UWM TRIO Student Support Services Program

10/20/2026

Today, I attended a livestreamed UWM Continuing Education Program, "Wisconsin’s AI Future: Workforce, Innovation and Regional Competitiveness." The final speaker, Tim Hickson, Sr. VP and Chief Information Officer at Regal Rexnord, a Milwaukee-based manufacturer, shared three takeaways on the people skills that complement AI tools and set humans apart. 1) Adaptability; 2) Data literacy; and 3) Three C's: curiosity, creativity, and courage. As AI development and implementation accelerate, the human factor cannot be underestimated; humans must guide AI.

10/13/2026

DID YOU KNOW? Women Dominate in Enrollment Numbers, but Men Earn More
Women make up the majority of bachelor’s and graduate degree recipients—a trend projected to continue. But while higher education is associated with higher earnings, women’s pay still lags behind men’s. Overall, women’s earnings have improved significantly since 1979, when women earned 60 cents on the dollar compared with men, rising to 84 cents on the dollar in 2022. More recently, however, this progress has reversed: As of 2024, women earned 81 cents on the dollar compared with men, representing the widest gender wage gap since 2016. (Source: https://cew.georgetown.edu/resource/cew-blog-women-learning-more-earning-less-men/ (July 21, 2026)

Women continue to earn less than their male peers. Will their economic returns ever match their educational progress?

08/24/2026

DID YOU KNOW? A collection of recent studies highlights how financial vulnerability, mental health, emergency aid, career preparation and awareness of campus resources intersect with student success. Among the findings, 24 percent of financially vulnerable students did not know whether their institution offered mental health or counseling services, compared with 17 percent of financially secure students.. The findings point toward a familiar but important lesson: offering support is not enough if students do not know it exists or cannot easily access it.

At UWM, the Dean of Students Office offers emergency aid, and the Center for Student Experience and Talent (SET) supports career preparation, community engagement, and experiential learning. Student Financial Services coordinates scholarships and financial aid assistance and works with financially vulnerable students. Student Health and Wellness (SHAW) also provides mental health support and counseling. To learn more about any of these fantastic campus resources, you can stop by the TRIO Student Support Services office in Mitchell Hall 135 or schedule an appointment with Demond or Natalia on your Navigate360 dashboard.

08/05/2026

DID YOU KNOW? Professionalism is not a dress code, but accountability under genuine pressure—the judgment to diagnose what a moment requires, the discipline to follow through when follow-through is costly, and a professional identity stable enough to absorb setbacks without defaulting to paralysis or blame. SOURCE: https://www.ecampusnews.com/teaching-learning/2026/08/03/employers-keep-talking-about-durable-skills/?

The absence of durable skills from today's graduate pipeline reflects not a skills gap, but a failure of institutional design.

06/30/2026

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06/29/2026

Understanding the job market in your chosen field can help you strategize how to navigate your path to success despite less-than-optimum job prospects.

An economist helped us cut through the noise to capture a clear, nuanced picture of what the labor market for new graduates really looks like right now.

06/25/2026

DID YOU KNOW? A microcredential validates a specific, narrowly defined skill or competency. It is typically delivered as a short program and issued as a digital, verifiable artifact. A traditional certificate is broader and longer, often spanning several courses within a topic area, and has historically been delivered as a paper certificate or a PDF. Microcredentials are the smallest unit of meaningful learning your institution can certify, while certificates are bundles of related learning that go deeper into a domain. The lines blur because certificates can include microcredentials, and microcredentials can stack into certificates. (Source: https://resources.moderncampus.com/media/microcredentials-vs-certificates-what-universities-need-to-know?1782400597700 )

Microcredentials vs certificates explained. Learn key differences, workforce alignment and how universities can build stackable credential pathways.

05/22/2026

As the UWM TRIO Student Support Services director, I was privileged to es**rt and hood Army Captain Jalen Carney, Ph.D., at last Sunday's UW Milwaukee graduation. While working to earn his doctorate, Jalen was my Graduate Program Assistant and had been a TRIO McNair Scholar. So proud!

04/27/2026

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Federal TRIO Programs are under unprecedented threat, and now is the time for every TRIO supporter to act. TRIO has opened doors for generations of first-generation students, students from limited-income backgrounds, veterans, adult learners, and students with disabilities—providing the academic s...