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The Wisconsin Council of Safety inducted Chairman and CEO Dale Schuh and Sentry Insurance into the Wisconsin Safety Hall of Fame at the Council’s 64th Annual Safety and Health Congress on April 24. This special honor was presented in recognition of Dale’s leadership and Sentry’s outstanding commitment and dedication to promoting workplace safety – for customers and Sentry employees. “Dale has...

Contact: Dan Chin, Director of Public Affairs Work: (608) 327-7006 Cell: (608) 692-8828 dan.chin@hospicecareinc.com Madison, WI (May 1, 2006) – HospiceCare Inc. will offer Journey Through Grief, a grief support group series, in two locations: In Fitchburg at the Hyland Park Apartments, 5440 Caddis Bend, and in Sun...

Better Tools Make More Money How do you sell your product? How do you promote your business? What tools do you use to increase your chances of being noticed in today's huge marketplace? It's not necessarily important to do more, but it is important to do things smart. In your sales presentation, can your customers see...

CONTACT: RICHARD DAVIDSON (608) 262-8972, rjdavids@wisc.edu MADISON -TIME Magazine, the international news weekly, has recognized a scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as one of the most influential people of 2006. Richard Davidson, who has devoted his career to understanding how the brain regulates human emotions, is one of 100 prominent personalities featured by the magazine. TIME annually honors the vision,...

Contact: Anne Lupardus, Governor Doyle's Office, 608-261-2162 Last year, 53 million Americans had their personal information stolen. What's worse is that many of these people have no idea that their date of birth, social security number, or credit card information may have been compromised, so they...

Grants to support 'access to care' initiatives across Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wisconsin - May 1, 2006 - In an effort to address the issue of access to health care within local communities, six free clinics in Wisconsin have been awarded a total of $145,000 in grant funding from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wisconsin Foundation, the charitable giving arm of Blue...

Contact: Anne Lupardus, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 Will Also Urge Citizens to Sign Petition to President Bush to Cap Oil Company Profits With gas prices and oil profits at record highs, Governor Doyle will call on the Legislature to pass his "Promoting Our Wisconsin Energy Resources" (POWER) Initiative...

CONTACT: Andy Cohn, (608) 263-2821, cohn@warf.org MADISON - A grant program aimed at stimulating collaborative research projects to be included in the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery has begun with an open invitation to University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers to submit initial proposals by June 1. The Discovery Program Seed Grant Initiative will provide a total of $3 million in private funding to...

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point University Relations and Communications, 715-346-3046, Fax 715-346-2042 http://www.uwsp.edu/news The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP) has been listed in the New York Times as one of the top 109 colleges in the nation for percentage of students completing degrees within six years, a common time period for measuring graduation rates. The listing, based on government data, appears in the...

Contact: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608/267-9661 MADISON-Department of Commerce (Commerce) Secretary Mary P. Burke today announced that Irv Possin has been appointed as executive director of the Dairy 2020 Program. "Irv Possin has more than 30 years of experience offering customized technical assistance to dairy producers on a wide variety of topics," Secretary Burke said. "He will be...