Honoring Maya Angelou

Performers honored Maya Angelou at the Lyrical Sanctuary on the UW-Milwaukee campus. Evan Vogel reports.

Nicky Glaser: Food for the Hungry

The Center for Community-Based Learning, Leadership and Research is putting on its 11th annual campus-wide food drive. The student organization is partnered with the Hunger Task Force in order to try and expand their donation options and outreach on-campus. On top of focusing on the food drive, the CCBLLR aims to connect the campus community […]

MMA Club at UWM Brings Diversity to Campus

The Minority Media Association of UW-Milwaukee is a campus club that runs a television program showcasing media diversity. A recent show featured UWM student Geraud Blanks, who helped program the Milwaukee Film Festival’s Black Lens series. Evan Vogel reports for Media Milwaukee.

Meet UWM Chancellor Finalist Dr. William M. Sherman

One of the three finalists for UW-Milwaukee’s next chancellor is the current provost at the University of Akron in Ohio, Dr. William M. “Mike” Sherman, who has specialized in physical and health education and who’s second in charge of a public university facing many challenges similar to those at UWM. He’s run into controversies with […]

How Milwaukee Film Festival’s Black Lens Drew New Audiences

Milwaukee Film was missing a key component, organizers felt: The black audience. So, the Milwaukee Film Festival’s Black Lens program was developed this year to broaden the festival’s appeal to diverse communities. A University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student was one of those running it. Milwaukee Film Festival co-programmer, Geraud Blanks, talked to UW-Milwaukee’s Minority Media Association on […]

Campus Police Hold Self Defense Class, but Few Attend

One would think, with the recent flow of email alerts regarding robberies and assaults around the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus, a free self-defense class would be overflowing with students. However, that is not the case On Friday, Oct. 24, room 110 in the Klotsche Center which closely resembles a martial arts dojo, was occupied by […]