Higher Education Regional Alliance launches with goals to reduce talent gaps, fill jobs
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Milwaukee Urban League honors M-Cubed for educational leadership
The Milwaukee Urban League has recognized an initiative involving UWM for its work to boost student achievement and close equity gaps in Milwaukee.
Papatla named university co-director of Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute
Purush Papatla, a marketing professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, has been named as one of two university directors in the Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute, a collaborative educational and research initiative among Northwestern Mutual and its foundation, UWM and Marquette University.
South Carolina delegation visits UWM to learn about M-cubed
A delegation from Aiken County, South Carolina, public schools visited UWM to learn about M3 , the multifaceted collaboration among UWM, Milwaukee Area Technical College and Milwaukee Public Schools focused on improving educational attainment.
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.
MPS job fair attracts more than 1,000 students to UWM
More than 1,000 MPS high school students converged on UWM on Wednesday for the 2019 MPS Student Job Fair in the Wisconsin Room of the Student Union.
Effort to boost student success in Milwaukee showing positive results
M³, an educational collaboration of UWM, Milwaukee Public Schools and Milwaukee Area Technical College, celebrated its second anniversary with an event highlighting the impact the initiative has had so far.
On the Table organizers hope to harness energy of the event
For the university’s second year as “super host” of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s “On the Table” communitywide conversation, no topic was off the table.
Milwaukee residents to vote early at Zelazo Center
City of Milwaukee residents in all wards will be able to vote early at UWM, starting Oct. 15.
UWM partnership helps MPS students grow a bright future
Learn-Earn-Grow MKE teaches MPS students how to farm, but its other lessons are just as valuable. The program, which also includes UWM and MATC, teaches about work and finances, college life and leadership, providing tools for the students’ success.
Foxconn Day at UWM draws hundreds of job-seekers
Some 350 people came to the UWM Student Union on Monday seeking information and interviews from Foxconn, the Taiwanese electronics manufacturer.