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UWSP University Relations and Communications urc@uwsp.edu 715-346-3046 www.uwsp.edu/urc A University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point student, Helen Leavenworth of Mount Horeb, will receive the first 2011 Soil and Water Conservation Scholarship at the Agronomy, Crop and Soil Science Societies of America international annual meetings next week in San Antonio, Texas. Leavenworth, who is majoring in soil science with a minor in international resource management, will...

Ed Taylor, Director of Marketing & Communications 608-663-2333 Madison, Wis. (October 11, 2011) - Edgewood College joined with 32 other leading institutions on Monday to launch the Billion Dollar Green Challenge. The goal is to invest a cumulative total of one billion dollars in self-managed green revolving funds that finance energy efficiency upgrades on campus. As part of the Founding...

Danielle Johnson, Wisconsin Department of Tourism 608-266-0458 djohnson@TravelWisconsin.com Lisa Marshall, Wisconsin Department of Tourism 608-267-3773 lmarshall@TravelWisconsin.com MADISON, Wis. (Oct. 11, 2011) — The Wisconsin Arts Board and the Department of Tourism are teaming up to highlight and celebrate the arts in Wisconsin. October is National Arts and Humanities month and the Wisconsin Arts Board and the Department of Tourism are working harder than ever, together,...

MILWAUKEE – Kahler Slater, an award-winning architecture and experience design firm, has promoted Kelly Gaglione to vice president. With her promotion, Gaglione becomes a member of Kahler Slater’s executive team and will take the lead on several firm-wide initiatives including strategic planning. She will continue to oversee the firm’s Client Services team which is responsible for...

Beth Stafford 414-229-4800 bstaff@uwm.edu MILWAUKEE —Douglass North, a 1993 Nobel laureate in economics, will discuss “Beliefs and Institutions that Underlie Present Day Economic Decision Making” at the Bradley Distinguished Lecture Series on Thursday, Oct. 20, noon-1:30 p.m., at the Hilton Milwaukee City Center, 509 W. Wisconsin Ave. North will examine how economic decisions are made through the lens of the...

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Caroline Letiecq, Communications Manager 602-229-5377caroline.letiecq@quarles.com MADISON, Wis. (October 11, 2011) — The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced that Jennifer J. Hennessy has joined the Firm's Madison office as an associate in the Health Law Group. Ms. Hennessy earned her law degree, with distinction, master's in business administration degree, and undergraduate degree, with highest distinction and honors, from the...

Kanoe Fish (414) 978-5358 kfish@whdlaw.com Milwaukee, Wis. – October 11, 2011 – The law firm of Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. is pleased to announce that attorneys Jeffrey P. Aiken and Philip J. Halley have received select honors from Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. Aiken has been named “Milwaukee Best Lawyers Litigation –...

Nate MyszkaProtect Your Care WI715-573-5725 Significant health insurance loss likely in every county of state if proposed plan goes through Madison, WI -- In a letter to state legislators today, the Save BadgerCare Coalition called for every legislator to hold hearings in their districts on proposed BadgerCare cuts that could throw many off their health insurance and reduce coverage for others....

Phil Walzak ptwalzak@gmail.com 202-302-3250 As US Senate votes to Stop Unfair Chinese Currency Manipulation, GOP Senate Candidates Remain Silent Time for Republicans to Come Clean: Wisconsin Jobs and Middle Class Families, or the Chinese Economy MILWAUKEE -- Tammy Baldwin today reissued her call for the Republican candidates for the US Senate to support legislation that stands up to unfair Chinese currency manipulation that hurts...

Mike Counter920-403-3089mike.counter@snc.edu DE PERE, WIS.: St. Norbert College will host Globetrotting Friday, an event for middle-school students to travel the world virtually on the St. Norbert College campus, Friday, Nov. 11, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Students ages 11-14 will participate in mini-courses including Chinese Calligraphy, Spanish and Sports, Finnish Culture, and more. The...

Stephanie Marquis608-266-2300 Extension deadline is October 17 The income tax extension filing deadline is Monday, October 17. State revenue officials are encouraging you to electronically file your tax return to meet the extension deadline. Taxpayers who filed an extension with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) automatically receive a state extension. When you file your state income tax return,...