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| UWM has worked to strengthen its ties to the surrounding community and the city of Milwaukee through the development of the "Milwaukee Idea," conceived by previous UWM Chancellor ]. Since its implementation, the university has been listed in the top 10 of the 25 “best-neighbor” urban colleges and universities in the U.S. by the New England Board of Higher Education. | UWM has worked to strengthen its ties to the surrounding community and the city of Milwaukee through the development of the "Milwaukee Idea," conceived by previous UWM Chancellor ]. Since its implementation, the university has been listed in the top 10 of the 25 “best-neighbor” urban colleges and universities in the U.S. by the New England Board of Higher Education. | ||
| But in spite of its seeming commitment to the Milwaukee community, the University has come under fire recently from Student organizations as well as candidates for student government for its lack of racial diversity. |
But in spite of its seeming commitment to the Milwaukee community, the University has come under fire recently from Student organizations as well as candidates for student government for its lack of racial diversity. In spite of being located in a majority-minority city, the UWM student body is over 80% white. While a common reason given for UWM's lack of diversity are the the lack of overall diversity in the state of Wisconsin (White, non-Hispanics make up more than 90% of the state), critics point out that UWM does almost no recruiting in the predominantly Black and minority ] system. In fact, the overwhelming majority of MPS students at UWM come from one of only two high schools: Rufus King High School and Riverside University High School, the latter which is partially operated by UWM itself. UWM also has the dubious distinction of being the least racially diverse public-funded urban university in the Great Lakes region. | ||
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| Seal of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee | |
| Type | State university |
|---|---|
| Established | 1885 |
| Endowment | $55.7 million |
| President | Dr. Carlos E. Santiago |
| Students | 28,046 |
| Undergraduates | 23,389 |
| Postgraduates | 4,657 |
| Location | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA |
| Campus | Urban, 93 acres |
| Athletics | 15 varsity teams |
| Colors | Black and gold |
| Mascot | Victor E. Panther |
| Website | www.uwm.edu |
The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee is a public university located in Milwaukee,Wisconsin. It is one of the two research institutions in the University of Wisconsin System and the second largest university in the state of Wisconsin. It enrolls more Wisconsin residents than any other university in the U.S.
Although University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee is the official name of the university, the campus is also referred to as either Milwaukee or UWM. The school's athletics teams are known as the Milwaukee Panthers.
History
The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UWM) was founded in 1880 as the Milwaukee State Normal School by the Wisconsin State Legislature, which passed a law requiring the Board of Regents of Normal Schools to form a Normal School in the Milwaukee area in order to meet the needs of the city's soaring population. A location was selected and the Normal School opened for classes in 1885, with John J. Mapel as president. Over the next 32 years, the school would see 7 different presidents, the addition of both music and liberal arts programs, graduate programs and rapid growth from an initial enrollment of 46. The school would also move from downtown to its current location near the lakefront when a new building, now Mitchell Hall, was completed in 1909.
The Milwaukee State Normal School underwent changes in 1922 when the State Normal School Regents voted to discontinue college courses in an effort to refocus on the instruction of teachers. During this time, enrollment in the programs dropped. This caused the school to tighten admission standards and begin to offer education-related four year degrees, such as degrees for kindergarten, primary, secondary and music education. In 1927, the school changed its name to the Milwaukee State Teacher’s College.
The Milwaukee State Teacher's College quickly dropped all non four-year degree programs and offered their first Bachelor of Science degree program in 1937, for education. After World War II, the school added a graduate program in elementary, exceptional student, and music education. The Legislature empowered all state colleges to offer liberal arts programs in 1951, and the school’s name became Wisconsin State College–Milwaukee. The school now offered liberal arts degrees as well as the standard teaching degrees from previous years.
In 1955, a measure that combined the Wisconsin State College of Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Extension Division was passed, forming the current University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee in 1956. The first UWM commencement was held on June 16, 1957. On June 13, 1958 socialist mayor Frank P. Zeidler was the first person to receive an honorary doctorate from the university. By 1959, the University's enrollment included 5,369 regular full-time, 848 graduate, 1,399 evening credit, and 1,631 non-credit students. In the 50 years since adding the Milwaukee campus to the UW System, UWM has expanded to 12 schools and colleges and now offers 84 undergraduate programs, 48 graduate programs and 20 doctoral degrees, with a university-wide focus on academic research, teaching and community service.
