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Contact: Ethnie Groves, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2156 Investment Will Leverage $6 Million In Federal Dollars STEVENS POINT - Governor Jim Doyle announced today that he will propose, as part of his next budget, a $1.3 million investment in the state's two Manufacturing Extension Partnerships (MEP) - The Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership and the Northwest Manufacturing Outreach Center - to help improve the competitive position...

2-4 pm IDEAL Milwaukee - Free Program is at UWM School of Continuing Education, 161 W. Wisconsin Ave., Sixth Floor, in downtown Milwaukee. SPEAKER: Luke Visconti examines and discusses the state of diversity in today’s businesses and organizations. REGISTRATION: 414-227-3200 and refer to Program Number 4000-1115

By Tom Still MILWAUKEE – At the State University of New York in Albany, Carlos Santiago helped forge a partnership between IBM and the campus that led to the creation of a $1.5 billion "center of excellence." Now that he's taken up residence in Wisconsin, Santiago sees no reason why UW-Milwaukee can't aspire to do the same. Santiago, who took office...

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By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – Faculty, staff and students at UW-Madison who want to start their own companies will soon have more help, thanks to a new program being unveiled today. Sponsored by the university’s Office of Corporate Relations, the nine-point initiative is modeled effort is modeled after successful efforts at the University of Michigan, Stanford...

Contact: Sally Muller or Tom Still, (608) 442-7557 To register: www.wisconsintechnologycouncil.com MADISON – Three panel discussions at the Wisconsin Life Science & Venture Conference are tied to the year-long “Building the New Wisconsin Economy” project, which has focused citizen and news media attention on the elements of a successful 21st century economy. Panel discussions scheduled for the two-day venture...