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Tony Mitchler, a junior at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, remembers making the decision to enroll at UWM after a life-changing event. “After serving in the Army, I returned to my hometown of Waukesha,” said Mitchler. “I knew that the next step in my life was to attend college.” Mitchler is just one of 1,459 students […]

UW-Milwaukee students won nine first-place awards in the Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence contest, more than any other university in a four-state region. The winners go on to the national SPJ competition. In addition, UWM students won three honors in the Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association Eric Sevareid competition. The awards were announced at the […]

Student journalists with Media Milwaukee, UW-Milwaukee’s student news site in the Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies Department, won 14 Wisconsin College Media Association awards, including multiple awards for two major journalism immersion projects on the presidential election and water crisis in Flint, Michigan. Two talented UWM students – Sabrina Johnkins and Nyesha Stone – were […]

The University Committee at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee held a meeting this week to discuss the university’s upcoming merger with UW-Waukesha and UW-Washington County; it quickly became evident that several issues and deadlines are plaguing the merger. “I’m really concerned about where we are,” said UWM Provost Johannes Britz. On top of everything, Britz pointed out that […]

The UW-Milwaukee Physical Environment Committee will be forming a sub-committee to update the campus smoking policy to fully ban smoking on campus property, according to David Heathcote, chair of the Physical Environment Committee. “The Student Association has really been the driving force behind the smoking ban,” said UWM Chancellor Mark Mone.   On Nov. 19, […]

Hugs from behind. A female student being called a “sexual animal.” Breast-groping. References to pole dancing and “sugar daddies.” An alleged sexual assault. Those are just a few of the accusations uncovered in a revealing set of documents released by the University of Wisconsin-Madison. UW-Madison paid out more than $500,000 to settle sexual harassment and […]

UW-Milwaukee students reported feeling pressure from the media to project a certain, often unattainable image of themselves and to live and look the part for a perfect “Instagrammable” life in an open discussion on March 1 as part of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Senior Maddie Kane shared her thoughts on the influence of the […]

Rabbi Shaul Judelman is Jewish. Noor Al-Bein is Muslim. Though they are of opposite belief, they come together to try and create peace in the Middle East. With the ongoing conflict between Palestine and Israel, Judelman moved from Seattle to Israel curious to find out who “we” is. In other words, the people of the […]

It’s the battlefield of a generation. The high school shooting in Parkland, Florida, the nation’s third-deadliest school shooting, ignited a movement that brought hundreds of thousands of people to the streets of Washington, D.C. and to protests throughout the country. The survivors of Sandy Hook Elementary were too young to lead the movement. The teenagers […]

Rock for Wishes, a charity concert that raises money for the Make-A-Wish foundation, rocked another successful year to raise money for children with terminal illness.  

Geek Week, UW-Milwaukee’s annual event, hosts ‘Late Night Nerding,’ where students can make their own geeky creations or test their agility and wits with interactive activities.