In 1964, the campus of the neighboring private women's institution Milwaukee-Downer College for Women was purchased by the State to expand the UWM campus; Milwaukee-Downer College had previously merged with Lawrence College to form the present Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin.
In 2005, UWM surpassed the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) in the number of Wisconsin resident undergraduate students as well as graduate students. Interview with UWM Chancellor Carlos Santiago
Talks have also resumed in recent years at the state capitol regarding merging suburban Milwaukee's two-year UW campus, the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha, into UWM , as well as talks regarding the large disparity in money allocated by the UW System between the state's largest two campus's, Milwaukee and Madison.
Academics
As of 2006, UWM offers 152 degree programs, including 84 bachelor's, 48 master's and 20 doctorate degrees. The enrollment is over 28,000 students from more than 80 countries and all 50 states.. As of 2005 the university has $137.5 million in federal aid, contracts and grants, while UWM's current research budget is $42 million dollars.
Colleges and schools at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee include:
- College of Engineering and Applied Science
- College of Health Sciences
- College of Letters and Science
- College of Nursing
- Graduate School
- Helen Bader School of Social Welfare
- Peck School of the Arts
- School of Architecture and Urban Planning
- School of Education
- School of Information Studies
- Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business
Notable faculty
Campus
The 93-acre UWM campus is located on Milwaukee’s upper East Side, just five blocks from the shoreline of Lake Michigan, and is only ten minutes from downtown.
Golda Meir Library
Golda Meir Library was completed in three stages. Stage I (the West Wing) was completed in February, 1967. Stage II (the East Wing) was finished in the spring of 1974, adding 80,000 assignable square feet to the existing 120,000 assignable square feet in the West Wing. The two structures are joined by passageways in the basement and on the second and third floors. The addition of the East Wing increased the Library's seating capacity from 1,500 to 2,700. Stage III, which added 75,000 assignable square feet, was completed in 1987. It included northern extensions of the East and West Wings and a fourth floor conference center facility. In 1979 the Library was named for Golda Meir, who attended Milwaukee State Normal School (a UWM predecessor institution) and later became Prime Minister of Israel.
Merrill Hall
Merrill Hall was acquired in the Milwaukee-Downer College campus purchase. It was named for William P. Merrill (1817-1898), and his wife, Elizabeth. A pioneer Milwaukee industrialist, Merrill contributed $10,000 for Merrill Memorial Chapel, a north wing of the building, in memory of his wife. Merrill Hall was designated as a landmark building in 1973. It has been occupied by the Communication Department since 1964. Renovations began in 1980 and the building was reopened in 1982.
Mitchell Hall
Mitchell Hall was the first building to be erected on the new site of the Milwaukee Normal School when it moved from 18th and Wells Streets to Downer Avenue. The north wing was added in 1912 to house the campus school and the new art school. Sometimes known as "Old Main," the building was named by UWM in 1964 for the Mitchell family, whose outstanding members were Alexander (1811-1887), a successful Wisconsin banker, politician, and Congressman; John (1842-1904), Alexander's son and a businessman, philanthropist, Congressman and U.S. Senator; and William (Billy), John's son and an army general who was a pioneer in recognizing the potential of military air power in the United States. The building houses the Graduate School; Departments of Africology, Art History, and Film; faculty offices for theatre and dance; and academic and administrative support offices.
Curtin Hall
Curtin Hall was named for Jeremiah Curtin (1835-1906), linguist, translator, author, diplomat, world traveler, and ethnologist. Curtin spent his early life in Milwaukee County before going to Harvard College. After five years as secretary of the American legation at St. Petersburg, Russia, he embarked upon 30 years of world travel during which he was reputed to have mastered 70 languages. His field studies in Indian myths and Irish folklore established a scholarly standard still recognized today. Curtin Hall houses the Departments of English; French, Italian, and Comparative Literature; Foreign Languages and Linguistics; English as a Second Language; Spanish and Portuguese; and Philosophy, as well as The Center for 21st Century Studies.
