Campus & Community
First class of M-cubed Early College students graduates
Thirty-two MPS students completed the pilot program, which debuted in the spring 2019 semester. Students get a taste of college while earning college credits.
Alum helps create the mascots that entertain fans everywhere
Brittany Jacob, a graduate of UWM’s Washington County campus, leads the team at Olympus Group that builds hundreds of mascots for teams and companies across the country.
Panthers celebrate graduation day, 3,600 strong
More than 3,600 UWM students celebrated as they received their hard-earned diplomas Sunday and looked forward to a bright future.
UWM pre-dental student seizes education to forge a better life
Just a couple years ago, Josephine Hayes-Birchler was homeless and looking to rebuild her shattered life. Now, she’s graduating from UWM and heading to dental school.
UWM senior lecturer wins Frost Farm Poetry Prize
UWM senior lecturer David Southward has been awarded the 2019 Frost Farm Prize for Metrical Poetry from the Hyla Brook poets and the trustees of the Robert Frost Farm in Derry, N.H.
Student makers build modular cubes for new Lubar Entrepreneurship Center
You could call it furniture, but describing the modular cubes that UWM students are constructing in the campus maker space as “building blocks” is accurate too.
UWM LGBT Resource Center chosen as PrideFest donation recipient
This year at PrideFest, every visitor will be asked if they would like to donate $1 (or more) to the UWM LGBTQ Resource Center in online sales and at the festival box office. It’s part of PrideFest’s Plus One program.
Atmospheric science students launch weather balloon
Weather balloons are a critical part of meteorologists’ toolbox. Students in UWM’s atmospheric science program gathered recently to watch one such balloon make its trip into the atmosphere.
At 85, new graduate isn’t ready to stop learning
Eager to get that college degree he missed early in life, Ben Owen went back to school. He’s now graduating from UWM at Waukesha, and he’s not done learning yet.
Dessert competition unites UWM community with sugar and spice
Anita Alkhas swears that the students who enter the UWM International Dessert Competition organized by the language programs become more creative every year.