Free time? Yes, you’ll have some. Use it to meet people, have a say in campus life, prepare for your career and make the most of Milwaukee.
Clubs & Organizations
More than 300 student-led organizations span the interest and cultural spectrum of Wisconsin’s most diverse university.
Center for Student Involvement
Search for Organizations
Volunteerism & Leadership
Make an impact on UWM and Milwaukee.
Take a Spring Break trip with Habitat for Humanity. Coordinate a food drive. Run for an elected position in a student organization.
Center for Volunteerism & Student Leadership
The UWM Post
Student Association
Student Housing Administrative Council (SHAC)
The UWM Union – the capital of campus
Bowl, spelunk, ski and play ping-pong. Get closer to arts and culture beyond your own perspective. See a movie. Make new friends.
Get bold: UWM Adventure Center
Get smarter: Distinguished Lecture Series
Get grub: Gasthaus Entertainment Series
Get bowling: Union Recreation Center
Get creative: Studio Arts and Craft Centre
Get popcorn: UWM Union Theatre
Get culture: UWM Union Sociocultural
There’s more to the Union than we could possibly fit here, or than you could do in a year. For more on what to do and where to eat: UWM Union
Cultural Centers & Programming
From Cinco de Mayo to Kwanzaa, scholarship receptions to a talk by Pulitzer-Prize winners, the UWM Union is home to drop-in student centers, cultural celebrations and relevant programs and performances.
Get book-smarter: UWM Libraries/Events
Get cultured: UWM Union Sociocultural
Get multicultural: Multicultural Student Centers
Get resources: Women's Resource Center
Get diversity: LGBT Resource Center
Shekóli: American Indian Student Services
Hamjambo: Black Cultural Center
¡Bienvenidos!: Roberto Hernández Center
Sabaidee: Southeast Asian-American Student Services
Arts & Entertainment
Arts and athletics are woven into the campus culture.
Our Peck School of the Arts is one of the premier arts programmers in Milwaukee, hosting more than 300 events yearly – many of them are free to students. View calendar.
Panther Athletics offers year-round spectator-sport opportunities, across 15 Division I sports and more than 300 student-athletes.