Deona Mickens

  • Advisor, Student Academic Services

Biographical Sketch

“You haven’t failed until you quit trying.” ~ Jon Gordon\nMy name is Deona Mickens, and I am a Continuing Student Advisor in African American Student Services. I assist juniors, seniors and transfer students reach one of the biggest accomplishments in their lives, GRADUATION! It is my pleasure and honor to help you pick and choose classes, as well as the major that matches the career you hope to have once you leave UW-Milwaukee. I look forward with assisting you with any need you have, feel free to contact me if you would like to schedule an appointment with me.

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.