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Fostering Diversity-Equity-Inclusion-Belonging
UW Oshkosh awarded $1 million NSF grant to address gender equity concerns in STEM faculty
WBAY
OSHKOSH -- A $1 million grant will go toward addressing gender equity concerns in STEM academics at UW-Oshkosh.
The three-year National Science Foundation grant will be used across UW-Oshkosh’s three campuses in Fond du Lac, Fox Cities, and Oshkosh.
With the money, the UWO’s NSF ADVANCE grant team plans to create a web-based dashboard to build awareness and transparency and track progress related to gender inequities among faculty and instructional staff in the STEM disciplines across the campuses...
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Encourage Educational Attainment
Making manufacturing matter, one student at a time: Clintonville's Automation & Engineering Academy inspires, connects
INSIGHT PUBLICATIONS
CLINTONVILLE -- Talent challenges keep most employers up at night as they face the workplace exodus of baby boomers and not enough candidates to replace them. Manufacturers face additional battles, both to change the often-negative perception of manufacturing and to make students aware of the field’s viable, well-paying opportunities.
Just one of the many ways the educational and business sectors have come together on behalf of students — and perhaps prospective future employees — in an exercise of ingenuity is found in Clintonville. This rural town with just 4,600 residents is known for its industrial history — the birthplace of four-wheel drive technology and home to diverse manufacturing industries...
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Fostering Diversity-Equity-Inclusion-Belonging
This Green Bay mural represents the 'past, present and future' of Oneida people. Here's where to see it.
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE
GREEN BAY - Muralist Nekoda Witsken knew she found what she was looking for when she saw a photo of Nativia Adams, a citizen of the Oneida Nation, and honed in on her nails.
The Brooklyn-based artist found her inspiration in Adams for a large mural on the historic J.L. Jorgensen Building, 107 N. Broadway St., in downtown Green Bay.
“My idea was to show history and the modern on this historic wall,” Witsken, 29, said.
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Leadership in the New North
Bank First has new board chairman, Manitowoc region president as merger nears
MANITOWOC HERALD TIMES REPORTER
MANITOWOC - Bank First Corporation, parent company of Bank First, has announced leadership changes ahead of an August merger with Denmark Bancshares, Inc., parent company of Denmark State Bank.
The merger with Denmark Bancshares will happen Aug. 12 with Denmark State Bank offices in Denmark, Howard, Shawano and Whitelaw re-opening as Bank First on Aug. 15 and the Reedsville office re-opening on Aug. 16.
Denmark State Bank Bellevue and Lawrence offices will permanently close after normal business hours on Aug. 12. Those customers can access any other Bank First location starting Aug. 15....
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Leadership in the New North
CLA Announces Career Advancements in Wisconsin
CLA
CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen LLP), the 8th largest accounting firm in the United States, announced career advancements for professionals across the firm effective July 1, including 29 in Wisconsin. Historically, such advancements were recognized on November 1. The primary timeframe for advancements and compensation was brought forward four months in response to CLA employee feedback and engagement survey results.
CLA believes the best way to serve clients and communities is to support its people in building careers that enable each CLA family member to do more of what they are great at, while matching personal and professional aspirations. The firm offers its people the opportunity to make choices about their career, including uncommon career path choices, the industry they serve, the service capabilities they develop, their geography, and more...
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