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)
Joan Nesbitt, vice chancellor of University Advancement at UWM, talks to members of the Chapman Society at a luncheon in the ornate Grand Ballroom of the Wisconsin Club. The event honors people who have included support for UWM in their estate plans. The Chapman Society is named after Alice G. Chapman, who made a $1 million bequest to fund the construction of Chapman Hall. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
A group of college students kayaks on the Milwaukee River on an outing hosted by the Milwaukee Kayak Company and led by guides from Milwaukee Riverkeeper. They were part of a group of almost 40 students from UWM and around the nation participating in the Freshwater Collaborative’s Freshwater@UW program. Freshwater@UW is a summer research program that gives students the opportunity to work closely with faculty and staff on freshwater research projects, including working in labs and on the Neeskay research vessel. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Bicycles are lined up and ready to ride at the Bublr Bikes station at the corner of Kenwood Blvd. and Maryland Avenue, near the UWM Student Union. UWM students can purchase a Bublr permit for $8 per year. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
A worker from Midwest Sport and Turf Systems spreads pellets on the new turf of Laura Moynihan Field at Engelmann Stadium. Workers replaced the turf in recent weeks, and it will be ready for the UWM men’s and women’s soccer teams to begin practicing in late July to prepare for the fall season. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
Sarah Donofrio and Makenna Lemke clasp hands after being asked to stand at Sunday’s commencement ceremony to be recognized as academic elites. They were two of just 38 students among the 3,300 spring graduates to carry perfect 4.0 grade point averages over the course of their college careers. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
UWM architecture student Carl Jones checks out a model on display last week at the SUPERjury, an annual showcase of selected work from students across all undergraduate and graduate levels in architecture. Students present their work and receive feedback from guest critics, fostering self-reflection and stimulating conversation. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
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)
Panels cast shadows on the undulating north wall of the new chemistry building on UWM’s main campus. After more than two years of construction, the building is on track to open for classes for fall semester. The four-story, 163,400-square-foot building will serve as a gateway to the STEM buildings and departments that house those subjects – science, technology, engineering and mathematics. It will include space for the nearly 5,000 UWM students who take chemistry and biochemistry classes each year. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
The bright pink blooms of a magnolia tree near Mellencamp and Mitchell halls shine against a brilliant spring sky. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
UWM theatre students V Colford (on the ladder) and Maxwell Coffrin construct scenery and props for the upcoming musical
Once Upon A Mattress while student Ah Kuh Paw observes. An adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Princess and the Pea,” “Once Upon A Mattress” tells the tale of Winnifred the Woebegone, a swamp princess seeking to defy the odds and win the hand of a prince. The play runs April 24-28 at UWM’s Mainstage Theatre. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
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)
Light streams through stained glass windows in Lapham Hall, home of UWM’s biological sciences and geosciences programs. Thirteen circles of stained glass line the hallway, created in 2006 by artist Charlotte Ann Paul and meant to represent what one might find by looking at natural materials through a microscope. The artwork
is one of nine on campus created as part of Wisconsin’s Percent for Art program, which funded public art throughout the state from 1980 until 2011. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Ramona Sledge conveys some heartfelt remarks at the conclusion of the two-day Summit on Black Male Youth at UWM March 21. Sledge, multicultural student success coordinator at UWM’s Black Student Cultural Center, coordinated the summit, which annually brings hundreds of middle and high school students to UWM to learn about how to succeed in school and in life. (UWM Photo/Troye Fox)
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)
Anat Baron gives the keynote presentation at the 2024 Women Leaders Conference, organized by the UWM School of Continuing Education, at the Pfister Hotel. In her interactive presentation, futurist and consumer expert Baron focused on the intersection of technology, the empowered consumer, the multigenerational workforce and the constant disruption around us. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
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)
Pavonis Giron uses a hammer to shape what was once a flat copper sheet for their work in a jewelry and metalsmithing studio in Kenilworth Square East. Giron’s artwork is currently on display at the Museum of Wisconsin Art as part of the Wisconsin Artists Biennial. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Every day, photographers at UWM capture the images that help tell the story of the university – its people and its programs, but also its impact.
This photo of the week gallery will capture some of our photographers’ creativity and imagination. Each week, we’ll pick one photo that is especially interesting and arresting, and we’ll feature it here.
Enjoy.