Campus & Community
UWM students get free, one-year passes to bike-sharing network
Bublr Bikes stations are coming to six UWM locations in early October – and students receive free passes for the first year. Bublr Bikes allows riders to pick up bikes at one station and drop them off at another, providing an inexpensive, convenient way for students, staff and others to travel in Milwaukee.
Student to UWM mentor: ‘Thank you for being a role model’
Robert Smith, UWM’s associate vice chancellor for Global Inclusion & Engagement, helped write the Milwaukee Public Schools new “Black Lives Matter” resolution. Smith also mentors young black men at Wauwatosa West High School through a voluntary program that offers a safe, confidential place to talk about everything from becoming a man to sexuality to integration to academics.
Retirement home residents help teach new UWM class on aging
Students in a new class about aging will bypass the classroom and instead meet at a local retirement community, where residents will help teach. Sharing first-hand stories about aging-related issues may help residents and students alike.
Online bookseller could save students up to 60 percent
A new partnership between the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and eCampus.com could save students up to 60 percent on their textbooks, helping to keep higher education affordable.
10 things to eat, win and do at UWM Day at the Wisconsin State Fair
Ready to roar? UWM Day at the Wisconsin State Fair is Sunday, Aug. 9. Panthers, prospective Panthers and their families and friends are invited to join us for live music, cooking and robotics demonstrations and our trademark Roar Like a Panther contest.
UWM educational anthropologist helps bring Mexican consulate to Milwaukee
Javier Tapia has been working with the United States and Mexican governments, as well as local nonprofit organizations, to bring a Mexican consulate to Milwaukee. The consulate will provide services to the growing Hispanic community in Wisconsin.
Sustainability at UWM saves money, nurtures environment, grows careers
At UW-Milwaukee, a host of sustainability programs and courses are reducing UWM’s environmental impact, using state resources efficiently and preparing students for careers in the sustainability professions. The university’s efforts are getting national attention. The Princeton Review has featured UWM in its annual guide to green colleges for seven consecutive years. Next up for UWM: Bublr Bikes this fall.
Chancellor Mark Mone tells regents why UWM is vital to Wisconsin
UWM Chancellor Mark Mone asked members of the UW System Board of Regents on Thursday to work with chancellors and the Legislature to “help preserve the value of our degrees.” Mone’s speech was in response to lawmakers’ proposals to cut state funding for public universities and change tenure and shared governance.
Baseball’s Sam Koenig Named Academic All-America of the Year
Koenig becomes the first student-athlete in the 25-year history of NCAA Division I athletics at Milwaukee to earn the top award.
UWM journalism students find missing photos for Vietnam Veterans Memorial
The Faces Never Forgotten program is part of a national effort to find approximately 18,000 missing photos for a digital Wall of Faces planned for the new Vietnam veterans Education Center at The Wall in Washington, D.C.