ITAC, funded by $5.7 million federal grant, kicked off Feb. 25

Participants from seven community colleges in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, and Illinois attended the first Industrial Training Assessment Consortia Kickoff meeting on Feb. 25 in the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center. UWM received a $5.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to operate …

Student Success and Retention Initiative Summary

The Student Success and Retention Initiative was launched in fiscal year 2024 and fiscal year 2025 to help further align financial incentives in retention efforts. One of the key priorities of UWM’s 2030 Action Plan is student success, and UWM …

Dean visits Wisconsin legislators in Washington, D.C.

While attending the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Public Policy Colloquium in Washington, D.C. in February, Dean Brett Peters and UWM’s Chief Government Relations Officer Keri Duce had the opportunity to meet with Wisconsin Congressional Representatives Derrick Van Orden …

Students in the Rohatgi lab take honors at AFS regional conference

Students of Professor Pradeep Rohatgi, materials science & engineering, put their achievement on display at the annual American Foundry Society’s Regional Conference Feb. 5 in Brookfield. The lab members won both graduate scholarships and undergraduate Alec Buhler took the top prize …