New North has partnered on the program with Mission Wisconsin, an organization dedicated to helping Wisconsin employers connect with transitioning service members, family members and veterans through direct interaction with them. A supporter of Mission Wisconsin from its start, New North recently signed a contract with the company to focus specifically on military employment connections with businesses in the....
Affordable housing solely for Veterans unveiled in the Fox Valley
We Are Green Bay
GRAND CHUTE, Wis. (WFRV) Some local soldiers looking to bring awareness to affordable housing for our veterans, through a grueling two-day, sixty mile, five county ruck march.
These soldiers completed their mission. Pat Lovesee, participated in ruck march and says, “We have a real need to take care of veterans and provide affordable housing for them.”
Veterans Village is a three-phase one-of-a-kind affordable housing complex, solely for veterans.
Lovesee says, “The first phase involved renovating three existing apartment buildings....
NEW Connect IT & Other NEW Digital Alliance Events
NEW Digital Alliance
Are you a high school student or know a high school student interested in learning more about digital careers? Or, are you a college student uncertain of what career options are available in IT and related fields? Join us for this free event which will introduce you to IT careers, local employers in need of IT skills, technology used in our region, and IT professionals who can tell you all about what their job is like.
You will get to hear from hiring managers and recruiters, IT professionals, and even local professors who can tell you about their programs. Be prepared with questions because.....
Omro students create ice safety device
FOX 11 News
OMRO (WLUK) -- Young innovators in our area are exercising their creative muscles, as much as their scientific ones.
These student inventors at Omro High School are on cloud nine, hoping to keep others from walking on thin ice.
“It’s really exciting, after you see your prototype actually work," said Delilah Larsen, Omro High School senior.
The group of students has been awarded thousands to create an ice safety device. The school received the....
In a pandemic, smart companies are hiring unflappable military veterans
New York Post
It’s hard to throw Luis Penichet for a loop. The 27-year-old Marine Corps veteran acclimates to unusual situations quickly — he spent weeks sleeping in a 7-by-10-foot box in the African heat of Djibouti and led a logistical team in the freezing cold, snowy terrain of Norway during NATO exercises.
But when the pandemic descended in March, he was rattled, not only because of....
UW Oshkosh students win statewide innovation award
Insight On Business
Three University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh students won the WiSys Carl E. Gulbrandsen Innovator of the Year award, an honor recognizing them for exemplary contributions to Wisconsin innovation.
UW-Oshkosh seniors Jessica Tarter and Parker Schmidt and 2019 graduate Macall Hill teamed up on a project in 2019 to create a product to improve the survival of honey bee colonies in cold weather. The students worked with the UW-Oshkosh Alta Resources Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and WiSys, a nonprofit dedicated to....
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Native American veterans who are homeless get lift from Oneida Nation programGreen Bay Press GazetteONEIDA - A program operated by Oneida Nation is now in its fifth year assisting homeless American Indian veterans, who serve at higher rates in the military than anyone else.
The tribe was awarded more than $140,000 this year through the Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing program.
Oneida Nation was one of nine tribes selected nationally to administer the program in their regions.
Kerry Metoxen, who runs the Oneida Nation Veterans Department, said the office had received a little more....Read More 7>
State Veterans Day observance goes virtualWHBLAs is the case so often in 2020, Wisconsin’s official Veterans Day celebration is going virtual this year. Secretary Mary Kolar invited the state to participate by viewing a ceremonial video on the department’s website to be released Wednesday. That video features greetings and messages from the Secretary and Governor Evers, and there’s also a virtual “Tribute Wall” that will receive and display messages from leaders of Wisconsin veterans organizations and elected officials...
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