Lubar Hall
This four-story facility consists of 150,000 square feet of classroom, computer labs and office space and can accommodate 2,000 students in its instructional facilities at one time. Originally constructed in 1995 as the Business Administration Building, it was renamed in 2006, Lubar Hall in honor of Sheldon B. Lubar, a prominent Milwaukee businessman, civic leader and philanthropist. Mr. Lubar is founder and chairman of Lubar & Company, Inc., a private investment firm. His commitment to UWM and higher education spans more than three decades including service as a past president of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents. Mr. Lubar's distinguished career of public service also includes his work as Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration. The building's original automated light and temperature controls featured a system called The Lighting Showcase by the Wisconsin Electric Power Company. It was designed to provide maximum energy efficiency for the most highly utilized academic building on the UWM campus. In addition to providing nearly 200 offices, there are three lecture halls, with a total of 785 seats; seven arc-shaped classrooms; 10 U-shaped classrooms; an Executive MBA classroom; three computer labs; and two levels of underground parking.
Architecture and Urban Planning Building
The award winning Architecture and Urban Planning Building was completed in 1993. With more than 143,000 square feet, it is one of the largest school of architecture buildings built in the U.S. in the last 40 years. The exterior of the L-shaped building has brick walls accented by metal panels and large windows. Full glass walls facing onto the central courtyard afford a view of that area from almost every room in the building. Inside, the air ducts, light fixtures and structural system have been left exposed, providing a unique architectural teaching environment. The building includes student design studios, classrooms, a lecture hall, exhibition areas, computer labs, offices, a media and photography center, and research centers.
Community
UWM has worked to strengthen its ties to the surrounding community and the city of Milwaukee through the development of the "Milwaukee Idea," conceived by previous UWM Chancellor Nancy Zimpher. Since its implementation, the university has been listed in the top 10 of the 25 “best-neighbor” urban colleges and universities in the U.S. by the New England Board of Higher Education.
But in spite of its seeming commitment to the Milwaukee community, the University has come under fire recently from Student organizations as well as candidates for student government for its lack of racial diversity. In spite of being located in a majority-minority city, the UWM student body is over 80% white. While a common reason given for UWM's lack of diversity are the the lack of overall diversity in the state of Wisconsin (White, non-Hispanics make up more than 90% of the state), critics point out that UWM does almost no recruiting in the predominantly Black and minority Milwaukee Public Schools system. In fact, the overwhelming majority of MPS students at UWM come from one of only two high schools: Rufus King High School and Riverside University High School, the latter which is partially operated by UWM itself. UWM also has the dubious distinction of being the least racially diverse public-funded urban university in the Great Lakes region.
Proposed name change
The university shares the same initials as the more nationally known University of Wisconsin–Madison, though that school is usually known as Wisconsin, "Madison" or "UW". In April 2006, a group of students and faculty emerged to propose a name change from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee to a non-hyphenated form, such as the "University of Milwaukee" or "Wisconsin State University." Students were given the chance to vote on the potential name change as an advisory referendum during student government elections April 26 and 27, 2006. The option to keep the University's current name won with a narrow majority. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel coverage
Athletics
Milwaukee competes in the NCAA Division I Horizon League in seven men's and eight women's sports. Milwaukee dropped its NCAA football program after the 1974 season (the team was called the "Cardinals"), but still has an active club team. The University's athletics program has spent the majority of its history at the NCAA Division III and II levels, as well as several years at the NAIA level. All non-Division I sports moved to the NCAA Division I level for the 1990-91 academic year. Beginning in the fall of 2005, UWM has chosen to rebrand itself for athletics purposes simply as "Milwaukee" (while retaining the abbreviation UWM), following in the footsteps of other campuses of major public university systems such as Chattanooga and Charlotte. Whether referred to as UWM or Milwaukee, the athletic teams are nicknamed the Panthers.
Athletics program overview
Current Athletic Director Bud Haidet came to the school in 1988 and quickly moved the program from NAIA to NCAA Division I. Milwaukee currently ranks 64th out of all 327 NCAA Division I schools in this years United States Sports Academy Directors' Cup presented by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA). Formerly known as the Sears Directors' Cup, the annual contest awards points for NCAA post-season appearances and performances in all sports. Milwaukee, which has now won the McCafferty Trophy as the Horizon League's all-sports champion for three straight and four of the last six years, ranks eighth in the nation among non-Division I-A programs and second among institutions that do not sponsor football at any level, behind only Santa Clara University (53rd, 206 points). The Panthers have earned 175 total points and are just 9 1/2 points behind Villanova University, while standing 4 1/2 points ahead of Wake Forest University and 5 1/2 in front of George Mason University. After picking up 50 points apiece from men's and women's soccer in the fall, Milwaukee garnered 50 points in men's basketball and 25 in women's basketball during the winter as both teams advanced to their respective NCAA Tournaments, with the men advancing to the second round.
