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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12/12/12 CONTACT: Pam Miller, 715-558-6675; Marsha R. Mailick, 608-263-5940, mailick@waisman.wisc.edu MADISON - Giizhik Klawiter has never been so much as a visitor to the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Waisman Center, but the 10-year-old autistic boy from Hayward, Wis., is one of the most faithful supporters of the center's developmental disabilities research. For four years, Giizhik's mother, Pam Miller, has visited Walmart,...

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 12, 2012 CONTACT: Jeff Boudreau, Vice President, Retail Sales Manager (608) 203-1223 JBoudreau@wisconsinbankandtrust.com Madison, WI, December 12, 2012— Khoonthai “Tick” Baccam is Wisconsin Bank & Trust’s newest Personal Banker at its Fitchburg office. Before joining Wisconsin Bank & Trust, Baccam was a Personal Banker at a local...

For Immediate Release: December 12, 2012 Photos and Maps: Available upon request Contact: Chris Anderson, (612) 845-2744 (cell), canderson@tnc.org MADISON, Wis. – The Nature Conservancy announced today that it is donating two exceptional natural areas in southern Wisconsin, totaling 1,850 acres, to the State of Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board accepted the land donations earlier today at its meeting in Madison. “During...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12/12/12 CONTACT: Eric Ronning, 847-340-7103, earonning@wisc.edu MADISON - With an inexpensive, body-powered prosthetic that replicates an amputee's lost hand, a University of Wisconsin-Madison mechanical engineering student earned second place in the undergraduate division of the 2012 National Collegiate Inventors Competition, held in Washington, D.C., in November. Developed by junior Eric Ronning, the ReHand draws on the same shoulder harness that...

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Francisco, CA – December 12, 2012 – Au Pair Care, an au pair agency that matches American families with international au pairs, today announced that Bonny Wolter, a new area director in Madison, Wisconsin has joined the team. Bonny is responsible for matching international au pairs with local host families in Madison, Wisconsin, as well...

For Immediate Release December 13, 2012 APPLETON, WIS. — The Lawrence University Board of Trustees has named Mark Burstein, executive vice president of Princeton University, the college's 16th president. Burstein takes office July 1, 2013, succeeding Jill Beck, who is retiring June 30 after nine years as the college's president. She was appointed the first female president in Lawrence's 165-year history in...