{"id":161131,"date":"2026-10-19T14:44:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T19:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=161131"},"modified":"2026-10-20T11:18:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T16:18:50","slug":"women-leaders-conference-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/women-leaders-conference-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Applications open for Women Leaders Conference scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UWM Women\u2019s Network (formerly WWHEL), with support from the Office of Community Empowerment and Institutional Inclusivity, will sponsor attendance for six UWM staff members at the <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/sce\/women-leaders-conference\/\">2027 Women Leaders Conference<\/a> on March 19 at the Baird Center.<\/p>\n<p>The 2027 conference, \u201cA Bold New Chapter: Human First, Future Ready,\u201d will feature Academy Award-winning actress and director Helen Hunt as the keynote speaker, along with dynamic breakout sessions and interactive workshops. The full conference schedule, including breakout speakers and topics, will be posted in late October.<\/p>\n<p>All employment categories are eligible for scholarships. All UWM employees are eligible for this scholarship regardless of sex or gender identity; however, previous scholarship recipients are not eligible.<\/p>\n<p>To apply, <a href=\"https:\/\/milwaukee.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_cCLmT4NI9rl1CES\">visit this webpage<\/a> and submit by Nov. 6. We will notify awardees in early December. If you have any questions, please contact Kathy Litzau at <a href=\"mailto:kclitzau@uwm.edu\">kclitzau@uwm.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UWM Women\u2019s Network will sponsor six UWM staff members to attend the 2027 Women Leaders Conference in March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40008,"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-161131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-staff-announcements"],"uwm_unpublish_requested":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.6 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Applications open for Women Leaders Conference scholarships<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UWM Women\u2019s Network will sponsor six UWM staff members to attend the 2027 Women Leaders Conference in March.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/women-leaders-conference-scholarships\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Applications open for Women Leaders Conference scholarships\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UWM Women\u2019s Network will sponsor six UWM staff members to attend the 2027 Women Leaders Conference in March.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/women-leaders-conference-scholarships\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UWM REPORT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-10-19T19:44:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-20T16:18:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"UWM News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UWMNews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UWMNews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"UWM News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/women-leaders-conference-scholarships\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/women-leaders-conference-scholarships\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"UWM News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d72440401ec36965989bb00390105686\"},\"headline\":\"Applications open for Women Leaders Conference scholarships\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-19T19:44:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-20T16:18:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/women-leaders-conference-scholarships\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":147,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Faculty\\\/Staff Announcements\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/women-leaders-conference-scholarships\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/women-leaders-conference-scholarships\\\/\",\"name\":\"Applications open for Women Leaders Conference scholarships\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-19T19:44:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-20T16:18:50+00:00\",\"description\":\"UWM Women\u2019s Network will sponsor six UWM staff members to attend the 2027 Women Leaders Conference in March.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/women-leaders-conference-scholarships\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/women-leaders-conference-scholarships\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/women-leaders-conference-scholarships\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Applications open for Women Leaders Conference scholarships\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"UWM REPORT\",\"description\":\"News from the University of Wisconsin - 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