Student Affairs Events and Activities
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Bound Less features UWM alumna Ellee Spalding. Ellee’s abstract paintings and ceramic works investigate the balance between structure and randomness, drawing attention to the overwhelming number of parallels between their interplay and the rhythms of life. Ellee spends much of …
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Learn about safer sex practices, consent, and sexual wellness in this interactive program. Test your knowledge with trivia and interactive games! This event is open to residents and their guests. |
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Stop into the Centers for Advocacy and Student Engagement (CASE) for crafts, snacks, and meet Ezmae, UWMPD's Therapy Dog! All are welcome!
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Free for everyone!! Harmonize with us at the Union Cinema on Thursday September 4th at 6pm! We have a surprise a cappella group performance before the film screening that starts at 6pm. This film follows a feisty college student gives her … |
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Misericordia will be playing at the Union Cinema on Friday September 5th at 6pm and Saturday September 6th at 8pm. Written and directed by Alain Guiraudie, Misericordia presents a macabre style comedy following Jérémie, an out-of-work baker who has drifted … 
Join us at the Union Cinema for a special newly restored screening of Henri-Georges Clouzot’s ‘The Wages of Fear’. Clouzot was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer who is well known for his mastery of suspense and thrillers. You …
Join us at the Union Cinema for a special newly restored screening of Henri-Georges Clouzot’s ‘The Wages of Fear’. |
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Come cheer on your Women's Club Soccer Team! Interested in joining this or other UREC Sport Clubs? Visit our website to learn more.
Come cheer on your Women's Club Soccer Team! Interested in joining this or other UREC Sport Clubs? Visit our website to learn more.
Join us at the Union Cinema for a special newly restored screening of Henri-Georges Clouzot’s ‘The Wages of Fear’. |
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Come out and cheer on your Men's Club Soccer Team! Interested in joining this or another UREC sport club? Visit our website to learn more. |
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Craig Baldwin’s “pseudo-pseudo-documentary” presents a factual chronicle of US intervention in Latin America in the form of the ultimate far-right conspiracy theory, combining covert action, environmental catastrophe, space aliens, cattle mutilations, killer bees, religious prophecy, doomsday diatribes, and just about every other crackpot theory broadcast through the dentures of the modern paranoiac. |
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Spectres of the Spectrum is a feature-length 16mm film utilizing old 'kinescopes' (filmed records of early TV broadcasts before the advent of videotape, mostly from the late Fifties' educational show called 'Science in Action') to create an eerie, haunted "media-archaeology" zone for a sci-fi time-travel tale, wherein live-action actors search for a hidden electromagnetic secret to save the planet from a futuristic war-machine, inspired by HAARP the High-Frequency Active Auroral Research Program. |
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From director Jessica Sarah Rinland, Collective Monologue follows a community of zoos and animal rescue centers across Argentina. Beyond its fascinating portrayal of interspecies care, this film features remarkable 16mm footage that examines social and historical issues like labor, gender, and colonial conquest over the natural world. Be sure to pick up a Union Cinema calendar to see what films we’re showing this month! |
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If you find yourself heart-struck, keep looking up. It’s no secret that life can be overwhelming at times. If you’re feeling the pressure of everyday life, it just might be beneficial to look up at the night sky. In Jem Cohens new film, Little, Big, and Far, an Austrian astronomer is at a crossroads in his life and work. Filmmaker Madeleine Hunt Ehrlich explores the forgotten history of Suzanne Cézaìre, who was incredibly notable for her forward-thinking and allegiance to Surrealism. |
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Filmmaker Madeleine Hunt Ehrlich explores the forgotten history of Suzanne Cézaìre, who was incredibly notable for her forward-thinking and allegiance to Surrealism.
If you find yourself heart-struck, keep looking up. It’s no secret that life can be overwhelming at times. If you’re feeling the pressure of everyday life, it just might be beneficial to look up at the night sky. In Jem Cohens new film, Little, Big, and Far, an Austrian astronomer is at a crossroads in his life and work. |
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Join the Peer Health Educators for a relaxing walk and mindfulness activities! We will meet at 12:50 pm at the circular drive of the Student Union (ground floor, near the entrance on Kenwood Boulevard). We will then walk to Lake …
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This promotional initiation video lures inductees with promises of decolonization and settler remediation. Imagery of settler-led planetary destruction is juxtaposed with sequences of underground group therapy sessions where settlers can lose, forget, and explore their identities in order to indigenize. |
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Join us to personally customize a free journal for your fall semester. Relax, enjoy some snacks and express your creative side. Participants will receive a FREE JOURNAL and materials to decorate it like washi tape, stickers, markers and glitter glue. …
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Join the Peer Health Educators for a discussion on the different types of relationships portrayed in entertainment. We’ll watch clips from popular shows and movies and explore what makes a relationship healthy. 
Come join a SHAW clinical case manager to ask questions about mental health treatment, explore resources, and have a cookie. This is a low stakes way to try out case management and explore on and off campus mental health resources. … |
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On 16mm!!! Join us at the Union Cinema Thursday, September 18th at 7pm for a 16mm screening of God’s Country! The Films director, Louis Malle, traveled into the heart of Minnesota in 1979 to capture the everyday lives of the … |
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The Union Cinema will be featuring two films by Giorgi Mrevlishvili, who holds an MFA in Film from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee! We hope to see you Friday, September 19th at 6pm and Saturday September 20th at 7pm to see … 
This upcoming weekend, the Union Cinema will be featuring two films by Giorgi Mrevlishvili, who holds an MFA in Film from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee! Join us Friday, September 19th at 8pm, and Saturday, September 20th at 5pm for a … |
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Come out and cheer on your Men’s Club Rugby Team! Interested in joining this or another UREC sport club? Visit our website to learn more. This event takes place at the Panther Rugby Pitch on the Lakefront. 
