Milwaukee Student Planning Association

CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES!
SARUP is holding a spring commencement on May 17--live online. We will have the music, the pageantry, and the fun. We will cheer as our new BSAS graduates move their tassels to the left sides of their caps, applaud our M.Arch and MUP graduates, and witness a PhD hooding.

Please join us. Forward this email to your family and friends. All are welcome.

Your formal invitation will come by email next week. For now, save the date and watch for more announcements about pre-commencement networking events exclusively for graduates.

Sunday, May 17 | 11 a.m.

RSVP by email by noon on Friday, May 15, to receive your "ticket" (the Zoom link)

Here is the RSVP form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfClPGPrEUQ-yJHNxFU8bjGEbQNHJIxvF2BvzDVb1xJezCvTQ/viewform
If you have trouble with the form, feel free to email Nancy Frank directly.



A formal university commencement for all May 2020 graduates will take place on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020 at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena.

The latest UWM REPORT features Associate Professor of Urban Planning Kirk Harris on the importance of “giving voice” to black men (pp. 33-35)

https://uwm.edu/news/giving-voice/

This Thursday, March 12th, the UWM School of Architecture and Urban Planning (SARUP) will be hosting another free lecture event in Milwaukee at noon. Jeff Sponcia, Manager of Planning at Milwaukee County Transit System will provide insight into enjoying the array of options Milwaukee’s transportation scene offers, including omnipresent modes MCTS, Bublr bikes and Lime e-scooters.

1 AICP CM credit is availble. For more information visit our events page: https://wisconsin.planning.org/conferences-and-events/events/

Happy New Year! Don't forget to register for this year's Planning & a Pint on Short-term Rentals: the good, bad & ugly. Click the link to register for this FREE event!
https://www.alumni.uwm.edu/s/1902/m19/interior-alum.aspx?sid=1902&gid=2&pgid=796&content_id=687&fbclid=IwAR2F-wiMc0Cj96QrxG6-OhFjum9gVwgAC_vBnZ0GqC-_eLI-wBfyAhRRthA

Congratulations to our MSPA members and UWM School of Architecture and Urban Planning (SARUP) graduates on receiving their Master of Urban Planning degrees this weekend!

Current and past MSPA members ventured across the Golden Gate Bridge via bicycles while attending APA's National Planning Conference.

(Pictured: Steven Madsen, Katie Bennett, Josie Willman)

n mid-April, Master of Urban Planning students went to the National Planning Conference, hosted in San Fransisco, and learned about exciting new planning practices both at the conference and by exploring the city.

MSPA member, Josie Willman, received a 2018 FHWA transportation fellowship!

Josie Willman, a graduate student in the MUP program, received a 2018 Federal Highway Administration’s Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship. Eisenhower Fellowships are awarded to individuals pursuing a degree in transportation-related disciplines, are conducting ongoing transportation-related research, and plan to enter the transportation profession.

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