Education leaders honor Reuben and Mildred Harpole
Area deans of education honored Milwaukee’s Reuben and Mildred Harpole in October.
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Deaf Awareness Week: celebrating a way of life, and inviting others to listen
Strong American Sign Language and Interpreter Training Programs have made UWM a center for the deaf and hard of hearing. Deaf Awareness Week, Sept. 21-26, lets both the deaf and hearing explore the language, myths and realities of deaf life and the unique culture.
Lessons from a National Humanities Medal winner
Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham is a National Humanities Medal winner and renowned historian who teaches at Harvard. An early academic experience at UWM helped begin her life’s work.
Students distribute free backpacks and school supplies
Students from UWM’s Peck School of the Arts and the University of Wisconsin System’s Institute for Urban Education helped a local nonprofit organization provide backpacks and school supplies to low-income families.
From dance to cycling, these UWM alums keep Milwaukee moving
Milwaukee is a city in motion. From physical therapists to gym teachers, bicycle manufacturers to dance instructors, meet seven UWM alumni who work hard to keep Milwaukee moving.
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.
6 ways UWM improves young students’ reading and literacy
Here are ways the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s school of education works with teachers to help young students read well.
From Microsoft to MADtv, here are 11 UWM alums whose work you know
UWM alumni include many business executives and high-ranking public officials, such as the U.S. ambassador to Iceland, Luis Arreaga.
Passion project: UWM grad finds her sweet spot with Indulgence Chocolatiers
Julie Waterman was a senior at UWM when she turned a passion for quality chocolate into a business.
Professor documents lives of the undocumented
Undocumented college students who have achieved legal status in the U.S. because of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival are living their lives two years at a time.