Safety week spotlights UWM resources
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Police Department and partners will be sharing ways to stay safe and healthy on and off campus during the university’s annual Campus Safety Week Sept. 24-27.
Community Engagement
School supply donations accepted through Sept. 21 for LaFollette School
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.
Student group helps children with autism disorders learn how to build websites
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.
UWM staffer helps bring clean water to Puerto Rico on humanitarian trips
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.
UWM to host women’s leadership conference
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 Libraries to provide new home for legacy of Milwaukee’s Growing Power
UWM is helping preserve the artifacts and records of MacArthur “genius grant” winner Will Allen’s pioneering venture into urban farming.
U.S. Senate candidates square off at UWM Mainstage Theatre
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.
Students plan service trip to help supply shoes and clean water to Haiti
Seeing a need in one of the world’s poorest countries, two UWM students have decided to do their part to help.
UWM to host debates in race for governor, US Senate
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.
Mental health summit reaches out to African-American veterans
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.