News from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
The UWM African American Faculty and Staff Council is taking donations of school supplies through Sept. 21 for LaFollette School on N. 9th street. The MPS school is about two miles west of UWM.
The children built their own websites with the help of PantherHacks, a UWM student organization focused on innovation and the development of technical and professional skills.
When Dana Kaleta saw the devastation that Hurricane Maria wrought on Puerto Rico, she couldn’t stand by. So she began organizing relief trips, with two already done and a third planned for fall.
Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch will moderate a discussion among Wisconsin female leaders Aug. 14 at a women’s leadership conference at UWM. The conference, sponsored by the executive MBA program in the Lubar School of Business, will be from 7 to 10 a.m. in the Wisconsin Room at the UWM Student Union. The leaders panel will […]
UWM is helping preserve the artifacts and records of MacArthur “genius grant” winner Will Allen’s pioneering venture into urban farming.
The candidates in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate met for a debate Thursday, two weeks after a Democratic gubernatorial debate at UWM and just weeks before the primary.
Seeing a need in one of the world’s poorest countries, two UWM students have decided to do their part to help.
The UWM Mainstage Theatre will be the setting for the first broadcast debates in the races for Wisconsin governor and U.S. senator from Wisconsin. The debates will air live on WTMJ-TV and WUWM-FM.
UWM’s Military and Veterans Resource Center has been partnering with the Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center for six years on summits that provide info and help to veterans. This year’s summit is on June 23.
Michelle Watts comes from a military family and works at the VA, so she is attuned to some of the issues that may be keeping African-American veterans from seeking out services. She hopes to help break through some of those obstacles at the June 23 summit at UWM.