Recent team accomplishments
In March 2005, for just the second time in university history, Milwaukee's men's basketball program entered the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament as the 12th Seed in the Midwest regional bracket. After ousting fifth-seeded Alabama in the first round and fourth-seeded Boston College (coach Bruce Pearl's alma mater) in the second round, Milwaukee entered for the first time ever the "Sweet 16". The Panthers would go on to lose to the top-seeded eventual tournament runner-up, Illinois, 77-63 in its Sweet Sixteen matchup. It was an Illinois team that included future NBA players Deron Williams and Luther Head. Milwaukee's entrance into the Sweet Sixteen was due in part to Pearl's full court press playmaking style, or as the Boston Globe would call it, the "UWM Press". After their appearance in the NCAA Tournament, Bruce Pearl was hired away by the University of Tennessee. He followed former Panthers coach Bo Ryan, who left UWM to coach the University of Wisconsin Badgers after the 2000-2001 season after leading the Panthers to their first back-to-back winning seasons in eight years.
In March 2006, for the third time in four years, Milwaukee won the Horizon League Championship to enter the NCAA Tournament as an 11th Seed under first-year coach Rob Jeter. In the first round, the Panthers faced the sixth-seeded Oklahoma Sooners in Jacksonville, Florida, and won easily, 82-74. The Panthers never trailed against the Sooners, and led by as much as 14 late in the 2nd half. Milwaukee bowed out of the 2006 NCAA Tournament in the second round at the hands of the eventual National Champion Florida Gators.
After leading the Lady Panthers to their first regular-season title since 2001 and second NCAA Tournament appearance in school history, Milwaukee women’s basketball coach Sandy Botham was named the 2006 Horizon League women's basketball coach of the year. Botham had been voted the league’s top coach two times previously in her 10 years as Milwaukee's head coach.
The Milwaukee men’s soccer team has also risen to national prominence in recent years, regularly being ranked in the top 25 of the country, and as high as eighth in 2002. They start the 2006 season ranked 24th in the nation. Since first fielding a team in 1973, Milwaukee has compiled an impressive all-time record of 388-214-51 and an all-time NCAA Tournament record of 4-7-1 in eight appearances. Milwaukee has won the past four Horizon League Tournament Championships and four of the past five regular season crowns, as well as qualified for five consecutive NCAA Tournaments (2001-2005). They have also advanced to the second round in each of the last four NCAA Tournaments. Milwaukee currently finds itself amongst an elite group, as one of only seven schools with victories in each of the last four NCAA Tournaments. In the second round of both the 2004 and 2005 NCAA Tournament, Milwaukee fell to the #1 team in the nation in either double overtime (2004, #1 UC-Santa Barbara), or in a penalty kick shootout (2005, #1 New Mexico). Both those teams eventually advanced to play in each year's national championship game. On September 13th, 2006, Milwaukee smashed their previous home attendance record by more than 30% as they hosted their first-ever night match under the newly installed lights at Engelmann Field on the UWM campus. Milwaukee's come from behind victory over Marquette, 3-2, allowed them to retain posession of the coveted Milwaukee Cup, and moved their all-time (Division I) record vs their cross-town rival to 25-7-2. The standing-room only record crowd of 3,256 broke the Engelmann Field attendance record by over 1,000. The previous mark, set in 1990, had been 2,250 fans. Milwaukee's women's soccer team has also been a regular at the NCAA Tournament in recent years.
The men's baseball and women's volleyball teams at Milwaukee have also enjoyed national success in recent years, with the baseball team posting six 30-win seasons in the last nine years and advancing to three NCAA Tournaments since 1999 including a win over #1 ranked Rice in the first round of the 1999 NCAA Tournament, while the volleyball team has qualified for five of the last eight NCAA Touranaments and has compiled an all-time record of 843-471-7 through the 2005-06 season.
At the club level, Milwaukee's men's and women's teams are some of the most successful in the country. Notably, the Football team shares an ultra-competitive history and rivalry (although one-sided in recent years in favor of Milwaukee) with the cross-town Marquette University team. The Milwaukee men's rugby team, for the first time since its creation in 1983, won a Midwest Conference Championship and advanced to the NCAA Division II National Tournament for the 2005-06 season. Having beaten the University of Illinois and Ohio University to qualify, the fourth-seeded Panthers competed in the 2006 USA Rugby Collegiate Championships.
