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For more information, contact: Cheryl Van Tessier, Finesse Public Relations LLC (608) 467-4408, ctessier@finessepr.net Tracy Nelson, Summit Credit Union (608) 243-5000X2842, Tracy.Nelson@summitcreditunion.com ASTD “Best Award” Recognizes Organizational Commitment to Employee Learning MADISON, Wis. — Summit Credit Union is among 32 organizations from Canada, Hong Kong, India, Singapore, Turkey and the United States to receive an American Society for Training & Development’s (ASTD) BEST Award, the...

Contact: Ashley Huibregtse, 608-224-5002, ashley.huibregtse@wisconsin.gov Jim Dick, Communications Director, 608-224-5020, jim.dick@wi.gov MADISON – If your company has been debating marketing your products internationally and just didn’t know the best time, this may be it. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) encourages companies to apply now for the Branded Program, which assists small and medium-sized food and agricultural...

Delafield, Wisconsin – December 12, 2011 Medical Economics Journal has recently named Daniel W. Wilson and Robert T. Dignan, CFP®, of CedarPoint Investment Advisors, Inc. in Delafield, Wisconsin to the 2011 List of the United States Best Financial Advisers for Doctors. The list is compiled annually from nominations received by the Journal, and final selection is based upon a...

Contact: Mike Ruzicka 414.778.4929 or 414.870.1876 December 12, 2011 – Home sales jumped 24.3% in November in the 4-county metropolitan area, marking the 5th month in a row that sales have increased. The increase represents 968 sales compared to 779 a year ago. Although 968 sales in November was decent for a late-fall month, the statistical leap is primarily due...

For more information contact: Jeff Fleming, 414-286-8580 Local Workers Load a P&H Electric Shovel for Shipment to Siberia The Port of Milwaukee’s final oceangoing general cargo ship of the year is transporting a Wisconsin-made mining shovel halfway around the world. The departure of the BBC Naples, a 400-foot long ship designed to load and carry heavy cargo, concludes a year in...

INDIANAPOLIS - December 12, 2010 — WellPoint (NYSE: WLP) announced today that Kevin R. Hayden, president of its State Sponsored Business division, has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Medicaid Health Plans of America (MHPA) effective January 1, 2012; Hayden will serve in this role through 2013. MHPA is the leading trade association solely...

MEDIA CONTACTS: Lisa Marshall, Wisconsin Department of Tourism Cell phone: 608-445-0267 Email: lmarshall@TravelWisconsin.com Lisa Todd, Laughlin Constable Cell phone: 414-202-4041 Email: ltodd@laughlin.com Media opportunity with Zucker and Secretary Klett to discuss the 2012 winter tourism ad campaign and TV shoot MADISON, Wis. (Dec. 12, 2011) — Iconic Hollywood director and Wisconsin native David Zucker and Tourism Secretary Stephanie Klett will hold a press conference and Q&A session...

University of Wisconsin-Platteville reaches 1,000 graduates for its distance education programs PLATTEVILLE, Wis., Dec. 9, 2011 -- The University of Wisconsin-Platteville's Distance Education programs (UW-Platteville Online) has surpassed 1,000 graduates. From its beginning as an innovative correspondence service for Wisconsin citizens, the program now reaches more than 2,500 students worldwide. "We're not scrambling to reach 100,000 students. And that's OK, because...

Contact: Kara Luedtke, (608) 263-6089, kara.luedtke@supportuw.org MADISON - The clock is ticking. University of Wisconsin-Madison Class of 2011 graduates can see their gifts to support the university doubled, but only through Saturday, Dec. 31. In their 2011 spring commencement address, UW-Madison alumni and donors John and Tashia Morgridge issued the following challenge: "We will match, dollar for dollar, donations to the...

Contact: Nader Behdad, 608-262-8804, behdad@wisc.edu MADISON - While tall, bulky antennas seem like relics in an era of sleek, modern smartphones, they're still an unfortunate necessity for American soldiers. "One of the problems that many military communications systems have is that they use low frequencies - anywhere from 2 MHz to below 1 GHz," says Nader Behdad, an assistant...

Contact: Lisa Frank, 608-262-8815, designgallery@mail.sohe.wisc.edu MADISON - In the year since the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery opened at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, its resident researchers have gotten comfortable in their innovative new spaces. Now comes a fun part. Behind a green curtain lies an extension of the facility's capabilities. Lisa Frank's ": "der" //Pattern for a Virtual Environment" takes a...

By Brian E. Clark For WisBusiness.com Green buildings can do a lot for employee morale, even help with marketing efforts and – more important for the bottom line – lead to substantial savings, a trio of panelists said at the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council Conference. While the first two reasons are harder to quantify, monitoring a structure’s upgraded mechanical systems can produce...