{"id":5254,"date":"2026-08-18T12:59:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T17:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/community-empowerment-institutional-inclusivity\/?page_id=5254"},"modified":"2026-08-27T09:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T14:27:08","slug":"community-impact","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/community-empowerment-institutional-inclusivity\/community-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"uwm-u-pb-80 uwm-u-pt-0\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<p class=\"size-p-lg uwm-u-my-0 wp-block-paragraph\">Engagement beyond campus is a core part of UWM&#8217;s identity and mission. Community Empowerment &amp; Institutional Inclusivity (CEII) helps coordinate and promote opportunities for UWM faculty, staff, and students to make a positive impact in the city of Milwaukee and the surrounding region through service, volunteerism, and other forms of civic participation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-bg-gray uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card-grid uwm-l-grid uwm-l-grid--equal-y uwm-l-grid--2\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-u-mb-40 uwm-p-card--img uwm-p-card--shadow uwm-p-card--gold\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/community-empowerment-institutional-inclusivity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/680\/2026\/08\/MLK-Day-card-400x200-1.webp\" alt=\"Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks at the 1963 March on Washington. 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The following day, there is a special program on campus to honor the life and legacy of Dr. King.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-u-mb-40 uwm-p-card--img uwm-p-card--shadow uwm-p-card--gold\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/community-empowerment-institutional-inclusivity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/680\/2026\/08\/Carnegie-card-400x200-1.webp\" alt=\"Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement logo\" class=\"wp-image-5461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/community-empowerment-institutional-inclusivity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/680\/2026\/08\/Carnegie-card-400x200-1.webp 400w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/community-empowerment-institutional-inclusivity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/680\/2026\/08\/Carnegie-card-400x200-1-300x150.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/community-empowerment-institutional-inclusivity\/community-impact\/carnegie-classification\/\">Carnegie Classification<\/a><\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">UWM earned the prestigious Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement in 2015 and has maintained that designation in 2020 and 2026.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"has-alpha-channel-opacity uwm-c-hr--thick uwm-u-my-0\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1632,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-5254","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"uwm_unpublish_requested":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.3 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - 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