Student Affairs Events and Activities
Fall Semester
Events
Calendar of Events
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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 … |
2 events,Connect with fellow student parents and discover campus resources designed to support those with caregiving responsibilities. Enjoy coffee, tea, and a breakfast treat while building community and finding support. |
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Join the Women's Resource Center, First Generation+ Resource Center, LGBTQ+ Resource Center, and the Military and Veterans Resource Center for snacks and crafts. Stop in each space for a new craft and snack, meet the professional staff here to help you, and relax with new friends.
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Join the Women’s Resource Center, Student Health and Wellness, and UWM Police for Awareness, Knowledge, Action, an empowering and anti-victim blaming self-defense training by Officer Parsons from the UWM Police. Join us after the workshop for pizza and a discussion … |
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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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Outdoor Pursuits has joined forces with UWM's Graduate School to offer a bike ride exclusively for graduate students.
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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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Join the Union Art Gallery for Bound Less, an exhibition showcasing UWM's own 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 …
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Adventure Rock and UWM’s Outdoor Pursuits invite you to a FREE night of indoor rock climbing (bouldering and top roping)! Whether it’s your 1st time rock climbing or your 10th time, UREC Climb Night is the perfect way to learn more about rock climbing, have fun, and meet other UWM students, faculty, and staff!
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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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Have you wanted to try stand-up paddleboarding or kayaking? Join our free paddle party at Atwater Park (4000 N Lake Dr), where all equipment and instruction are provided. Sign up with friends! Please note, transportation is NOT included. Registration closes 2 days before the trip. Please arrive on time for your scheduled time slot. Equipment availability is first come-first served.
Have you wanted to try stand-up paddleboarding or kayaking? Join our free paddle party at Atwater Park (4000 N Lake Dr), where all equipment and instruction are provided. Sign up with friends! Please note, transportation is NOT included. Registration closes 2 days before the trip. Please arrive on time for your scheduled time slot. Equipment availability is first come-first served.
Have you wanted to try stand-up paddleboarding or kayaking? Join our free paddle party at Atwater Park (4000 N Lake Dr), where all equipment and instruction are provided. Sign up with friends! Please note, transportation is NOT included. Registration closes 2 days before the trip. Please arrive on time for your scheduled time slot. Equipment availability is first come-first served. |
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Have you explored Milwaukee’s Farmers Markets yet? Join Outdoor Pursuits as we bike as a group to the Shorewood Farmers Market. The bike ride follows the Oak Leaf Trail 2 miles (3.2km) to Estabrook Park. Previous biking experience is required. … |
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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 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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Experience the joy of canoeing on the Milwaukee River with Outdoor Pursuits, perfect for beginners. We'll provide everything you need – transportation, canoes, and friendly guidance – to make your first canoeing adventure in downtown Milwaukee memorable and fun. No … |
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Join us for a Drawing workshop centered on integrating randomness into art with Ellee in the Union Art Gallery. Our spaces are to all we look forward to having you.
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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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Did you know that the Milwaukee area is one of the surfing capitals of the Midwest? Lake Michigan is great to learn how to surf and provides a practice ground for bigger water. This surfing class is geared toward first time surfers who have never been on a board before! We will provide wet suits, personal flotation devices (PFD), surf boards, instruction, booties (if needed), and gloves (if needed). You will learn the beginner skills of how to “pop up,” stand up, and control a surfboard. 
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.
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 Club Football Team! Interested in joining this or another UREC sport club? Visit our website to learn more. This event will take place at Homestead High School's Football Field. |
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National Hazing Prevention Week is September 22-26! Stop by the Union Concourse to take the pledge to not participate in hazing. As well as pick up information and resources about hazing prevention.
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National Hazing Prevention Week is September 22-26. Join us for a movie showing of a document by Byron Hurt called 'Hazing'. This movie offers a "look inside the culture, tradition, and secrecy surrounding hazing rituals". Free popcorn for the first … |
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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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In recognition of September being Suicide Prevention Month, join the UWM community on September 25th for Suicide Prevention Awareness Day. This day is a time to spread hope, raise awareness, show support, and share vital information for those affected by suicide. Our goal is to ensure that everyone has access to the resources they need to discuss suicide prevention and to seek help. 
Outdoor Pursuits has brand new sea kayaks equipped to paddle on Lake Michigan! Join us as we launch from UWM's School of Freshwater Science public boat landing on the Kinnickinnic River and paddle out on to Lake Michigan. We'll have epic views of the city's skyline and lighthouse. No previous paddling experience is required. All transportation, equipment, and instruction will be provided.
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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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Friday September 26, 7am departure to Sunday September 28, 7pm return to campus. Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore offers a captivating adventure along the pristine shoreline of Lake Superior, where we'll traverse a scenic trail that winds through forests, sandstone cliffs, …
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. |
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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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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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Free For Everyone!! Join us for an evening honoring Milwaukee’s rich history of activism and the 55th anniversary of the Roberto Hernandez Center. Experience archival footage, hear from impactful speakers, and engage in activities that connect past movements to today’s … |
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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.
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. … |
