Alkhas and May-Chu recognized at the 2024 UWM Employee Excellence Awards

Congratulations 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 Joanne Lazirko Awards for Innovative Use …

Congratulations to the 2023 Phi Beta Kappa inductees!

Congratulations to all of the 2023 inductees to Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society from UWM, including the many world language and culture majors: Malahat Ali (International Studies) Emma Lynn Blanchette (French and Linguistics double major) Maggie Virginia Dobbs (Chinese) Kari …

414 for UWM Giving Day

On April 14, UWM celebrates “414 Day.” This year the 414 for UWM Giving Day campaign runs from noon on Thursday, April 13 through noon on Friday, April 14. Please consider supporting UWM, its dedicated students, instructors, and researchers: https://www.uwm414day.org/ …

44th Annual Latin American Film Series

The Department of Global Studies is pleased to co-sponsor the 44th Annual Latin American Film Series from April 13-April 20, 2023 Central Time.  Free Hybrid In-theater and Virtual Series Select films will be screened at the UWM Union Theater and …

Cultural Food Drive

We are holding a cultural food drive starting March 13 – April 30 with the donation bin on the 7th floor of Curtin. We are partnering with IEC, SPSP, and many other departments. This will lead to our International Parent’s …

Italian Film Festival USA, April 28-30.

The in-person return of the Italian Film Festival USA, from April 28-30. All the films are free and open to the public at the UWM Union Cinema, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., (2nd floor). Check out the link below to find …

Films in French at the UWM Union Cinema

UWM Festival of Films in French is co-sponsoring several films in French at the UWM Union Cinema in the month of March. All the films are free and open to the public at the UWM Union Cinema, 2200 E. Kenwood …

Summer in Rome Program Promotion Video

Here’s a glimpse inside our Summer in Rome program: The application for the Summer in Rome program is linked here: https://uwmilwaukee.studioabroad.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgramAngular&id=10326 Make sure that you apply soon because applications are due March 1st.

UWM Land Acknowledgement: We acknowledge in Milwaukee that we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present.   |   To learn more, visit the Electa Quinney Institute website.