A MESSAGE FROM CHANCELLOR MONE

As you read through this edition of UWM Alumni, you’ll see prime examples of the countless ways UWM makes positive impacts on people. They are reminders of why the value of UWM, and of higher education in general, has never been higher.

Every year, UWM graduates more than 5,000 students, and more than 80% of them stay in Wisconsin. They join our workforces, raise their families and become active members of our communities.

Similar stories play out at colleges across the country, and the benefits are tangible. College graduates, on average, earn $1 million more over their lifetime than those without a college degree. They’re also more likely to be employed, own a home, donate to charity, live longer, volunteer and vote, while being less likely to be unemployed, impoverished or imprisoned. And that’s just the broad view of things.

Industry experts are sounding alarm bells about Wisconsin needing more health care workers, and nobody is better positioned to train them than UWM. We already have the state’s largest Health Sciences program. You’ll see on this page and the next how our new Ziemer Clinical Simulation Center has become a critical educational component. But our enrollment is at capacity, and we’re hopeful the state will fund plans for a new facility that increases enrollment by 15%. I know doing so will provide another powerful example of the value UWM delivers, time and time again.

Best regards,