Thursday, April 25, 2019

Business Panthers: Networking and Diversity


In the Business Panthers LLC this month, we attended the Lubar Spring Multicultural Networking Event. This event was about the effective communication in a diverse work environment. It was an interactive workshop for students to work together with their peers as well as with other business professionals. In this work shop, students were introduced to the different forms of communication that best work for them. It also addressed why understanding diversity and how it can impact your communication is important in your personal and professional life.

Health Professions: Go Milwaukee and Museums


As the Health Professions LLC swings into April, we have a lot we have accomplished and more to look forward to! The community has been putting their best foot forward in academics and engaging in many more activities that UWM has to offer. Many students studied hard for their midterms in the lounge and continue to form study groups in the lounge. The lounge is also a place where the community continues to hangout and socialize.
The LLC had the opportunity to give many students interested in attending UW-Milwaukee a tour of the Health Professions LLC during “Go Milwaukee”. We had the honor of representing all the perks of living in the Health Professions LLC and answer any questions that came up during the tour. Several students were interested in what the LLC had to offer, and we even had a resident of the community speak to a group on how living in the Health Professions LLC had positively influenced their freshman year. We have one more “Go Milwaukee” event approaching in April and we are excited to speak on behalf of such a rewarding LLC!
The Health Professions LLC will be taking a trip to the Museum of Science + Industry in Chicago April 28th! During this trip, the community will be able to explore the interactive displays at the museum and experience all the interesting qualities science has to offer this world. We are thrilled to be taking this trip and are ecstatic to see all the students that are interested in attending this trip.

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Transfer: Events on events!


The Transfer LLC in South Tower had an amazing start to the spring semester filled with lots of events! The first event that we attended was “Bowling for Soup” hosted by the Union Recreation Center. If students brought 2 canned food items, you received 1 FREE game of bowling! If students brought 3 canned food items, you received 2 FREE games of bowling! All of the donations collected went to the UWM Student Food Pantry which allows students in need access to food. Resident Assistant (RA) Alyssa went with 5 residents and we had a total of 7 strikes throughout the game and took some amazing pictures along the way!




The next event that the Transfer LLC students attended was hosted by Campus Activities Board (CAB). It was their annual “Glow Roller Rink” on Valentine’s Day. They had various Valentine’s Day crafts, sweets, pasta bar, and of course…. skates for the roller rink!




A few residents trying out the skates, enjoying the music, and feeling the glow!




After realizing how bad the skates hurt their feet, some residents decided it was time to make some Valentine’s Day crafts while still enjoying the music and snacks provided.




Would it really be considered an LLC without a LLC ice cream and pizza party?! In November, we have our annual homecoming banner competition. The Transfer LLC won “Most LLC” and received a FREE pizza and ice cream party from University Housing. Who doesn’t love free food?!




Since it fell around the time of Valentine’s Day, we had some residents making Valentine’s Day cards while enjoying some pizza and great company from their LLC friends!




Others were really just excited about the free food and stopped by for a few minutes to enjoy the amazing reward!



In the South Tower Transfer LLC, we are excited to be pairing up with the Riverview Transfer LLC for more events this spring such as Mitchell Park Domes and 6 Flags! Stay tuned (:

Social Welfare: Criminal Justice Student Association & Go Milwaukee


It is now March, we are over a month into the new semester, and things are in full swing within the Social Welfare LLC. Although the Criminal Justice/Social Work 105 class is over, our community continues to pursue educational opportunities related to the fields of Criminal Justice and Social Work. This month, we will be attending the Criminal Justice Student Association meeting together, and we also have plans for a large-scale event in the City of Milwaukee in collaboration with the City of Milwaukee Police Department. 

A noteworthy event this past month was the first “Go Milwaukee” event of the semester. Several prospective Social Welfare LLC students had the opportunity to take a tour of our community and hear from current residents within the LLC. We look forward to assisting with “Go Milwaukee” events in the future!

Local 2 Global: Studying Abroad


On January 23rd the Center for International Education put on an amazing Study Abroad Fair in the Union Ballroom. This was the Local 2 Global LLC Kickoff and the students loved it! Because there are some Global Studies majors in the LLC and since studying abroad and having an international internship is part of the graduation requirements, this was an excellent opportunity for my residents to learn more about their options. My residents got to learn about all sorts of different programs to use to fulfill their requirements and because the Study Abroad Fair was running practically all day, those who could not attend with the group still made sure to stop by on their own free time between classes.

One of my residents, Jack, who is thinking about majoring in Anthropology here at UWM, was excited to have learned a lot of information about Ireland. He has been eager to study abroad there for a while so the fact that there was entire booth dedicated to the country was awesome for him. He spent a while talking to the program coordinators and learning about his options. Now, he is planning on possibly going over this coming summer!

