{"id":304,"date":"2022-01-28T15:11:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T21:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/?page_id=304"},"modified":"2026-03-30T10:58:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:58:03","slug":"community-engagement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/community-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Community &amp; Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row uwm-l-row--3\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\"><header class=\"page-header\"><h1 class=\"entry-title heading-separator\">Community &amp; Engagement<\/h1><\/header>\n\n\n<p class=\"lead-in\">We enjoy sharing our knowledge about Milwaukee\u2019s water resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many Milwaukee residents never have the chance to experience one of the nation\u2019s greatest assets: Lake Michigan. Through K-12 programs and community events, our faculty and staff share their research and provide activities that connect the local community to the valuable freshwater resources we depend upon for drinking water, agriculture, industry, transportation and recreation. Contact Liz Sutton at (414) 382-1718 or <a href=\"mailto:emsutton@uwm.edu\">emsutton@uwm.edu<\/a>&nbsp;for community outreach information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2023\/08\/Outreach-750x500-1.jpg\" alt=\"Grade schoolers learn about fish\" class=\"wp-image-7023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2023\/08\/Outreach-750x500-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2023\/08\/Outreach-750x500-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-bg-gray uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card-grid uwm-l-grid uwm-l-grid--equal-y uwm-l-grid--3\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-u-mb-40 uwm-p-card--img uwm-p-card--gold\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2022\/04\/card-community-resources.jpg\" alt=\"People in kayaks on the river\" class=\"wp-image-1761\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2022\/04\/card-community-resources.jpg 800w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2022\/04\/card-community-resources-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2022\/04\/card-community-resources-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--title\">Community Resources<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">The School of Freshwater Sciences is actively engaged in our community, from monitoring Lake Michigan to hosting events for Harbor Fest to providing speakers with water expertise.<\/div><a class=\"uwm-p-card--link\" href=\"\/freshwater\/community-engagement\/community-resources\/\">Community Resources<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-u-mb-40 uwm-p-card--img uwm-p-card--gold\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2022\/04\/card-tours.jpg\" alt=\"Tour of freshwater sciences\" class=\"wp-image-1762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2022\/04\/card-tours.jpg 800w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2022\/04\/card-tours-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2022\/04\/card-tours-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--title\">Tours<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">Want to see our facilities firsthand? We offer tours to the general public, school groups and prospective students.<\/div><a class=\"uwm-p-card--link\" href=\"\/freshwater\/community-engagement\/tours\/\">Schedule a Tour<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-u-mb-40 uwm-p-card--img uwm-p-card--gold\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2022\/04\/card-k12-outreach.jpg\" alt=\"Students on a boat\" class=\"wp-image-1764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2022\/04\/card-k12-outreach.jpg 800w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2022\/04\/card-k12-outreach-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2022\/04\/card-k12-outreach-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--title\">K-12 Outreach<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">Our dedicated outreach manager serves as a resource for K-12 teachers and students interested in water-related activities. We also host two annual water science competitions.<\/div><a class=\"uwm-p-card--link\" href=\"\/freshwater\/community-engagement\/k-12-outreach\/\">K-12 Outreach<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"has-css-opacity uwm-c-hr--thick uwm-u-m-0\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":712,"parent":0,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-304","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>School of Freshwater Sciences<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Our faculty and staff share their research and provide activities that connect the local community to to the valuable freshwater resources.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/community-engagement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Community &amp; Engagement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Our faculty and staff share their research and provide activities that connect the local community to to the valuable freshwater resources.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/community-engagement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"School of Freshwater Sciences\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-30T15:58:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2022\/02\/banner-community-engagement.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/community-engagement\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/community-engagement\\\/\",\"name\":\"Community &amp; Engagement - School of Freshwater Sciences\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/community-engagement\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/community-engagement\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/595\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/banner-community-engagement.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-28T21:11:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-30T15:58:03+00:00\",\"description\":\"Our faculty and staff share their research and provide activities that connect the local community to to the valuable freshwater resources.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/community-engagement\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/community-engagement\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/community-engagement\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/595\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/banner-community-engagement.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/595\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/banner-community-engagement.jpg\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"Weather balloon demonstration with people watching\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/community-engagement\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Community &amp; Engagement\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/\",\"name\":\"School of Freshwater Sciences\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/595\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/595\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg\",\"width\":225,\"height\":224,\"caption\":\"University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/freshwater\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"School of Freshwater Sciences","description":"Our faculty and staff share their research and provide activities that connect the local community to to the valuable freshwater resources.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/community-engagement\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Community &amp; Engagement","og_description":"Our faculty and staff share their research and provide activities that connect the local community to to the valuable freshwater resources.","og_url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/community-engagement\/","og_site_name":"School of Freshwater Sciences","article_modified_time":"2026-03-30T15:58:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1500,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2022\/02\/banner-community-engagement.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/community-engagement\/","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/community-engagement\/","name":"Community &amp; Engagement - School of Freshwater Sciences","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/community-engagement\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/community-engagement\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2022\/02\/banner-community-engagement.jpg","datePublished":"2022-01-28T21:11:31+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-30T15:58:03+00:00","description":"Our faculty and staff share their research and provide activities that connect the local community to to the valuable freshwater resources.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/community-engagement\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/community-engagement\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/community-engagement\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2022\/02\/banner-community-engagement.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2022\/02\/banner-community-engagement.jpg","width":1500,"height":400,"caption":"Weather balloon demonstration with people watching"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/community-engagement\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Community &amp; Engagement"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/","name":"School of Freshwater Sciences","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/#organization","name":"University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2020\/11\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/595\/2020\/11\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg","width":225,"height":224,"caption":"University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12579,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/304\/revisions\/12579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/freshwater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}