Campus & Community
Bigger, better veterans resource center opens at UWM
A renovated and expanded student-veteran resource center enables UWM to take another step in serving this important segment of the campus community.
Lessons from a National Humanities Medal winner
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham is a National Humanities Medal winner and renowned historian who teaches at Harvard. An early academic experience at UWM helped begin her life’s work.
Campus Safety Week focus “Be Alert, Be Aware, Be Responsible”
UWM’s annual Campus Safety Week will give the university community the opportunity to learn more about how to stay safe on and off campus. Key events are set for Monday, Sept. 21 on Spaights Plaza and in the Union.
Brewers surprise UWM students with ‘pop-up’ tailgate
The Milwaukee Brewers surprised UWM students Wednesday with an impromptu tailgate party in Spaights Plaza. “We were just chilling in the Union and we saw all this commotion,” said junior Samantha Ostrowski, who was joined by her sister Nicole Ostrowski, a sophomore, in the crowd of students gathered in the plaza. “There’s a lot of people, and I got a free bobble head.”
A dozen fun discoveries on the UWM campus
From a walk in the woods to the frenetic activity at the Klotsche Center, there are a lot of fun things to do – and opportunities take advantage of – on campus. Let’s take a look.
Clinton gives young voters up-close look at presidential politics
Democrat Hillary Clinton is the latest presidential candidate to visit UWM, joining a list that includes Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush. Her appearance gave students about to vote in their first election an up-close look at presidential politics. “I’m pretty excited to take part in the democratic process,” freshman Neil McClaine said.
Chancellor Mone celebrates UWM successes, announces budget planning initiative
In his fall plenary address, UWM Chancellor Mark Mone acknowledged that budget cuts and threats to tenure and faculty governance challenge the university, but reminded the audience to remember “why UWM matters and why we are here.”
New classrooms, exciting ideas, better student outcomes
New active learning classrooms with an emphasis on technology are changing instruction at UWM and at universities around the United States.
UWM students help to make the beach accessible for all
Spurred by a desire to help her boyfriend, who uses a wheelchair, UWM student Caroline Roberts is helping to make Bradford Beach more accessible for those with disabilities.
Students distribute free backpacks and school supplies
Students from UWM’s Peck School of the Arts and the University of Wisconsin System’s Institute for Urban Education helped a local nonprofit organization provide backpacks and school supplies to low-income families.