Another resident, Alphia, who is double majoring in Global Studies and Russian also had a great time at the event. She was looking around at all of the different program options, including the UWM faculty led programs as well as the many organizations who put on separate programs.

All in all, the Study Abroad fair was an excellent event for the Local 2 Global residents to put themselves out there and learn more about their options!

Engineering: Industry Expo & Fun Events


There are a lot of exiting events that are coming soon in the Engineering LLC! Today (March 1st) was the Spring Industry Expo, held in the Wisconsin Room of the Student Union! The Industry Expo is where representatives from many different companies from the local area come in and set up booths in the Union. Engineering students then come and talk to these representatives to either get their foot in the door for possible internships or Co-Ops in the future, or to hand in a resume in order to be looked at right away for a summer internship or Co-Op. Either way, Engineering students are receiving excellent exposure into the world of Engineering, and what it has to offer. Some students may even go on to become one of the representatives that people talk to at these Industry Expo events! Coming soon is the College of Engineering and Applied Science Alumni Dinner! This is another excellent way for Engineering students to get exposure to real world engineering, as they will have an opportunity to talk with engineers in the area who have been in their shoes and who are now building their careers from their education at UWM. The other event that is coming later in the semester is the Six Flags Trip! A date has been set for April 21st for this event. One of our very own professors within the college of Engineering, Andrew Dressel, will give a short presentation to students who will be going on the trip about the physics of rollercoasters. Students are in for a day of fun at the theme park afterwards. Fun and educational! We are very exited for what is in store for our engineers for the rest of this semester!

Cultures and Communities: Identity Bingo & Drag Show


Hi everyone!

Welcome to another exciting semester in the Cultures and Communities LLC of Sandburg Hall! For those who don’t know me yet, I am Bri, the Resident Assistant of Floor 6 of West Tower. I have some exciting events planned for the LLC this semester, two of which have already happened!

Our first event, the second semester LLC kickoff, was a fun game of Identity Bingo. In Identity Bingo, residents created their own bingo card based off of a list of identities that they believed applied to them. Then, I randomly called from the list and we played a game of bingo with those identities. We stopped a few times to talk about some of the identities, and residents shared some personal stories relating to them. We all learned a little more about the people in our community from this event.

Our next event was shortly after our kickoff, the UWM Drag Show! Huge crowds showed up to the Drag Show, in the thousands! Pictured is just a section of the huge crowd. Many residents from the Cultures and Communities LLC were among them. This year was the 20th Annual Drag Show, but it was many of my residents first time. Everyone I talked to told me how much fun it was and that they cannot wait for next year.

This semester, you can expect more collaboration with the Local 2 Global LLC on the 5th Floor of West Tower. The RA, Allison, and I are thinking about an end of the semester event to support a fellow resident in his final presentation for his African Dance class. I expect many fun LLC events this semester, and I hope everyone is as excited as I am.



ASL: Snow Days & Drag Show


The ASL LLC has been amazing the past few weeks. The semester started off a little rough with 4 snow days. We had a lot of free time to hang out and catch up after winter break but the following weeks were quite stressful trying to catch up on our all of the make-up work. Once classes finally started for real some of the residents mentioned that they really noticed the benefits of living in the ASL LLC. Many people commented on how much ASL they already knew and how much easier their ASL class was because they were ahead of their classmates. I was so excited to hear that they really enjoyed living on the floor AND they were learning and getting something out of the experience as well. 
One of the most exciting things that happened, at least for me, was the UWM Drag Show. We were able to get reserved seats behind the interpreter section. The future interpreters on our floor had a great time learning a different style of interpreting. So far they have really only seen classroom and community interpreters so it was a new experience to see a show interpreter in action. ASL is a visual language and based on the content of the Drag Show there were a few interesting moments where knowing a visual language become pretty interesting. Based on what has happened so far this semester I cannot wait to see what the rest of the school year has to offer. 





Film: 24 Hour Film Festival & Oscars


This was an EXTREMELY fun and busy month for the Film LLC! At the beginning of the semester in January, the LLC embarked on a tradition that will last a lifetime, The 24 Hour Film Festival! Before January 25th, participants picked groups, but on the actual day of the event, the genre, phrase and prop they must have used was decided. After that, they had 24 hours to create a 5 minute or less film outside of Cambridge. After the 24 hours, flash drives were given to RA Garrett for distribution to our judges!

On February 6th, the LLC awards ceremony was held. Over 70 LLCer’s, RA’s, RLC’s and students came to the event. Pizza and a chocolate fountain were provided! We watched the 6 films, then awards such as Best Actor, Best Cinematography and Best Sound Design. It was an extraordinary night and one of the best events I have seen put on by University Housing.

Lastly, RA Phoebe hosted a party for Hollywood’s biggest night. The Oscar party was a huge success and LLC members Thomas Lovely and George Sande made sushi for all that attended! Overall, this was a fantastic month for the LLC and I hope it continues to get better!