Alcohol Beverages, Guidelines for Service

It is the policy of the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee to ensure adequate controls over the use of alcoholic beverages on all UWM premises, which includes buildings and lands owned or controlled by UWM. The university will not tolerate the illegal use of alcoholic beverages on such premises. The purpose of the policy is to discourage the abuse of alcohol and to promote responsible behavior within the campus community. 

1. The use or possession of alcoholic beverages is prohibited on all university premises, except in areas specifically designated by the chancellor. Within areas so designated, the consumption of alcohol may occur at suitable times and under decorous conditions in conferences, meetings, events or dining facilities subject to the restrictions below. 
2. Age eligibility checking is required whenever alcoholic beverages are served on campus. Normally, alcoholic beverages should be served from a location that is separated from those areas that are accessible to underage persons. 
3. Providers must deny service to those individuals who appear to be drinking in excess. 
4. Non-alcoholic beverages, food, and/or snacks must be available at all events and in  Dining & Retail Services locations when alcohol is served. 
5. Alcoholic beverages, or certificates for the same, may not be provided as awards, prizes or promotions. 
6. UWM Dining & Retail Services is responsible for all service of alcoholic beverages at UWM except at the Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts, the Arts Center, or Kenilworth Square East, which may be handled by the Peck School of the Arts food and beverage contractors; or at Waukesha and Washington County, which may be handled by food and beverage contractors. Alcohol may not be brought to campus to be served at any UWM event, whether formal or informal, by any individual, department, or organization other than the entities listed in this paragraph. 
7. Alcoholic beverages may be served in designated Dining & Retail Services locations and in certain campus areas that have been approved in advance. Those campus areas are specified in Appendix A. These locations are subject to yearly review by the secretary of the university, the vice chancellor for student affairs, provost, vice chancellor for development, and vice chancellor for finance and administrative affairs. 
   
   Student residents who are of legal drinking age may only possess or consume alcoholic beverages in student rooms in the residence halls as permitted by the applicable residence halls contract/handbook. 
8. Other campus areas not specifically identified in Appendix A may be designated on a per-event basis provided the appropriate deans or division heads, for space allotted to their units, have approved them. The approving authority will assume direct responsibility for the event and for ensuring that it is held under decorous conditions and that the staff who are involved are aware of and are following the above guidelines. The chancellor’s office shall be notified at least a week prior to the event that such authorization has been given. 
9. Only the chancellor or their designee may grant exceptions to this policy. 

• Appendix A: Campus Areas Approved for the Service of Alcoholic Beverages Subject to the Terms of SAAP 03-01

April 1, 1980

Original

September 1, 1992

Revised

September 1, 1997

Revised

September 1, 2014

Revised

October 25, 2018

Revised

December 20, 2018

Editorially revised

June 4, 2019

Revised

March 3, 2023

Editorially revised

June 3, 2024

Revised