The UWM Pep Band plays to get the morning started at the Klotsche Center. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Pounce the Panther high fives and poses with students and their families. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
The Milwaukee Panther Dance Team kicked off the pep rally and brought the energy. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Marc Young, executive director of undergraduate admissions, greets the crowd. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Chi Sigma Tau, an Asian American fraternity an UWM, performs a dance called strolling during the Admission Day event. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
One of the recipients of a $1,000 scholarship giveaway poses for a photo with Chancellor Mark Mone and Pounce the Panther. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Future Panther Jayde Steward talks with Ramona Sledge, multicultural student success coordinator for the Black Student Cultural Center. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Admission counselor Payton Beverly (center) gets the students hyped up during the pep rally. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Alberto Maldonado, director of Roberto Hernandez Center, and Jesus Velarde-Moctezuma, graduate assistant for the Roberto Hernandez Center, pose for a photo with Pounce and future Panther Maria Hernandez. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
The pep rally ends with a dance-off before the students left the Klotsche Center to experience dining on campus and a mock lecture. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Several hundred students who have been admitted to UWM visited campus March 5 to get a taste of college life.
The incoming students enjoyed a pep rally, games and scholarship giveaways, while experiencing a mock lecture, learning about clubs and cultural centers, and meeting UWM staff and students.