Hue Knew? An Exploration of Color, an exhibit by 13 graduate students in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee/MPM Museum Studies Program, went on display at the Milwaukee Public Museum in May.

An anonymous donor has established the Professor Bud Weare Scholarship Fund in honor of Emeritus Professor Bud Weare, “who inspired the Donor during the Donor’s time as a UWM student.”

The Delta Phi chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the national history honor society, inducted eight new members at a ceremony and reception on Friday, April 10.

Shifting Gears: A Cyclical History of Badger Bicycling, an exhibit based on the 2013 book Wheel Fever: How Wisconsin Became a Great Bicycling State by Jesse Gant and Nicholas Hoffman, published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press.

Nick Hoffman (MA, History ’07) was awarded the Jane LaChapelle McCarty-MLK Community Leader Award at January’s annual Appleton community celebration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Sgt. Michael Black (History major), a combat medic in the Wisconsin National Guard, was given the Soldier’s Medal in early December 2014.

UWM graduate students have the opportunity to work as Research Assistants for the Encyclopedia of Milwaukee, a print and digital history project headed by Prof. Amanda I. Seligman and Prof. Margo Anderson. More information