Come cheer on your Men's Club Hockey Team! Interested in joining this or other UREC Sport Clubs? Visit our website to learn more. This event will take place at The Ponds of Brookfield Ice Arena.
This upcoming weekend, the Union Cinema will be featuring two films by Giorgi Mrevlishvili, who holds an MFA in Film from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee! Join us Friday, September 19th at 8pm, and Saturday, September 20th at 5pm for a … |
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Stop by the new Ask a Nurse table to speak with a nurse from the Student Health and Wellness Center. Ask a medical question, learn about SHAW services, sign up for the Patient Portal, and so much more.
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Please join us for a screening to honor the late Tomonari Nishikawa’s work—a celebration of his singular vision and lasting influence. His films, often shot on 8mm and 16mm, explore the act of observation through material processes and formal experimentation. |
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National Hazing Prevention Week is September 22-26. Join us for an ethical leadership workshop, to equip leaders with the tools to be great leaders!
Come join a SHAW clinical case manager to ask questions about mental health treatment, explore resources, and have a cookie. This is a low stakes way to try out case management and explore on and off campus mental health resources. …
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For 11-year-old Vrej, life in his homeland, Artsakh, is like a paradise--that is until his life takes a sudden turn when war erupts, and he is forced to flee with his family. Upon returning to his surviving village, he confronts the devastation, new power dynamics, and education that prepares children for near-future battles. Vrej must learn the rules of war... but can he carry a nation's hopes on his young shoulders? |
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Got financial aid questions? Drop into the FG+RC to meet with a financial aid expert. No appointment needed.
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The Department of Film, Video, Animation and New Genres at UWM is home to a celebrated group of faculty and staff whose creative work spans disciplines, genres, and modes of production. They are not only exceptional educators but also accomplished artists whose films have screened at festivals, museums, and galleries around the world. This special program is a chance to experience the breadth and vitality of their work. Expect drama, documentary, comedy, experimental film, animation, appropriation, and, of course, the unexpected. Many of the artists (your teachers!) will be in attendance. |
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Come out and cheer on your Men's Club Soccer Team! Interested in joining this or another UREC sport club? Visit our website to learn more. |
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Join us at the Union Cinema for a special program of Stan Brakhage films selected in response to featured artist Ellee Spalding's exhibition in the Union Art Gallery.
Come cheer on your Men's Club Hockey Team! Interested in joining this or other UREC Sport Clubs? Visit our website to learn more. This event will take place at The Ponds of Brookfield Ice Arena. |
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Come out and cheer on your Men's Club Soccer Team! Interested in joining this or another UREC sport club? Visit our website to learn more. |
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Stop by the new Ask a Nurse table to speak with a nurse from the Student Health and Wellness Center. Ask a medical question, learn about SHAW services, sign up for the Patient Portal, and so much more.
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Curated by the Department of Film, Video, Animation and New Genres, these programs feature a unique opportunity to see some of the incredible 16mm prints from the UWM Cinema Arts Archive. |
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Come join a SHAW clinical case manager to ask questions about mental health treatment, explore resources, and have a cookie. This is a low stakes way to try out case management and explore on and off campus mental health resources. … 
Take a break for 30 minutes of guided mindfulness and stargazing activities!
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You Can Help! Prevent Suicide is a bystander intervention program that enables students to help fellow students experiencing emotional distress and/or thoughts of suicide. Please visit Suicide Prevention Training – Student Health and Wellness Center to register for a session! |
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You Can Help! Prevent Suicide is a bystander intervention program that enables students to help fellow students experiencing emotional distress and/or thoughts of suicide. Please visit Suicide Prevention Training – Student Health and Wellness Center to register for a session!
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Let's be honest, budgeting isn't exactly anyone's idea of fun. But setting yourself and your family up for financial success? That's priceless. The Student Parent Success Program is excited to partner with UW Credit Union to bring you a special workshop …
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Join us at the Union Cinema on Thursday, October 2nd at 7pm. This film is the earliest complete surviving feature film directed by an Iranian woman, Marva Nabili. The Sealed Soil chronicles a young woman’s resistance to her forced marriage, … |
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Come out and cheer on your Men's Club Soccer Team! Interested in joining this or another UREC sport club? Visit our website to learn more. 
On 35mm!! Join us at the Union Cinema on Friday, October 3rd at 8:30pm and Saturday, October 4th at 5pm to see a screening of The Hidden! This film follows an L.A. cop who teams up with an FBI agent. … |
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Come out and cheer on your Women’s Club Rugby Team! Interested in joining this or another UREC sport club? Visit our website to learn more. This event is located at the Panther Rugby Pitch on the Lakefront.
Come cheer on your Men's Club Hockey Team! Interested in joining this or other UREC Sport Clubs? Visit our website to learn more. This event will take place at The Ponds of Brookfield Ice Arena.
On 35mm!! Join us at the Union Cinema on Friday, October 3rd at 8:30pm and Saturday, October 4th at 5pm to see a screening of The Hidden! This film follows an L.A. cop who teams up with an FBI agent. … |
