News from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Winter Welcome kicks off the spring semester with a full roster of free, fun and rewarding activities. Held Jan. 22 to 25, the activities included art projects, meditation, an informational study-abroad fair, a hot chocolate hang-out and a special UWM women’s basketball game.
An employee-owned international financial services firm, Robert W. Baird & Co. has deep connections to UWM. More than 200 UWM alumni are currently employed at Baird, including several dozen managing directors and directors. UWM students represent nearly a quarter of Baird’s interns, and roughly a third of these interns are hired on full time. Baird […]
Eugene Guszkowski (BS Architecture ’71, M.Arch. Architecture ’73) was among the first to graduate from the UWM School of Architecture & Urban Planning. He began as a print boy at Shepherd Associates in 1967 and rose to be a firm leader at AG Architecture. Under his leadership, the firm has received local and national recognition […]
UWM sprang back to life as some 4,000 students descended on campus and moved into residence halls during move-in week. Crews of volunteers helped students unpack cars and vans. They swaddled the luggage in plastic wrap on moving carts and helped wheel the carts to elevators and up into rooms. Returning students found several renovations and additions […]
Dana Kaleta, director of the Quest Project within the TRIO & Pre-College Programs at UWM, has taken two trips to Puerto Rico to assist in humanitarian efforts with La Causa Charter School in Milwaukee. They have raised over $3,000 and purchased 120 water filters that have been distributed to displaced families in the island territory. Kaleta […]
Resilience is a central skill to supporting the well-being of children and adults. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) add toxic levels of stress that can impair child development and functioning, requiring additional support in building resilience. Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT) and trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) are evidence-based interventions promoted by the UWM Institute for […]
Sandra Plascencia has faced plenty of obstacles already. Born in Mexico as the youngest of eight children, and without much financial support, she nevertheless became the first from her family to go to college. Quickly, UWM and Milwaukee became home. The university’s clubs, events and activities helped her find friends. And studying for a semester […]
The Roberto Hernandez Center at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee honors UWM’s growing population of Latino students with a Latino graduation banquet and the PALM (Promoting Academics in Latino Milwaukee) fundraiser. The No. 1 challenge Latino students face is access to sufficient funding to complete their degrees. PALM is an ongoing scholarship fund created to retain […]
A group of UW-Milwaukee Honors College students decided to take an “alternative spring break” in New Orleans. During their six days in the city, the students worked on community service projects.
A stay-at-home mother of three, Sara made it her goal to attend an accredited, established university and earn a degree before her children began college.
