  {"id":7458,"date":"2023-08-01T16:54:44","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T21:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/webid2-test-lsweb\/?page_id=7458"},"modified":"2025-08-25T15:29:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T20:29:21","slug":"alumni","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/urban-studies\/about\/alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"<picture>\r\n    <source type=\"image\/webp\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uwm.edu\/ls-people\/file\/media\/alumni-update-on-page.webp?ver=0d816e4c9754bf42f2b18d5983d1b2f8\" \/>\r\n    <source src=\"https:\/\/web.uwm.edu\/ls-people\/file\/mediaalumni-update-on-page.webp?ver=0d816e4c9754bf42f2b18d5983d1b2f8\" \/>\r\n    <img decoding=\"async\" \r\n        \r\n        src=\"https:\/\/web.uwm.edu\/ls-people\/file\/media\/alumni-update-on-page.webp?ver=0d816e4c9754bf42f2b18d5983d1b2f8\" width=\"800\"\r\n        alt=\"graduates celebrating\"\r\n        \r\n         \r\n        loading=\"lazy\"\r\n    \/>\r\n<\/picture>\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-we-want-to-hear-from-you\">We Want to Hear From You<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>Do you have a new address, a new job, a new career accomplishment, or some other good news that you would \r\nlike to share with us? We want to make sure we have your most recent contact information.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Please fill out the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/advance\/about\/resources\/update-your-information\/\">alumni \r\nupdate form<\/a>, and browse our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/alumni\/\">Alumni Association<\/a>\u00a0site for \r\nmore information about the benefits available to you as one of our valued alumni.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>If you don\u2019t already have an established 51ÁÔÆæ Alumni online account, you will need your alumni ID number to \r\ncreate one. Your ID number is on the back of your alumni magazine or you can request your ID \r\nat\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:alumni@uwm.edu\">alumni@uwm.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-engage-with-uwm\">Engage with 51ÁÔÆæ\u00a0<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>Your 51ÁÔÆæ connection makes you an essential part of the university\u2019s continued success. It also creates \r\nvaluable opportunities for you. That\u2019s why we encourage you to stay engaged with 51ÁÔÆæ in whatever way works \r\nbest for you.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>You can get involved and stay connected with 51ÁÔÆæ through in-person activities and online channels. \r\nYou\u2019re invited to attend educational and social gatherings, travel with the 51ÁÔÆæ Alumni Association, cheer \r\non the Milwaukee Panthers athletics teams, mentor current students and connect with alumni.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"size-p-md uwm-c-link--arrow\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/advance\/engage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ways to engage with 51ÁÔÆæ<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-panthers-connect\">Panthers Connect\u00a0<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>Participate in the mentoring and networking programs 51ÁÔÆæ has to offer to gain valuable career insights, \r\nbuild professional connections, and explore opportunities in your field of interest.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"size-p-md uwm-c-link--arrow\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/advance\/engage\/networking-mentoring\/\" \r\ntarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Join Panthers Connect<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Panthers Connect: Make Connections and Strengthen Your Career\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vkm0aI_JxeM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\r\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-alumni-news\">Alumni News<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"uwm-p-posts uwm-c-list--cleanlist uwm-c-list--border\"><li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/urban-studies\/focus-on-jordan-villegas-and-his-work\/\">Focus on Jordan Villegas and His Work<\/a><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Read the story on urban studies major BA alum Jordan Villegas and his work at Acts Housing in this month\u2019s In Focus magazine. https:\/\/uwm.edu\/letters-science\/in-focus\/alumni-student-news\/what-can-you-do-with-an-urban-studies-major\/ Post navigation<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/urban-studies\/congratulations-kat-kocisky-and-prof-ryan-holifield\/\">Congratulations, Kat Kocisky and Prof. Ryan Holifield<\/a><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Congratulations to USP alumna, Kat Kocisky\u00a0(PhD &#039; 24) and USP faculty affiliate\u00a0Professor\u00a0Ryan Holifield\u00a0(Geography and Urban Studies), for their recently\u00a0published article,\u00a0How Equitable are Urban Rail-Trails: A Review of 11 Development Plans that appears in the journal, Local Environment. You can access the abstract here.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/urban-studies\/natalie-hernandez-urban-studies-ba-alumna-23-was-accepted-into-the-prestigious-urban-fellows-program-in-new-york-city\/\">Natalie Hernandez (Urban Studies BA alumna, \u201923) was accepted into the prestigious Urban Fellows program in New York City<\/a><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Natalie Hernandez was sitting at a student networking event at the 2023 Population Association of America conference in New Orleans when she received a very important email. Read the whole story.