Campus & Community
Food with healthy attitude
Organic, natural and locally sourced foods are taking over the dining choices in the university’s Northwest Quadrant.
He’s Our Idol
In 2011, Scott Dangerfield turned down American Idol’s “golden ticket” to Hollywood to finish his student teaching. But it’s 2012, and he’s back.
Preparing teachers for revolutionary math standards
How many ¾-cup servings of popcorn can you get out of 5 cups of popcorn, and what’s going to be left over for midnight snacking?
A CARE-ing collaboration for Westlawn
Paulette Bangura’s interest in improving the environment in her neighborhood is very personal. Five years ago she had a double lung transplant after life-threatening complications from sarcoidosis, an immune disease that may be triggered by environmental factors. Today she’s active in a pioneering environmental collaboration in Westlawn neighborhood started by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s College […]
Success is the only option
Darrell Finch is leading an education program that’s achieved a nearly 100 percent high-school graduation rate among young people living in Milwaukee’s Highland Homes public housing.
Pre-college opens a world of opportunity
Opportunity is the driving force that powers UWM’s pre-college programs and brings thousands of young people to campus.
His network isn’t social, it’s professional
Robb Krasnow can network: Computers, mostly, like the 5,000 PCs and 100 network switches he supports as a technology intern at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW). Employed through Tushaus Computer Services, Krasnow has balanced a part-time IT career with his School of Information Studies (SOIS) coursework for the last 18 months. Even as he […]
California dreaming shapes career path for biz/PR grad
Colleen Hickman needed creativity. So, she applied for an internship at one of the world’s top 10 advertising agencies in Los Angeles, where her colleagues rode around on scooters – indoors
Arts grad performs with passion, reticence
Kent Watson knows things are going to be different. His four years of work in the Peck School of the Arts haven’t simply led to graduation day. The compositions and installations he’s assembled are inspired by big events or moments, he says, “when everything changes.” Growing up in an eclectic and artistic family, one of […]
Educational journeys started later in life
Clarence Garrett, 87, who is African American, graduated in December with a general degree in Letters and Science, completing an educational journey he started more than 50 years ago.