Notable alumni
Academics
- Christine Faltz ('96 PhD Urban Education), executive director, Milwaukee Central City Cyberschool.
- Laura Mersini ('00 PhD Physics), theoretical physicist-cosmologist and professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill since January 2004.
- Cheryl Willis ('86 BFA Dance), was selected as the National Dance Educator of the Year 2000.
- Aaron Twerski, Dean and professor of tort law at Hofstra University School of Law
Arts and media
- Frank Caliendo ('96 BA, Mass Communications), noted stand-up comedian famous for his roles on Mad TV and FOX NFL Sunday.
- Ellen Censky ('79 BS Zoology), director of the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History at the University of Connecticut.
- Milton Coleman ('68 BFA), deputy managing editor of The Washington Post.
- John Czarnecki ('94 BS Architectural Studies), associate editor of Architectural Record, the American Institute of Architects magazine published by McGraw-Hill and based in New York.
- Victor DeLorenzo, drummer, original Violent Femmes member.
- Tom Hewitt ('81 Professional Theatre Training Program), Broadway Performer; 2001 Tony award nominee for best actor in Rocky Horror Show.
- Guy Hoffman, drummer and vocalist, former Violent Femmes and BoDeans member.
- Hanna Jubran ('80 BFA Sculpture/Ceramics, '83 MFA Sculpture), internationally recognized sculptor who has participated in more than 160 exhibitions, international symposia and conferences.
- James Lowder ('99, MA Literary Studies), author of bestselling dark fantasy and horror novels, award-winning editor.
- Norman Moses ('77 Professional Theatre Training Program), stage actor and director
- Lynne Rae Perkins ('91 MA), Newbery award-winning writer
- Jim Rygiel ('77, BFA), three-time Oscar winner for digital effects from "Lord of the Rings".
- Janet Schiff, musician.
- Chris M. Smith ('99 MFA), filmmaker and founder of Bluemark Production and ZeroTV.com. Three of Smith's films have been showcased at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival, most notably, "American Movie", a feature-length documentary which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 2001.
- Keith Spore ('67, BA, Journalism), retired president and publisher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
- Jim Stingl ('80, BA, Journalism/Mass Communcations), Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper columnist.
- Charlie Sykes, author and radio talk-show personality.
- Ray Szmanda, television personality.
- Joshua Wetzel ('93, BA, History), magician, author.
Business
- Mike Derdzinski ('78, MS Urban Affairs), president of Humana Wisconsin.
- Chin Fan (Industrial Engineering BA '78, MA '81), CEO, president and co-founder of Flash Electronics Inc.
- Roger Fitzsimonds ('60 BA Business, '71 MBA Finance), retired chairman and CEO, Firstar Corp (now U.S. Bank).
- Jacquelyn Frederick ('88 EMBA), president and CEO of BloodCenter of Wisconsin.
- Don Hamm ('89 MA Health Care Management), president and CEO, Fortis Health, Milwaukee.
- John Heppner ('92, EMBA), president and COO of Master Lock, the world's largest manufacturer and marketer of padlocks.
- Gale E. Klappa ('72 BBA Communication), chairman, president and CEO of Wisconsin Energy Corporation.
- Dennis J. Kuester ('66 BBA, '96 honorary PhD), chairman and CEO of Marshall & Ilsley Corporation; member of the Federal Reserve Advisory Council.
- William Lacy ('68, BBA), president and chief executive officer, MGIC Investment Corp.
- Susan Manske ('81 BBA Finance), vice president and chief investment officer for the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in Chicago; former chief investment officer for Boeing.
- David Nicholas ('87, MS, Finance and Investments), president and chief investment officer of Nicholas Funds, Milwaukee.
- Keith Nosbusch (MA Business Administration), president and CEO of Rockwell Automation, formerly Rockwell International.
- Richard Notebaert ('83, BBA), chairman and CEO, Qwest Communications International, Inc., and former chairman and CEO, Ameritech.
- Beth Pritchard ('69 BA International Studies), former president and CEO of Bath & Body Works.
- Ralf-Reinhard Boer ('71 BA Political Science), chairman and CEO of Milwaukee-based Foley & Lardner, the world's 34th-largest law firm.
- Hans Storr ('61, BBA), executive vice president and chief financial officer, Philip Morris Companies, Inc.
- Branko Terzic ('72, BS Engineering), president and CEO, Yankee Energy Systems, Inc.
