News from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Nine recent graduates of Milwaukee high school are the first to be awarded full-ride Nadella scholarships, which are intended to attract more students from marginalized communities into tech fields.
MobiliSE, a regional transportation group, won a $4.2 million Workforce Innovation Grant from the state to expand FlexRide Milwaukee, which connects workers in Milwaukee to jobs in Menomonee Falls and Butler that are beyond the reach of bus lines.
UWM has forged partnerships with academic and industry partners aimed at increasing diversity in the workforce and driving economic prosperity in southeastern Wisconsin.
UW-Milwaukee and Marquette University have announced a partnership that will focus on poverty, its root causes and its subsequent effects on members of Milwaukee’s various communities.
More than 300 Carmen graduating seniors celebrated the schools’ first-ever Senior Signing Day, with drum rolls, high energy cheering, music, dancing and scholarship and honors announcements.
Alannah Ray, UWM external relations graduate intern, is being recognized on the 2022 ALL IN Student Voting Honor Roll.
The gift will establish the We Energies Scholarship Fund and the We Energies Student Success Fund, meant to improve opportunities for equal access to higher education and enhanced quality of life for the people of Milwaukee.
Growing what’s known in education circles as “dual enrollment programs” was one of the ideas presented by attendees at the discussion led by UW System Interim President Michael Falbo and UWM Chancellor Mark Mone.
A group of young women who escaped the Taliban last year have made their way to Milwaukee, where they are taking English classes and hoping to resume their education in the fall.
A new service led by UWM researchers that connects workers with jobs is very much needed, local leaders said Wednesday.
