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Our Story – Black Veterans Display
51 Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesFebruary is Black History Month! A time to celebrate achievements, history, and rights movements, including within the U.S. military. Stop by the Our Stories display in the Student Union walkway East to view stories of our Black servicemembers and celebrate …
Ask a Nurse
Sandburg Residence Halls (SAN) 3400 North Maryland Ave,, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesStop by the new Ask a Nurse table to speak with a nurse from the Student Health and Wellness Center. Ask a medical question, learn about SHAW services, sign up for the Patient Portal, and so much more.
VA Mobile Vet Center Spring 2026 Campus Visits
Architecture & Urban Planning (AUP) 2131 East Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesThe VA Mobile Vet Center visits 51 every month to offer FREE, confidential counseling services for Veterans, service members, and their families at no cost, in a non-medical setting. The van is parked on Maryland Ave., between Lapham Hall and …
Club Soda
51 Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesClub Soda (formerly known as ‘Sober Socials’) is a weekly get-together with students who choose not to use for whatever reason. It is a great place to meet like-minded people and share experiences, information, and resources. For more information, visit …
Night Cross Country Skiing (Intermediate)
Do you have previous downhill or cross country skiing experience? Great! We're headed to Lapham Peak State Park to do laps on their illuminated loop. Previous experience is required as it's hard to teach folks a new skill in the …
Experimental Tuesdays Presents: A Brief History of Chasing Storms
A Brief History of Chasing Storms presents a history of the tornado as both a destructive weather event and an American icon. Local monuments to past tornadoes intertwine with mythologies of settlement and displacement. An amateur storm chaser questions his own agency and fate. The CEO of a Wizard of Oz-themed storm shelter company describes a growing market in a world of increasing weather uncertainty. Unfolding episodically, questions of memory, inequality, colonization, climate change, and disaster capitalism arise as the film examines legacies of weather within the region colloquially known as “tornado alley.”
Our Story – Black Veterans Display
51 Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesFebruary is Black History Month! A time to celebrate achievements, history, and rights movements, including within the U.S. military. Stop by the Our Stories display in the Student Union walkway East to view stories of our Black servicemembers and celebrate …
VA Mobile Vet Center Spring 2026 Campus Visits
Architecture & Urban Planning (AUP) 2131 East Hartford Ave., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesThe VA Mobile Vet Center visits 51 every month to offer FREE, confidential counseling services for Veterans, service members, and their families at no cost, in a non-medical setting. The van is parked on Maryland Ave., between Lapham Hall and …
Boundary Builders
Can we communicate boundaries? Yes, we can! Drop by stations to help build stronger skills for communicating boundaries and put them to the test in partnered games.
Angela Davis Reading Group
Join us to read and discuss select Angela Davis texts to prepare for her visit to campus. Women’s and Gender Studies faculty will lead the discussion in the Women’s Resource Center. Texts will be provided, no need to read in advance.
Intro to Wheel Throwing Session 1
51 Student Union (UN) 2200 East 51., Milwaukee, WI, United StatesAre you curious to try out the pottery wheel? Discover the craft of wheel throwing in this beginner-level course. We will learn and explore the foundational throwing techniques centering and opening the clay, pulling walls to make functional forms, decoration …
Lyrical Sanctuary Featuring Derrick Harriell
Derrick Harriell is the Interim Director of the Black Student Cultural Center and Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His previous collections of poems include Stripper in Wonderland, Come Kingdom, Cotton, and Ropes, winner of the 2014 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Poetry Book Award. His short story, “There’s a Riot Goin’ On,” was the recipient of the Robert L. Fish Memorial Award. He holds an MFA from Chicago State University and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His forthcoming coauthored book with celebrated rapper 2 Chainz, The Voice in My Head is God, will be published in March 2026.