UWM athletes winning in the classroom too

UWM student athletes excel even when they’re not competing. The UWM women’s tennis team recently received the Horizon League’s Raise Your Sights award for 2023-2024, an honor given to the top academic women’s and men’s teams based on combined grade point average …

Cameron Got Her Dream Job Before Graduating from UWM

Cameron, a journalism, advertising, and media studies major, had her heart set on becoming a photojournalist when she transferred to UWM. Once on campus, she knew exactly how to achieve that dream. With help from her instructors, Cameron got an …

Yazmin Discovered Her Limitless Potential at UWM

Yazmin, a World Language Education and Spanish double-major, was surprised by how much she learned about herself through exploring everything UWM had to offer. She stepped out of her comfort zone to try new leadership opportunities, internships and clubs. “I …

A career exposing cons: Communication alum shares her wisdom

Nine years ago, Lisa Schiller was featured in the September 2015 edition of In Focus. It was so long ago that the issue is no longer archived online. Schiller talked about her job as the Director of Investigations and Media …

Documentary produced by UWM alum wins Academy Award

A UWM alum is now a two-time Oscar winner. Josh Rosenberg, a 2007 graduate in broadcast journalism, is one of the producers of “The Last Repair Shop,” which won an Academy Award on March 10 for documentary short film. “The …

Alum brings his subtitling work to UWM’s silver screen

“Song of a Dying Summer” is a coming-of-age tale by Japanese independent filmmaker Kohei Sengen, and his first feature-length film. After playing theaters in Japan, Germany, and France and being nominated for the Nippon Visions Jury Award, the film made …

UWM alums recognized with ‘40 Under 40’ honors

Diapers. Knives. Finance. Real estate development. Government relations. Homeless and endangered youth. Those are a few of the areas of accomplishment for UWM alumni who were chosen for the Milwaukee Business Journal’s annual “40 Under 40” awards, which honors Milwaukee’s brightest …

UWM alum honored with his first Grammy nomination

In 2023, the band Neutral Milk Hotel re-released a box set of the group’s complete works, including two LPs, a live album, three 7-inch singles, two 10-inch singles, two posters, and several postcards, all packed in a two-piece telescoping box. …