New UWM Chancellor Thomas Gibson shares a message

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Thomas Gibson will take over as UWM's 10th chancellor in July.

UW-Milwaukee welcomes its new chancellor in July. Dr. Thomas Gibson, the 10th chancellor in UWM’s history, succeeds outgoing Chancellor Mark Mone, who is stepping down to return to a professorship.

“I’m honored and humbled to be appointed chancellor of UW-Milwaukee, and I look forward to working with students, faculty and staff to collectively define a vision for the future,” Gibson said. “Students considering UW-Milwaukee should know that our faculty and staff are dedicated to your success, and I’ll be right there with them cheering you on.”

Hear a message for the campus community from Chancellor Gibson below.

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.