The Festival of Films in French returns in February

Mark your calendars for UWM’s 27th Annual Festival of Films in French, February 16-25, 2024. All films will be free and open to the public at the UWM Union Cinema, and shown with subtitles in English. The complete schedule is coming soon!

Join the Global Student Alliance!

The Global Student Alliance is a student organization of both undergraduate and graduate students with a mission to cultivate a vibrant and inclusive community of students dedicated to fostering global awareness, cross-cultural understanding, and sustainable change within our college campus …

2023 UWM Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society

Congratulations to all of the 2023 inductees to Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society from UWM, including those from the Department of Global Studies:

2023 Milwaukee Film Festival

The Program in French at UWM and the French Film Festival are partnering with the 2023 Milwaukee Film Festival on two francophone films.

414 for UWM Giving Day

On April 14, UWM celebrates “414 Day.” This year the 414 for UWM Giving Day campaign runs from noon on Thursday, April 13 through noon on Friday, April 14. Please consider supporting UWM and the students of Comparative Literature, French, …

Career Closet

The UWM language departments and programs are holding a professional clothing drive. This will take place from April 3rd- 21st. The items we are looking to be donated include dress shirts, blouses, dress pants, blazers, belts, suits, shoes, skirts, ties, …

Anita Alkhas advises Iranian international students

As the faculty adviser to the Iranian Student Association, Prof. Anita Alkhas of the Department of Global Studies is featured in this Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article about Iranian graduate students balancing their academic work with their engagement in the ongoing Iranian revolution.

Apply now for 2023-2024 scholarship in all of our programs!

Applications for many scholarships in the UWM Panther Scholarship Portal are due on Wednesday, March 1. Please make sure to complete the general application and upload a transcript showing your grades for Fall 2022 to be eligible for many campus-wide and …

Anita Alkhas reads statement in solidarity with the people of Iran

On November 30, 2022, the non-partisan organization Iranian Scholars for Liberty organized a Campus Rally for Iran at more than 200 colleges and universities around the globe. Prof. Anita Alkhas, faculty advisor to the Iranian Student Association at UWM, was …

UWM Land Acknowledgement: We acknowledge in Milwaukee that we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present.   |   To learn more, visit the Electa Quinney Institute website.