- Harris Turer ('88 BA Business), owner of the Milwaukee Admirals hockey franchise and member of the ownership group of the Milwaukee Brewers, president of Hometown Property Management, Inc.
- Thomas Vonier ('74, MA Architecture), Paris-based architect, founded the Continental Europe chapter of the American Institute of Architects; elected to the AIA College of Fellows.
- John Weiss ('98, Executive MBA), founder of yesmail.com, one of the first companies to provide personalized e-mail marketing.
- Cheng Xu ('00 PhD Mechanical Engineering), modification and upgrade engineer with Siemens Westinghouse Power Company in Orlando, Fla.; has made significant contributions to the field of turbomachinery, achieving an international reputation for his research.
- Scott Yanoff, internet pioneer.
- James L. Ziemer ('86 BBA), president and CEO of Harley-Davidson, Inc.
- Edward J. Zore ('68 BS Economics, '70 MS Economics), president and CEO of Northwestern Mutual.
Military
- Robert Modrzejewski ('57 BS Upper Elementary Education), U.S. Marine Colonel (retired), received the Medal of Honor from President Lyndon B. Johnson on March 12, 1968, for his heroic actions during the Vietnam War.
Politics and government
- G. Spencer Coggs ('76, bachelor of science, Community Education), elected to Wisconsin Assembly, 1982-2002. Elected to Senate in November 2003 special election; reelected 2004. Majority Caucus Vice Chairperson 1989, 1987, 1985.
- Alberta Darling, Wisconsin state senator, 1992-present; state representative 1990-92.
- Alberto Fujimori ('72 MA Mathematics), former President of Peru.
- Henry Maier ('64 MA Political Science), former mayor of the City of Milwaukee.
- Golda Meir ('17, Education), a founder of the State of Israel and fourth Prime Minister of Israel.
- Martin J. Schreiber ('60, 3+3 Program), public affairs consultant and former (39th) Governor of Wisconsin, 1977-79, Wisconsin Lt. Gov. 1971-77 and Wisconsin State Senator, 1963-71.
- Lena Taylor ('90, English), Wisconsin State Senator; elected to Assembly in April 2003 special election; elected to Senate 2004.
- Annette "Polly" Williams, Wisconsin state representative 1975-present.
- Frank P. Zeidler ('58 PhD), Milwaukee major and one time Socialist Party USA chair, first person to receive an honorary doctorate at the university
Sports
- Jamie Bach (Engineering), sports car driver, 2002 SCCA Runoffs national champion; 2006 American Le Mans Series driver.
- Jimmy Banks ('87 Education), Milwaukee Panther soccer player in '85 and '86 was named an NCAA All-American; played professionally for the Milwaukee Wave; starter on the 1990 U.S. World Cup team; current head coach of the Milwaukee School of Engineering's men's soccer team.
- Bill Carollo ('74 BBA Industrial Relations), NFL Referee; played football for Milwaukee from 1970-73. Former UWM quarterback has worked five NFL conference championship games and officiated Super Bowls XXX and XXXVII.
- Sasho Cirovski ('85 BBA, '89 MBA), former MLS soccer player played for the Milwaukee Panthers from 1981-1984; current University of Maryland head men's soccer coach, winners of the 2005 NCAA soccer tournament.
- Tighe Dombrowski, MLS soccer player, played for the Milwaukee Panthers from 2000-2003.
- Alan Kulwicki (‘77 BS Mechanical Engineering), 1992 Winston Cup champion, first NASCAR Cup champion to hold a college degree. Died April 1st 1993 in a plane crash returning from Bristol, TN, at age 38.
- Manny Lagos, MLS soccer player; U.S. Olympian; played for the Milwaukee Panthers from 1990-91.
- Allison Pottinger (MBA Marketing), curler; 2003 gold medalist and 2006 silver medalist at the World Curling Championships.
- Mike Reinfeldt ('75 BA Business), NFL All-Pro defensive back and Chief Financial Officer for the Seattle Seahawks.
- Tony Sanneh, MLS soccer player; U.S. National team and U.S. World Cup team member; played for the Milwaukee Panthers from 1990-93.
- Bruce Weber ('78 BA Education), head men's basketball coach at the University of Illinois.
In fiction
- The kids in the television show Happy Days were students at this university in later seasons of the show. University banners also hung inside the character's regular hang-out, Arnold's Drive-In, set in Kenosha, WI.
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