Student makers build modular cubes for new Lubar Entrepreneurship Center
You could call it furniture, but describing the modular cubes that UWM students are constructing in the campus maker space as “building blocks” is accurate too.
Alumni Association
UWM LGBT Resource Center chosen as PrideFest donation recipient
This year at PrideFest, every visitor will be asked if they would like to donate $1 (or more) to the UWM LGBTQ Resource Center in online sales and at the festival box office. It’s part of PrideFest’s Plus One program.
At 85, new graduate isn’t ready to stop learning
Eager to get that college degree he missed early in life, Ben Owen went back to school. He’s now graduating from UWM at Waukesha, and he’s not done learning yet.
Life Impact alum finds a career with the Milwaukee Brewers
Less than three years after graduating from UWM, Tyron Carrasquillo already has a dream job: working for the Milwaukee Brewers. But getting there wasn’t easy.
New Venture Business Plan Competition rewards student entrepreneurs
A total of $16,000 in prize money was awarded to four top teams of UWM students and alumni in the recent 2019 New Venture Business Plan Competition, hosted by the Lubar School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
UWM at Washington County grad rises high in world of ballooning
Debbra Spaeth, an alumna of UW-Milwaukee at Washington County and UWM, has traveled the world pursuing her hobby, hot-air ballooning. Her deep involvement led to her induction into the Ballooning Hall of Fame in 2018.
Musical careers started at Waukesha campus
Ellen and Larry McDonald created a foundation for their careers in music at what’s now UW-Milwaukee at Waukesha. Both are now professional musicians, teachers and business owners.
Cross, business leaders highlight need for new UWM Chemistry building
UW System President Ray Cross and business leaders toured the UWM Chemistry building Thursday to highlight the need to replace it and other aging academic buildings statewide.
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.
Two UWM bird researchers awarded top honor in their field
UWM faculty Linda Whittingham and Peter Dunn have been awarded the 2019 Elliott Coues Award from the American Ornithological Society.