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UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone announced, in an email to faculty and staff, the departments that have been selected to participate in the Voluntary Separation Incentive Package (VSIP), a retirement incentive package aimed at aiding the university in dealing with the proposed $300 million cut. The departments within UWM schools and colleges listed for participation in […]

Exchanging volunteer work for space at the UWM Bookstore or Neebo to sell UW-Milwaukee club teams’ apparel was one of topics discussed at the Sports Clubs Outreach and Fundraising Committee meeting on April 14. The goal: To help club teams at UW-Milwaukee raise more money by getting their apparel to customers – like UW-Madison does. […]

Students taking the shortcut from the Union Art Gallery to the UW Credit Union, or taking a study break next to the Alumni Fireside Lounge, will often be greeted by the sounds of a piano. Chances are, the man behind the music is Teddy Breihan. In his fourth year at UWM, Breihan spends most of […]

From the skull stickers smoothed onto UW-Milwaukee students’ laptops to the skull designs underneath the sleeves of paper cups, Colectivo decorates its coffee and the city of Milwaukee with its colorful design. And though the sugar skull design is instantly recognizable by any Milwaukeean, the face behind these calaveras is not as well-known. Kevin Callahan […]

As James Christensen walks into the UW-Milwaukee Cambridge Common, he’s ecstatic as usual. His security badge picture matches the smile on his face. Wrapped around his neck is a bowtie, the one thing he’s especially known for around campus. He clocks in. He straps on a heavy set of keys to his belt. He sits […]

Meghan Murphy-Lee is not just your average teacher. Along with teaching Russian, she also teaches another course that might come as a surprise.  Murphy-Lee simply calls it “Vampire Class.” “I thought it would be an interesting class for the students, but also something that’s interesting to teach,” said Murphy-Lee about her vampire class. This vampire […]

This story was cross-posted with the UWM Post.  Watch a previous interview with new President Sportiello here. The students of UW-Milwaukee elected Mike Sportiello to be the president of the Student Association at UWM for the 2015-16 school year. The results show that Sportiello won with 20 percent more votes than the incumbent president Ryan Sorenson. […]

This story is cross-published with the UWM Post. You can listen to Chancellor Mone’s Q and A with the Milwaukee Press Club below. Audio by Jordyn Noennig. UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone again suggested consolidating with other campuses as an option for slimming the UW System budget, but this time he said academic programs from different […]

Chancellor Mark Mone officially revealed Monday that UW-Milwaukee will offer a one-time buyout of 50 percent of an employee’s base salary, depending on their time with the university and whether they are part of a department that will offer the incentive. This led to at least one professor raising concerns about the potential for increased class […]

UW-Milwaukee journalism students have won three first-place regional Mark of Excellence awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, SPJ announced Monday. The first-place award winners – for best online college news reporting, television news reporting, and television broadcast – now advance to the national SPJ competition. The Mark of Excellence awards “honor the best of collegiate […]

The 7th floor of the Chase tower is home to WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio, and it is typically a very busy place, but when Rachel Owens arrives for work, the floor is empty and it’s dark both inside and outside. She is the new host of the Morning Edition program on WUWM. Each day starts […]

Taylor Duffrin, 20, is one of the many students you can find hooping outside in the grassy areas of Spaight’s Plaza at UWM. Hooping is a popular new trend among many students. Ellie Malone reports.