Universities of Wisconsin to Announce Workforce and Technology Budget Initiative
UW-Milwaukee chancellor to highlight innovation, entrepreneurship and talent retention; joined by UWs Regent President Kyle Weatherly, UWs Interim President Renée Wachter, UW-Stout Chancellor Katherine Frank and UW-Parkside Lynn Akey
MILWAUKEE_University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Chancellor Thomas Gibson will join Universities of Wisconsin Regent President Kyle Weatherly, UWs Interim President Renée Wachter, UW-Stout Chancellor Katherine Frank and UW-Parkside Chancellor Lynn Akey to announce a UWs new budget initiative focused on building the workforce pipeline and accelerating business and technology.
This budget announcement follows a separate announcement on the UWs budget related to expanding health care access.
Media are invited to cover the event, which will take place at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12, at the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, 2100 E. Kenwood Blvd.
Gibson will discuss UWM’s role in strengthening Wisconsin’s talent pipeline, innovation ecosystem and long-term economic competitiveness. Lindsey Roddy, founder of RoddyMedical, will discuss how she benefited from entrepreneurship and research commercialization support through UWM’s U.S. National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program.
Guest speakers and leaders from other Universities of Wisconsin institutions will preview other budget initiatives aimed at building Wisconsin’s workforce and next generation of businesses.
Media access
Members of the media are invited to cover the event at 11 a.m. on Aug. 12 at the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, 2100 E. Kenwood Blvd. Media are asked to RSVP to media-services-team@uwm.edu.
About UWM
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has an ambitious mission as both a top-tier research university and an access institution, striving to ensure that students have equitable opportunities to earn a college degree. UWM educates a diverse student body of more than 23,000 students from 83 countries. About 43% of its undergraduates are first-generation college students. Its unique and top-rated programs include Wisconsin’s only accredited schools of architecture and public health, the only North American school dedicated solely to freshwater sciences and a film program ranked among the top 50 in the world. It has the largest and top-rated online education program in Wisconsin. UW-Milwaukee partners with leading companies to conduct joint research, promote entrepreneurship, provide student internships and serve as an economic engine for southeastern Wisconsin. The Princeton Review named UW-Milwaukee a 2026 “Best Midwestern” university based on overall academic excellence and student reviews.
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