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UW-Milwaukee is currently examining the possibilities of furloughs and retirement incentives, as ways of mitigating the possible damage of the proposed $300 million cut within Governor Scott Walker’s budget proposal, it was announced at the UWM faculty senate meeting. According to Rebecca Klaper, a member of the Academic Planning and Budget Committee (APBC), the committee […]

Raffles, free food, music, and a crowd of over 30 students, staff and alumni filled a classroom in Bolton hall March 4 for the Vietnamese Student Association’s first general meeting of the semester as the student organization has switched from Marquette to the UW-Milwaukee campus. UWM sophomore Tommy Nguyen, who is also VSA’s current president, […]

The staff assistant to UW System President Ray Cross, who was involved in the mission statement controversy, was hired as a fixed term $5,000 per month consultant to Cross last August, pay that increased to $8,000 per month from January through March, Media Milwaukee has learned. “In this position, you will report directly to President […]

Rhena Ripley is just like any “normal” student at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. She enjoys spending time with friends, volunteering, drinking coffee, and exploring the city. She is a social work major and has very detailed plans for her future. She’s also physically disabled and has been confined to a wheelchair since age […]

Rob Graziano, a staff member in the Geoscience department, accompanied by Geoscience student Miles Harbury, ran into the Physics Building lecture hall shredding on electric guitars. Graziano donned a long grungy wig, hard hat, and lab coat to complete the rocker-geoscientist hybrid look. After a brief pseudo-rock concert, Graziano forfeited his “rocker” look and directed […]

Media Milwaukee won a 2014 Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Award for Best Digital-Only Student Publication and UWM student journalists snagged ten additional awards in the regional SPJ competition, which includes universities in Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. The students’ work will be recognized in April at the SPJ Region 6 […]

Actress and comedian Aisha Tyler recalled her childhood as being an outcast because she was “part of two minorities” and loved videogames. She was tall, African-American, and didn’t own a television. She owns up to being a geek, discussing the times she would spend an entire Saturday at the movie theater, alternating between the matinees […]

It was a hard-fought game, but the Valparaiso Crusaders shot a sizzling 65.2 percent (15-23) in the second half, while using an 11-0 run to beat the Milwaukee Panthers on Sunday afternoon at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. Forward Matt Tiby and guard Steve McWhorter led the Panthers with 14 points apiece, while forward J.J. Panoske […]

Three members of the UW System Board of Regents assured members of the UW-Milwaukee Faculty Senate Thursday that they don’t forsee changes to the principles of shared governance and tenure if a Public Authority is formed. However, Regents at the meeting also said that there should be a careful review of policies under a Public Authority […]

This story is cross-posted with the UWM Post. UW-Milwaukee’s new Budget Task Force is forming a framework for what budget cuts may look like across campus and has asked all units on campus to develop 5 percent and 10 percent cut scenarios, as the university anticipates about $24 million in budget cuts next year.    […]

The halls leading to the Union Theatre were filled with pleased faces last Friday after the first showing for the 18th annual UW-Milwaukee Festival of Films in French. This year’s festival is the biggest yet, boasting 17 unique and carefully selected films. Many stood and discussed the films they had seen, while others waited eagerly […]

A group of about 60 students gathered in Spaights plaza Wednesday at a rally organized by the Progressive Students of Milwaukee to protest the recently proposed cut of $300 million to the UW-System. Speakers addressed the crowd and fired them up for a march around the campus. At the protest, students participated in chants calling […]