Campus & Community
Pantherfest returns with a move to spring
When students return to UWM’s campus for in-person classes, Fall Welcome 2021 and Pantherfest will look different, while also celebrating the new academic year in style.
Grad student knocks down obstacles to succeed in business and school
Erica Herrera has persevered through problems that would sink many people, getting a degree from UWM and building a successful business. Now, she’s enrolled in the Executive MBA program and looking for more.
UWM alum named Wauwatosa police chief
James MacGillis, who earned his master’s degree in administrative leadership/adult education from UWM, was named police chief for the City of Wauwatosa on July 1.
Vice Chancellor Patricia Borger announces her retirement
Patricia Borger, who has served at UWM’s vice chancellor of development and alumni relations since 2008, has announced her retirement. Borger will stay on until January of 2022 to give the university time to hire her successor, who will lead its next fundraising campaign.
Arnold named director of the Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery at UWM
The institute was established in 2011 to promote basic research related to new and improved drugs and advance promising drug candidates to later stages of development.
UWM expands help for new students transitioning from virtual high school
Because many graduating high school students attended their senior year in a virtual learning environment, they may need additional help transitioning to college. To help, UWM is expanding its bridge program and adding a summer option.
UWM alum’s organization wins award
Jacarrie Kicks for Kids, an organization founded by UWM School of Education alum Jacarrie Carr, was the winner of the Morning Blend Gives Back with Bank Five Nine award this month.
Strategic partnerships are helping UWM prepare for the future
UWM is building future-focused strategic partnerships with both local and international companies and engaging with them in new ways, Chancellor Mark Mone told a committee of the UW System Board of Regents meeting at UWM on June 3.
UWM creates big impact with unique mission, Mone tells regents
UWM is unique among UW System institutions as a top-tier research university with an access mission. That was the focus of UWM Chancellor Mark Mone’s presentation to the Board of Regents Thursday, June 3, at the group’s meeting in Milwaukee.
$5.75 million scholarship fund to benefit UWM students
Froedtert Hospital has announced an agreement to establish an $11.5 million Froedtert Hospital Scholarship Program that will benefit the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Milwaukee Area Technical College.