The Lubar Entrepreneurship Center and Welcome Center, at the corner of Kenwood Boulevard and Maryland Avenue, serves as both UWM’s “front door” and a new address for transforming the region’s economy. (UWM Photo/Pete Amland)
The public grand opening had a full house of visitors that included students, community members, staff, faculty and local politicians. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
UWM Chancellor Mark E. Mone introduces the new building to the public. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett shares his excitement for what the new building will do not only for the university but also for Milwaukee. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes praises those who made the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center possible. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Lubar & Co. founder Sheldon Lubar and his wife, Marianne, bang a gong to officially mark the opening of the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center. The Lubars launched funding for the building in 2015 with a $10 million donation. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Chancellor Mark Mone joins a group photo in front of the four-foot-high lightbulb sculpture. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
UWM graduate Ali Bakhshinejad (left), who participated in both the Student Startup Challenge and I-Corps program, talks business with student Damilare Tomori (seated), owner of Lynk Graphics. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Pro Go business owner Collin Roberts explains his product. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
DoCo Glamping is a luxury camping business for Door County started by UWM student Kali Knutson and her business partner, Miluzka McCarthy. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
UWM architecture student Brodie Kerst is a winner of a $1,000 check as the UWM Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization Entrepreneur of the Year with his business, Brodie Kerst Productions. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Guests at the grand opening toss paper airplanes, symbolizing their soaring ambitions. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
The two-story campus facility, at the corner of Kenwood Boulevard and Maryland Avenue, serves as both UWM’s public “front door” and a new address for transforming the region’s economy.
Guests can tour classrooms, gathering spots for speakers and “innovation labs,” where students prototype products and software.
Also going on in the building during the grand opening is the UWM Innovators Expo, which showcases accomplishments by student entrepreneurs and innovators, student organizations and partnered affiliates during the past year.
