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UREC Indoor Triathlon
Klotsche Center (KC) 3409 North Downer Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesUREC’s Indoor Triathlon returns for another year February 9 – 20! Students will track their progress throughout the two weeks working to complete a Sprint distance triathlon! An exclusive 2026 UREC Indoor Triathlon t-shirt and other rewards will be awarded based …
Intro to Ceramic Hand Building Techniques Session 1
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesIn this 6-week course, you’ll explore the essentials of three different hand-building techniques to create functional and decorative pieces: a textured coaster set, an imaginative trinket box, and a unique abstract flower vase. This course is perfect for all experience …
Our Story – Black Veterans Display
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesFebruary is Black History Month! A time to celebrate achievements, history, and rights movements, including within the U.S. military. Stop by the Our Stories display in the Student Union walkway East to view stories of our Black servicemembers and celebrate …
We Need Your Voice | At the MAVRC Design Input Session
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesYou may have seen the recent announcement regarding UWM’s future consolidated student center. On Wednesday, February 11th the Military and Veterans Resource Center (MAVRC) DESIGN INPUT SESSIONS will take place in the Student Union, room W191 from 9 to 11am. This session is …
VA Mobile Vet Center Spring 2026 Campus Visits
Architecture & Urban Planning (AUP) 2131 East Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesThe VA Mobile Vet Center visits UWM every month to offer FREE, confidential counseling services for Veterans, service members, and their families at no cost, in a non-medical setting. The van is parked on Maryland Ave., between Lapham Hall and …
Boundary Builders
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesCan we communicate boundaries? Yes, we can! Drop by stations to help build stronger skills for communicating boundaries and put them to the test in partnered games.
Angela Davis Reading Group
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesJoin us to read and discuss select Angela Davis texts to prepare for her visit to campus. Women’s and Gender Studies faculty will lead the discussion in the Women’s Resource Center. Texts will be provided, no need to read in advance.
Lyrical Sanctuary Featuring Derrick Harriell
Derrick Harriell is the Interim Director of the Black Student Cultural Center and Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His previous collections of poems include Stripper in Wonderland, Come Kingdom, Cotton, and Ropes, winner of the 2014 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Poetry Book Award. His short story, “There’s a Riot Goin’ On,” was the recipient of the Robert L. Fish Memorial Award. He holds an MFA from Chicago State University and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His forthcoming coauthored book with celebrated rapper 2 Chainz, The Voice in My Head is God, will be published in March 2026.
With Peter Bradley
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesDocumentary When filmmaker Alex Rappoport met then-79-year-old abstract artist Peter Bradley in early 2020, Bradley hadn't sold many paintings or had a major show in over four decades - yet he still painted every day in a shipping-container studio heated …
Our Story – Black Veterans Display
UWM Student Union (UN) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesFebruary is Black History Month! A time to celebrate achievements, history, and rights movements, including within the U.S. military. Stop by the Our Stories display in the Student Union walkway East to view stories of our Black servicemembers and celebrate …
VA Mobile Vet Center Spring 2026 Campus Visits
Architecture & Urban Planning (AUP) 2131 East Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesThe VA Mobile Vet Center visits UWM every month to offer FREE, confidential counseling services for Veterans, service members, and their families at no cost, in a non-medical setting. The van is parked on Maryland Ave., between Lapham Hall and …
Cooking Decorating Social
First-Generation+ Resource Center (EG39) 2200 East Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesLove is sweet! Join UWM's first-gen community to decorate cookies, watch rom-coms, and... find love? Participants will be provided with everything needed to make the cookie of their dreams (while the supply lasts!). Open to all. Xoxo For questions and …