions of five student groups associated with an Instagram story on the uwm4palicoalition account in July that included intimidating language aimed at Jewish community members and organizations on campus that support Israel.   Free speech is …

Welcome to a New Semester! 

Dear Colleagues, Welcome to the start of a great new academic year! Last week, I took part in one of my favorite activities on campus: Move-In Day at Sandburg. To me, nothing signals back-to-school like the organized chaos of students …

Regents Approve CGS Program Discontinuance Proposal

Dear Colleagues, Today, I share with you the difficult news that the Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents voted to approve the program discontinuation of UWM’s College of General Studies (CGS) and its three academic departments: Arts & Humanities, Math …

Voices of Respect: Free Speech Rights & Limits

As our fall semester is about to begin, we want to remind the campus community of key expectations for behavior around free speech and free expression, especially as we are in the final months of a presidential election cycle. UWM …

CGS Program Discontinuance Recommendation

Dear Colleagues, Today, I recommended to Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman that the Board of Regents discontinue the program of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s (UWM) College of General Studies (CGS) and its three academic departments: Arts & Humanities, Math …

UWM denounces social media post targeting Jewish campus community

Dear UWM Community, Late Friday afternoon, UWM was alerted to an Instagram story on the uwm4palicoalition account that included intimidating language aimed at Jewish community members and organizations on campus that support Israel. UWM strongly denounces these statements and denounces …