UWM Partners for Health focuses on teachers with school supply drive
UWM Partners for Health focuses on teachers with school supply drive
Collaborating to benefit community and students
Two clinical faculty members from the Department of Occupational Science and Technology volunteer regularly at a neighborhood outreach organization called City on a Hill. Tamicah Gelting, MS, OTR, clinical assistant professor and Patricia K. Thomas, MPA, CTRS, clinical associate professor,… Read More
Exciting new partnership with UWM Children’s Learning Center
Colleagues from the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) spearheaded a new partnership with the UWM Children’s Learning Center located in the Northwest Quad. Clinical Associate Professor Joyce King-McIver, PhD, CCC-SLP, and Clinical Assistant Professor Bethanne Mazurczak, MS, CCC-SLP, C-NDT, worked together with the center’s… Read More
Help fulfill your New Year’s resolutions. Register for a Sport & Recreation class.
Sport & Recreation classes offer a chance to try a new sport, learn skills or experience the outdoors. Ron Wiza, who is the Director of College of Health Sciences Outreach, leads the UWM Sport & Recreation Program. The programming is… Read More
Innovative urban agriculture program teaches local high school students
Several UWM schools and departments are supporting the summer wages for students in the new Learn-Earn-Grow Milwaukee (LEG MKE) program. Under the tenet of “Education=Power and Food=Health,” program co-founder and former CHS staffer Bonnie Halvorsen, together with UWM Chief Sustainability… Read More
Health care training program aims to increase diversity in workforce
By UWM News, September 21, 2017 The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is home to a program like very few in the United States. UWM is one of just six undergraduate institutions in the country to receive a Maternal & Child Health… Read More
UWM clinic helps patients with autism overcome physical challenges
Despite the increased attention autism has received, gaps in therapy remain. UW-Milwaukee researchers are helping to fill some of those gaps for children. Read the full story
UWM students help food pantry patrons eat healthier
Patrons of the Riverwest Food Pantry wanted to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables but didn’t always know how. Members of UWM’s Nutritional Sciences Club and faculty advisor Susie Kundrat helped them out. Read the full story
There’s an app for that: Living in place safely
As we age, or if our abilities change, our environments need to adapt as well. Many people with limitations live in environments that pose safety issues or that are not fit for the resident’s needs. Because of this, occupational therapists… Read More
Speech and Language Clinic provides valuable service to community
After more than 40 years, the Speech and Language Clinic continues to be a vital resource for UWM’s campus and the surrounding community. The Clinic provides evaluation and treatment services to children and adults who have a variety of communication… Read More