Students
She found the creative side of math
She moved from Mexico to Milwaukee, graduating from Riverside University High School. She enrolled at MATC with an interest in Mesoamerican sculpture. Now she’s taking her husband, daughter and a PhD in mathematics to West Point for a post-doc teaching fellowship.
Award-winning journalist graduates, gets job
Michael Meidenbauer won college journalism awards for his coverage of collective-bargaining changes and their impact on the School District of Shorewood. He loves community journalism, and will be working for MyCommunityNow.
Vientiane to UWM, she’s making history
Buasawan Simmala may be the first Laotian woman to earn a degree in the U.S. since Laos came under Communist rule 37 years ago. She learned English and came to the U.S. as an adult. Her daughter graduates with her on May 20. Her son already holds a UWM degree and is now in graduate school at the university.
His network isn’t social, it’s professional
Robb Krasnow can network: Computers, mostly, like the 5,000 PCs and 100 network switches he supports as a technology intern at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW). Employed through Tushaus Computer Services, Krasnow has balanced a part-time IT career with his School of Information Studies (SOIS) coursework for the last 18 months. Even as he […]
California dreaming shapes career path for biz/PR grad
Colleen Hickman needed creativity. So, she applied for an internship at one of the world’s top 10 advertising agencies in Los Angeles, where her colleagues rode around on scooters – indoors
Arts grad performs with passion, reticence
Kent Watson knows things are going to be different. His four years of work in the Peck School of the Arts haven’t simply led to graduation day. The compositions and installations he’s assembled are inspired by big events or moments, he says, “when everything changes.” Growing up in an eclectic and artistic family, one of […]