Yolanda Medina, director of UWM’s Military and Veterans Resource Center, dances at the Military and Veterans Ball at the Hilton Milwaukee City Center. The annual event, now in its 10th year, is a celebration that includes dinner, dancing and camaraderie for all military-related students, alums and supporters. (UWM Photo/Kyle Bursaw)
UWM soccer player Natalie Zodrow, an incoming freshman, takes a shot on the new playing surface at the Laura Moynihan Field. Players work out and hold practices without coaches over the summer. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
UWM students Kaye Van Susteren (from left), Claire Egerstrom and Dennis Ekwemnachukwu Okeke celebrate International Pride Day June 28 outside of This Is It!, Milwaukee’s oldest continuously operating gay bar. This Is It!, co-owned by UWM alum Trixie Mattel, also includes a performance space and safe place for patrons who are at least 18 years old. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Dresses swirl as the Dance Academy of Mexico performs May 4 at the PALM Graduation Gala in the Wisconsin Room of the UWM Student Union. The annual gala is a celebration that includes a formal dinner, music and commemorations. The event raises funds for scholarships to help retain and graduate Latinx students at UWM. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
The bright pink blooms of a magnolia tree near Mellencamp and Mitchell halls shine against a brilliant spring sky. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
Jaden Barnes works on his laptop under the visage of Johnny Cash at the 8th Note Coffeeshop in the UWM Student Union. The coffeeshop closed in 2020 at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and remained shuttered during renovations to the union before reopening in November 2023. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
Milwaukee Panthers basketball player BJ Freeman takes a moment at center court during warmups before a game against Northern Kentucky at the UWM Panther Arena. (UWM Photo/Kyle Bursaw)
UWM communication major Kaye Van Susteren (left) gives a hug to her mentor, Megan Orcholski, a communication teaching faculty member. “They helped me see that I can be academic, and I watch her inspire other students in the same way,” Van Susteren said. “With their infectious optimism and performative dances, she always makes space for every student in their class.” (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
Members of the UWM women’s soccer team come together for a cheer after a recent practice. Eight UWM players
were honored with all-Horizon League awards, including Lainey Higgins as player of the year, Kayla Rollins as offensive player of the year and Parker Donahugh as goalkeeper of the year. UWM won the regular season conference title, and
will host the semifinals and finals of the Horizon League tournament starting on Thursday. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
A drone helps provide an unusual perspective on Downer Woods, an 11-acre forest on UWM’s Milwaukee campus. Hiking trails provide an easy way to relax and reconnect with nature amid the busy city. Downer Woods also serves as a learning space for UWM’s conservation and environmental science program. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Scotlyn Haverkorn practices as she prepares to head to the New England Conservatory in Boston this fall to attend graduate school. Haverkorn graduated from UWM's Peck School of the Arts this May with her BFA in music, specializing in vocal performance. “UWM has helped me prepare for my career giving me the training I need, but also experience outside of school to be a working musician. I actually got the opportunity to go to Italy last summer for a three-week intensive opera program. I sang in Puccini's hometown, Lucca, Italy. It was a really, really great, formidable experience.” (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Earlier this year, we started a new feature – photo of the week. It was a way to showcase some of our photographers’ best work, to highlight their creativity and skill at their craft.
The photo of the week feature also allowed us to show photos that maybe didn’t fit with the rest of a project but that deserved to see the light of day.
So then, here are some of our favorite photos of the year.
