Why Learn a New Language?
Learning languages gives you access to new people, places, and professional opportunities. Whether your career goals involve politics, health, art, science, social services, architecture, technology, or communications, knowing more than one language will open doors.
UWM Language Programs
Learning new languages, developing cultural dexterity, and fostering global understanding gives you access to new people, places, and professional opportunities. Taking courses in one of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s many world language and culture programs will help you to communicate with more people and see the world through new eyes, and it may also enable you to travel the world, earn more money, and pursue new career opportunities. From introductory classes to graduate degree programs, in the traditional classroom or through online, hybrid, or distance learning formats, UWM offers a wide range of internationally-focused coursework to meet your individual needs.
Languages at UWM News
- Zeise honored with ARC Excellence AwardCongratulations to Magaly Zeise, Senior Teaching Faculty in Spanish, who was recognized on October 4 with an ARC Excellence Award from UWM’s Accessibility Resource Center. Thank you for your commitment to making language learning accessible to …
- Alkhas and May-Chu recognized at the 2024 UWM Employee Excellence AwardsCongratulations to Anita Alkhas, associate professor of French, and Karolina May-Chu, who were both honored at the UWM Employee Excellence Awards Ceremony on October 9. Alkhas received the UWM Faculty Distinguished Public Service Award and the …
- 🌟 Scholarships And Fellowships for Language Students and Students Planning to Study Abroad in Summer or Fall 2024 🌟Are you a language enthusiast or a student with dreams of studying abroad in Summer or Fall 2024? If so, we have exciting news for you! The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) is offering a …
World Languages & Cultures News
- ITALIAN 333 Enacts Dante’s InfernoStudents in ITALIAN 333: Dante’s Divine Comedy in Translation act out a circle of Dante’s Inferno on Monday, September 15 at the fountain outside of Curtin Hall. Dante students …
- Students gain valuable career skills while translating Japanese mediaStudents in JAPAN 361: Translating Japanese Media developed their translation and Japanese language skills while also building other valuable career skills.
- Sarah Davies Cordova on Rive Gauche to Commemorate 31st Anniversary of the 1994 Rwandan GenocideProf. Sarah Davies Cordova joined Alliance Française Executive Director Anne Leplae on the Rive Gauche Riverwest radio show/podcast on April 8 to commemorate the 31st anniversary of …
- UWM Authors Recognition Ceremony 2025Professor Sarah Davies Cordova and Professor Emerita Robin Pickering-Iazzi were among the members of the Department of Global Studies celebrated at the biannual UWM Authors Recognition Ceremony …
World Languages & Cultures Events
- November 18, 2025, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
- November 20, 2025, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
- November 20, 2025, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
- December 4, 2025, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
- December 4, 2025, 12:30pm - 1:30pm
