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The Litigation Department is pleased to announce the appointment of new leaders in two practice areas and two offices: Labor & Employment Kevin Hyde and Bud Bobber have been appointed chair and vice chair, respectively, of the Labor & Employment Practice. Kevin has been serving as Vice Chair of the department as well as managing partner of the Jacksonville office for the...

Media Contact: Joan Collins Publicity, Inc. (608) 222-2899 A Cost Cutters Family Hair Salon has opened at 1205 Business Highway 18 and 151 in Mount Horeb in the newly-constructed Trollway Shoppes. Dawn Reynolds, who managed a Cost Cutters salon in Platteville, has transferred to the Mt. Horeb salon and named manager. She has...

MILWAUKEE – The law firm of Davis & Kuelthau, s.c. is pleased to announce that attorneys Kathy L. Nusslock and Susan G. Schellinger have been selected by the Wisconsin Law Journal as 2013 Women in the Law honorees. This distinguished award recognizes the outstanding achievement and positive influence of high-level women in the practice of law. “Kathy and Sue’s...

Contact: Betsy Lundgren blundgren@thrivehere.org | 608.443.1961 Thrive, the economic development partnership for the eight-county Madison Region, announces Michael Gay as its Senior Vice President of Economic Development. Gay comes to this position with significant experience and a proven track record in economic development, having served most recently as Director of the Center for New Ventures at UW-Platteville and previously in the...

Contacts Anna Bethmann, Osborn Barr, 314/746-1933 Ellen Amato, Osborn Barr, 314/746-1949 MIDDLETON, Wis. (April 4, 2013) – Though the holidays are over, hundreds of Monsanto Company employees will continue to give back to their communities by participating in the company’s second “Rural Hunger Volunteer Week.” Employees at nearly 100 locations across the U.S. volunteered at local food banks or organize food collection...

For more information, contact: Eric Skrum, Wisconsin Bankers Association 608/441-1216 | (c) 608/445-6430 | eskrum@wisbank.com Twitter:@wisbank April events educate consumers statewide (Madison) April is National Financial Literacy Month. Last year, 236 Wisconsin bankers gave 992 presentations during the month of April, in conjunction with the Wisconsin Bankers Association’s Teach Children to Save Day. Their efforts reached 16,627 children. This year, bankers hope to...

For more information, contact: Amy Crowe, (608) 243-5000X2834, amy.crowe@summitcreditunion.com Cheryl Van...

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(Oconomowoc, Wis.) During the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Wisconsin Psychiatric Association (WPA) recently held in Madison, Wis., key members of the staff at Rogers Memorial Hospital played a leading role. Among those attending were Patrick T. Hammer, MSA, president and chief executive officer of Rogers Behavioral Health System; William Henricks, MBA, Ph.D., chief executive officer of Rogers Partners...

CONTACT: Sangtae Kim, skim@engr.wisc.edu MADISON - Sangtae Kim, who has held both faculty and leadership positions at the UW-Madison, has received the 2013 Ho-Am Prize in Engineering, the highest honor from South Korea for research accomplishments in science, engineering, technology and math fields. Samsung chairman Kun-Hee Lee established the prize, which is awarded in science, engineering, medicine, the arts, and community...

For Immediate Release: April 2, 2013 Contact: Candice Johnson, CWA Communications, 202-434-1168, cjohnson@cwa-union.org Communications Workers of America Thanks Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) for Standing with Brooklyn Cablevision Workers, Highlighting Weakened NLRB By Senate Republicans Last week, Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI) took to the House floor to make the case that a recent labor struggle between Cablevision and some...

CONTACT: Laurie Dennis, ldennis@international.wisc.edu, (608) 265-6640 MADISON - The screenings of two classic features directed by King Hu, a landmark figure in world cinema, mark the latest donations to the unique collection of celebrated Taiwanese films at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Following a donation ceremony, "Dragon Gate Inn" (1967) will be screened at 11:45 a.m. Saturday, April 13, and "A Touch...