WisBusiness: $1 million offered to help student entrepreneurs
UW-Madison business students with hopes of opening a business could have more opportunities for start-up financing, thanks to a gift from a local businessman.
Bruce D. Neviaser, chairman and founding director of the Great Lakes Companies Inc. has pledged $1 million to the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship in the UW-Madison School of Business to honor his father, Daniel H. Neviaser,...
WisBusiness: International rankings show improvement for UW’s executive ed classes
The 2004 ranking of UW-Madison's open-enrollment executive education programs improved in the Financial Times' sixth annual international survey of business schools.
In the open programs category, which includes classes open to anyone, Wisconsin ranked 29th, up from 31st in 2003 and 41st in 2002. Two Big Ten schools ranked higher: Northwestern, which tied for 2nd, and Michigan, which finished 12th...
WMEP: Companies Launch Initiative to Strengthen U.S. Suppliers
Contacts:
Michael Klonsinski, WMEP, cell: 608-335-4217; office: 608-240-1740 Ext. 114
Bob Klein, Harley-Davidson, 414-343-4433
Kirsten Skyba, Oshkosh Truck, 920-233-9621
Ken Golden, Deere & Co., 309-765-5678
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – U.S.-based suppliers to major U.S. manufacturers will have an opportunity to strengthen their competitiveness through a new initiative created by Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Deere & Company, Oshkosh Truck Corp. and the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP)....
Ruder Ware: Panelists Encourage Wisconsin Businesses and Lawmakers to Get Involved in Global Trade Issues
Contact: Lisa Roys
(608) 204-5806
Madison, WI--A panel of Wisconsin government officials who accompanied Governor Jim Doyle
on a recent trade mission to China, told Wisconsin business leaders at a meeting of the Wisconsin
World Trade Legislation Council (WWTLC) on Monday that they need to get involved to make a
difference.
State Senator Robert...
