The geography department at UWM is mid-sized: small enough to provide personalized attention to majors, minors and graduate students and opportunities to form close friendships and friendly cohorts but large enough to offer course from various areas across the discipline of geography. We regularly host social and networking events; provide frequent and transparent communication to our students about scholarships, conferences, research and more; and bring in guest speakers to give students broad access to subject matter experts from outside UWM.