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/urban-studies\/he-had-a-passion-for-justice-milwaukee-activist-is-remembered\/\">\u2018He had a passion for justice\u2019: Milwaukee activist is remembered<\/a><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Driven by a hatred of injustice, Milwaukee community activist writer, speaker and educator&nbsp;John Hagedorn&nbsp;will be remembered for his work, which includes racial justice, child welfare and civil and human rights.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"post-content\"><a class=\"post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/urban-studies\/near-west-side-partners-announces-lindsey-st-arnold-bell-as-executive-director\/\">Near West Side Partners Announces Lindsey St. Arnold Bell (M.S., Urban Studies &#8217;16)  as Executive Director<\/a><div class=\"post-excerpt\">Near West Side Partners Announces Lindsey St. Arnold Bell (M.S., Urban Studies &#039;16) as Executive Director Near West Side Partners\u00a0today announced that\u00a0Lindsey St. Arnold Bell\u00a0will serve as the organization\u2019s next Executive Director. St. Arnold Bell succeeds NWSP\u2019s inaugural Executive Director\u00a0Keith Stanley, who, at the end of 2022, announced his departure from Milwaukee.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"size-p-md uwm-c-link--arrow\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/urban-studies\/category\/news\/alumni-news\/\">View All Alumni News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alumni News View All Alumni News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1272,"featured_media":0,"parent":7456,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-7458","page","type-page","status-publish","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>Urban Studies Programs<\/title>\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\/urban-studies\/about\/alumni\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alumni\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Alumni News View All Alumni News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/urban-studies\/about\/alumni\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Urban Studies Programs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-25T20:29:21+00:00\" \/>\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=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/urban-studies\\\/about\\\/alumni\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/urban-studies\\\/about\\\/alumni\\\/\",\"name\":\"Alumni - Urban Studies Programs\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/urban-studies\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-01T21:54:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-25T20:29:21+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/urban-studies\\\/about\\\/alumni\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/urban-studies\\\/about\\\/alumni\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/urban-studies\\\/about\\\/alumni\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/urban-studies\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"About\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/urban-studies\\\/about\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Alumni\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/urban-studies\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/urban-studies\\\/\",\"name\":\"Urban Studies Programs\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/urban-studies\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Urban Studies Programs","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\/urban-studies\/about\/alumni\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Alumni","og_description":"Alumni News View All Alumni News","og_url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/urban-studies\/about\/alumni\/","og_site_name":"Urban Studies Programs","article_modified_time":"2025-08-25T20:29:21+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/urban-studies\/about\/alumni\/","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/urban-studies\/about\/alumni\/","name":"Alumni - Urban Studies Programs","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/urban-studies\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-08-01T21:54:44+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-25T20:29:21+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/urban-studies\/about\/alumni\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uwm.edu\/urban-studies\/about\/alumni\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/urban-studies\/about\/alumni\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/urban-studies\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"About","item":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/urban-studies\/about\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Alumni"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/urban-studies\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/urban-studies\/","name":"Urban Studies Programs","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/urban-studies\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 18:58:27","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/urban-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/urban-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/urban-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/urban-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1272"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/urban-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7458"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/urban-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8962,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/urban-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7458\/revisions\/8962"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/urban-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/urban-studies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}