New simulation center ready to train next generation of nurses
The new center offers students facilities that match what they’ll experience in their profession and will help address a looming shortage of nurses in Wisconsin.
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UWM will focus on what really matters, Mone says
In his annual plenary address, the chancellor said that the university is facing a number of challenges but is uniquely positioned to help solve many of the region’s problems.
Intern returns to help organization that helped him
When he was younger, Giovanni Claudio participated in Islands of Brilliance, which works with people who are on the autism spectrum or neurodiverse. As a UWM student, he worked with the program again, this time helping them with IT.
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.
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.