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Near West Side Partners Announces Lindsey St. Arnold Bell (M.S., Urban Studies ’16) as Executive Director
Near West Side Partners Announces Lindsey St. Arnold Bell (M.S., Urban Studies ’16) as Executive Director
Near West Side Partners today announced that Lindsey St. Arnold Bell will serve as the organization’s next Executive Director. St. Arnold Bell succeeds NWSP’s inaugural Executive Director Keith Stanley, who, at the end of 2022, announced his departure from Milwaukee.… Continue Reading »
For the love of the (video) game: Two alumni find jobs in the video game industry through the humanities and social sciences
For the love of the (video) game: Two alumni find jobs in the video game industry through the humanities and social sciences
Ben Schroeder and Timothy MacKenzie are two UWM alumni who have made a home for themselves in the video game industry… Continue Reading »
Former Fort Worth official is San Antonio’s new economic development director
Former Fort Worth official is San Antonio’s new economic development director
The city department focused on fostering economic growth in San Antonio has a new leader.… Continue Reading »
Melissa Songco (nee Herguth), ’09 MS and certificate
Habitat for Humanity of Waukesha County names new CEO
Habitat for Humanity of Waukesha County announced Melissa Songco has been named as the new CEO by the Board of Directors, effective April 12.… Continue Reading »
Lara Fritts (MS ’95) named President and CEO of Greater Richmond Partnership
Lara Fritts (MS ’95) named President and CEO of Greater Richmond Partnership
Lara Fritts (MS ’95) was named the president and CEO of the Greater Richmond Partnership, a regional economic development organization in Virginia.… Continue Reading »
Gary T. Henry (PhD ’82) named dean of College of Education and Human Development at the University of Delaware
Gary T. Henry (PhD ’82) named dean of College of Education and Human Development at the University of Delaware
Gary T. Henry (PhD ’82) has been named dean of the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Delaware.… Continue Reading »
Urban Studies Alum Trevor Jung Elected to Racine Common Council
Urban Studies Alum Trevor Jung Elected to Racine Common Council
Congratulations to Trevor Jung (BA ’17), a former urban studies major who defeated his opponent by a wide margin and won a seat on the City of Racine’s Common Council. Trevor joins a long list of urban studies alumni who have held elected office. … Continue Reading »
Reflections of an Urban Affairs MS Alum
Reflections of an Urban Affairs MS Alum
Read a reflection of Urban Affairs at UWM in the Mid-Sixties by MS alum Thomas Rose (’67).… Continue Reading »
Video: IAMUWM Toni Johns
Video: IAMUWM Toni Johns
USP graduate student Toni Johns (2015) speaks about her UWM experience as an Urban Studies master’s student. See the video about Toni’s experience.… Continue Reading »