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Technology and Innovation
Building better: Construction companies integrate technology to improve efficiency
INSIGHT PUBLICATIONS
“A good share of our skilled craftspeople, overall, are at the ages of 55 or over,” says Todd Higgins, director of masonry for Neenah-based Miron Construction. “For the industry to keep pace with the demand, it’s estimated we need roughly 740,000 new construction workers nationwide for the next three years.”...Read More 1> Leadership in the New North
Innovative educator Frank Braun named to lead College of Business at UW Oshkosh
UW OSHKOSH
Following a nationwide search, experienced academic leader Frank Braun will begin work Jan. 17, as the new dean of the College of Business at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.
Braun currently serves as a professor in the School of Business at the University of Arkansas–Little Rock, where he also served as dean of the College of Business, Health and Human Services.
“Dr. Braun has demonstrated excellence in teaching, scholarship and program development as well as a strong, diverse range of experience in college, university and private-sector service,” said UWO Provost John Koker. “He is an innovative educator with over a decade of experience developing and deploying experiential and emerging digital learning technologies, pedagogies and strategies.”...
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Leadership in the New North
Spotlight: Cindy Bailey, new dean of NWTC Marinette campus
INSIGHT PUBLICATIONS Northeast Wisconsin Technical College named Cindy Bailey as the new dean of its Marinette campus. In addition to her role as dean of NWTC Marinette Campus, Bailey will serve on NWTC’s Learning Leadership Team and Senior Leadership Team, representing the Marinette region in NWTC leadership meetings. “My desire for collaboration in the service of student success is at the heart of everything I do. I believe we are only stronger if we can work together,” Bailey said. “I’m honored to continue to serve my hometown and help make higher education possible for the greater region.”... Read More 3> Promoting the Regional Brand
Non-profit connecting service dogs to disabled veterans for free
NBC 26 GREEN BAY — The Green Bay Packers and Fleet Farm are honoring veterans and active duty military through their annual Salute To Service campaign in November. Packer's running back, Aaron Jones was on hand at the event at Lambeau field to kick off the event, and to honor some special guests who bring comfort to disabled veterans.
"It's just a blessing. I feel like it's coming full circle and I'm honored," says Aaron Jones, representing the Packers throughout the month-long campaign...
Expansion and Business Development in the New North
Defibrillator campaign brings 84 new AEDs to Door County, almost doubling its previous number
GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE Door County now has almost twice as many chances to help save the lives of people experiencing a cardiac episode because of the Door County Fire Chiefs Association's Defibs4DoorCounty fundraising campaign. The campaign, which started in February and ran through Labor Day, raised $79,898 and combined those funds with a $75,000 challenge grant from an anonymous donor for a total of nearly $155,000. That was enough to purchase 84 new automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) to distribute to government agencies and public places across the Peninsula.. ..Fostering Diversity-Equity-Inclusion-Belonging
Marketplace Wisconsin – Governor’s conference on diverse business development
WISCONSIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP (WEDC)
owners from across Wisconsin looking to do business with state, federal and
local governments as well as the private sector.
At MARKETPLACE, minority, woman, veteran and LGBTQ+-owned businesses—and small businesses of all kinds—can learn from and connect with resource providers, government representatives, corporate buyers and business professionals to develop new partnerships and pursue new contracts....
Promoting the Regional Brand
Spotted Cow labels, Reese's wrappers: These are some everyday paper products made in Wisconsin
APPLETON POST-CRESCENT The brown paper wrapped around a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. Charmin toilet paper. The label on a Spotted Cow beer. A lottery ticket. Dynamite paper. Those are just some of the paper products that people use in their daily lives that are made in Wisconsin. The state's paper industry generates more than $18 billion in gross output each year and employs more than 30,000 people, according to a study released earlier this year by the Wisconsin Paper Council and the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Center for Customized Research and Services...
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Partnership creates Wisconsin's first commercial facility to create biofuel for trucks, aircraft
WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO Wisconsin's first commercial facility to convert dairy farm waste into renewable biofuel for vehicles broke ground earlier this month.
That’s thanks to a partnership between the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and the California-based Agra Energy.
The $20 million facility is located at the Dairyland Farm in New Franken. It will use new technology to convert manure into an estimated 750,000 gallons of renewable diesel and jet fuel each year. The company hopes to have the biofuel facility up and running by January.
Agra Energy President and Chief Technology Officer Tony Long said the biofuel produced by the new facility will be cleaner than typical diesel or jet fuel....Read More 8> Fostering Diversity-Equity-Inclusion-Belonging
Wild rice seeding underway in Suamico
WLUK
SUAMICO -- A restoration project is underway in the waters of Green Bay to help a native plant grow.
Crews are planting wild rice up and down the western shoreline.
Inside big white bags sits what some scientists call the possible future of the site at the Sensiba Wildlife Area in Suamico.
"We're planting wild rice in some locations in the wildlife area here to restore that plant to the wetland," said Dave Halfmann, DNR Wildlife Biologist.
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Special Event
Fall projects underway at Green Bay Botanical Garden
WLUK
GREEN BAY -- Fall is a busy time for the Green Bay Botanical Garden. The garden is putting its finishing touches on the WPS Garden of Lights. Come November 25, you can ring in the holiday season by walking through the 37 botanically-themed light displays with more than 325,000 twinkling lights. Since temperatures have been warmer than usual this fall, the Green Bay Botanical Garden is making sure another big addition is getting done... Read More 10> Expansion and Business Development in the New North
WEC Energy Group will spend $360 million to own 80% of a huge Illinois solar farm
MILWAUKEE BUSINESS JOURNAL
WEC Energy Group said it will invest about $360 million in a solar-panel center on a 1,500-acre Illinois site — a project that will be eligible for tax credits under the federal Inflation Reduction Act.
The project will consist of 800,000 solar panels in Clay County, Illinois, which is about 100 miles east of St. Louis. The Maple Flats Solar Energy Center is being developed by Invenergy LLC of Chicago, which is developing several other renewable-energy projects that received investments from Milwaukee-based WEC Energy (NYSE: WEC)...
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| | | The Green Bay Packers and Fleet Farm are honoring veterans and active duty military through their annual Salute To Service campaign in November. NBC26 story above. |
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