Some students spend summer doing something unusual
Not every UWM student gets his (mascot) head knocked off while working, but at least one did. Here’s a look at a few interesting and rewarding summer jobs this year.
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New UW System initiative aims to help underserved students obtain tuition-free degree
The Wisconsin Tuition Promise, announced Monday at UWM, aims to increase the number of state residents who graduate with a bachelor’s degree – especially first-generation students and those from low-to-moderate income families.
UWM microcredentials offer specific skills in nonprofit management ‘a la carte’
Beginning this fall, UWM will be offering microcredentials in eight sought-after skill areas of nonprofit management. The program offers a way for people to learn without the commitment of seeking a full degree.
UWM engineering students save Wisconsin steel company $43,000 a year
Charter Steel implemented an idea proposed by a UWM student team that figured out a way for the company to reduce the cost of a heat-treatment cycle used to produce a particular steel.
Three new distinguished professors named
Three faculty members have been named UWM distinguished professors by a panel of current faculty holding that title. The addition brings the current active number in this prestigious group to 24.
Clayborn Benson: An alum, and student again, who is immersed in learning history
You can never learn enough about what history has to teach you. That’s why 73-year-old history graduate student Clayborn Benson, who leads the Wisconsin Black Historical Society and Museum, is still educating himself and others.
New effort aims to make UWM a premier destination for experiential learning
The goal is to have all students complete some form of hands-on learning before graduation, including internships, clinical experiences, practicums, research, leadership roles and service learning.
Course offers students help with choosing their path
The goal of the three-credit course, which is open to all undergraduates, is to help students choose a major at UWM, but also helps them explore their interests, abilities and goals.
Microplastics pass through fish, but do they cause harm?
Dong-Fang Deng, professor of freshwater sciences at UWM, sought to find out what happens when fish ingest the tiny particles of plastic that increasingly litter our oceans and lakes.
Bader Philanthropies grants $3 million to Electa Quinney Institute
This grant will strengthen the institute and provide for the hiring of additional Indigenous faculty researchers and instructors, as well as supporting the services it offers.