UWM Japanese language professor uses translation course to teach valuable career skills
UWM Associate Professor Aragorn Quinn’s translation course builds language skills while teaching students real-world collaboration.
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UWM grad student inspires others through his unique experiences
Telemachos Agoudemos walked a long road to pursue higher education. Now the UWM grad student is drawing on his academic journey to guide his own students.
UWM alum’s donations continue a legacy of educational support
Randy Grippe is donating $525,000 to the UWM Foundation, and even more to other area educational institutions, in honor of his late wife, Jane Dolan, and the couple’s lifelong passion for education.
UWM improves in several U.S. News rankings
The university climbed in the overall rankings for the second year in a row, and several programs made strong showings in the annual report.
New microcredential prepares future social workers to help prevent suicide
Social work professors Lisa Berger and Colleen Galambos developed the microcredential Suicide Prevention Across the Lifespan to fill the gap in suicide prevention education for social workers.
UWM creates strategies for artificial intelligence in the classroom
New curriculum teaches students how to use AI as a tool while not succumbing to its shortfalls.
No matter the language, UWM education student helps her MPS students
Pauline Kanyiva Mwendwa is a teacher at Pulaski High School while also attending graduate school at UWM. Her knowledge of several languages helps her teach her students, many of whom are immigrants.
Recent UWM alum wins state Outstanding Student Teacher Award
Jenny Rudd, who graduated in May, is the latest in a string of UWM students who have won the state award.
Teachers and principals work together to spur mathematics success
A partnership between UWM and MPS is improving math teaching, learning and leadership in a dozen schools.
How UWM prepares future educators to teach reading
A top priority of the School of Education is making sure that the teachers of tomorrow can teach reading and writing to students of all backgrounds and abilities.