{"id":155612,"date":"2026-04-22T10:53:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=155612"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:53:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:53:56","slug":"learn-more-about-uwms-new-official-functions-guidance-in-online-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/learn-more-about-uwms-new-official-functions-guidance-in-online-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn more about UWM\u2019s new official functions guidance in online session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">UWM\u00a0has\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/official-functions\/uw-milwaukee-official-functions-policy-implementation\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">new guidance\u00a0on\u00a0official\u00a0functions<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, covering the process of official campus events, funding, what\u2019s needed and more<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">. If you are a\u00a0campus\u202fevent planner\u00a0or\u00a0divisional finance officer,\u00a0you\u2019re\u00a0encouraged to\u00a0join\u00a0a virtual training session on Thursday, April 30,\u00a0from\u00a010-10:45\u00a0a.m. with\u00a0Carolina Svendsen,\u00a0project manager for official functions.\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Learn\u00a0more about the submission and review\u202fprocess\u00a0and\u00a0ask\u202fquestions about your events. Policy experts will be on hand to discuss what makes an event an official function\u00a0and\u00a0how to fill out needed forms.\u00a0All interested faculty and staff\u00a0are\u00a0welcome\u00a0to attend.\u00a0To join the session,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/meet\/28090848016880?p=qCBRfunyuNBL4jRSqG\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">use this Teams link<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.\u00a0For any questions, email Carolina Svendsen at\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"mailto:carolina@uwm.edu\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">carolina@uwm.edu<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find out more about UWM&#8217;s new guidelines on official functions during a virtual training session on April 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27282,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[187],"tags":[],"section":[],"display_categories":[],"related-coverage":[],"uwmnews-feed":[],"class_list":["post-155612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-staff-announcements"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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