Students
Student Startup Challenge gets down to business
Dream City Music is one of many startup businesses founded by UWM students, so the five-month-old company is a natural fit for UWM’s 2016 Student Startup Challenge.
Students get an education while registering classmates to vote
UWM students are part of a campus-wide effort to help other students register to vote on or near campus. The goal is to prevent the long lines that occurred in past when students tried to register on election day.
TRIO & Pre-College programs boost students over obstacles
For more than five decades, UWM’s TRIO & Pre-College programs have been helping students clear obstacles in their paths to getting to college and succeeding there.
9 things to see and do for UWM Day at State Fair
UWM is turning 60 years old and kicking off the year-long celebration Sunday, Aug. 7, in the Central Park area at the Wisconsin State Fair.
Family ties, FAFSA help dad-daughter duo plan for UWM
Jon Wilson graduated from UWM just months before his daughter, Nia, enrolled. Here are their tips for successfully navigating the admissions and financial aid processes.
Student researcher explores effect of parents’ criticism
Parental criticism can lead to an overvalued sense of responsibility — a key feature of obsessive compulsive disorder — student researcher Haley Branback found.
How UWM students met the challenge of cheesemaking
Rebecca Yoshikane and Wyatt Tinder turned a Wisconsin tradition into a winning idea for the UWM Student Startup Challenge.
UWM military vet steers service ethic toward helping children
Nathan Derge went from being a Marine Corps corporal to a UWM student who volunteered to help Milwaukee Public Schools children.
UWM’s ROTC cadets get ‘leadership internship’
America’s future military leaders are honing their skills at UWM to serve and protect people both near and far.
Volunteering helped pave UWM student’s path to graduation
Britta Jerdee graduated from UWM in May, and she says volunteering made it not only a happier journey, but also one that featured better grades.