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Promoting the Regional Brand
Fox Valley Technical College holds in-person graduation for first time since winter 2019
WFRV
OSHKOSH --Whether it’s college or high school, graduation day is a milestone in life.
The best word to describe the winter 2021 graduating class at Fox Valley Technical College would be resilient. College officials tell Local Five news that there were 529 graduating students at FVTC’s graduation ceremony on Sunday, 288 of these students graduated with honors.
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Fostering Diversity-Equity-Inclusion-Belonging
Community Services Agency receives grant to help refugees
WBAY
GREEN BAY -- Amid the heartbreaking images of Afghans crowding the airport as U.S. troops began their withdrawal from Afghanistan last summer, one foundation knew it had to step up and help.
The Schultz Family Foundation has given out $1.3 million in grants to 60 community organizations across 32 states, including to the non-profit organization COMSA, the Community Services Agency in Green Bay.
The Schultz Family Foundation’s goal is to help 10,000 refugees.
“We believe the answer to really helping to end our engagement in Afghanistan in a better way, is to help do right by those allies who serves bravely along side U.S. forces and their families, many of them who are now in this country. And we owe it to them to help provide them a better life here in the United States,” said Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Senior Advisor for the Schultz Family Foundation...
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Freezing water, sunny attitudes: How and why Sheboygan became an international surfing destination
SHEBOYGAN PRESS
SHEBOYGAN - Sheboygan has been called the “Malibu of the Midwest” and freshwater surfing capital of the world, a surfing destination for those from near and far to enjoy.
With its central location along Wisconsin's eastern coast, a shoreline that juts out into Lake Michigan, a lack of crowds and welcoming surf culture, some say Sheboygan is among the best surfing locations around the world during the peak season for waves — winter.
Here's what creates waves in Sheboygan and how locals put the city on the map as an unlikely international surfing destination...
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Fostering Diversity-Equity-Inclusion-Belonging
'This meant a lot to us': Local families meet Black Santa at 'A Soulful Holiday Village' in Appleton
NBC 26
APPLETON — The Northeast Wisconsin organization African Heritage, Inc. hosted its first annual 'A Soulful Holiday Village.' And for some local families, it was a night to remember.
Appleton resident Aaron Wheeler was in attendance at the Boys & Girls Club of the Fox Valley. Wheeler was born with half a heart, one working lung and he's living with autism.
His mother says Saturday night's event meant a lot to the family because Wheeler has spent most of his life in the hospital. Their highlight was meeting Black Santa.
"This meant a lot to us, because he got to see his first Black Santa, which is cool because you see the traditional Santa which is white and it's cool for them to see something different and somebody they can relate to," mother Miracle Wheeler said...
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Expansion and Business Development in the New North
Verso Corp. announces proposed merger with BillerrudKorsnas AB
WISCONSIN RAPIDS TRIBUNE
MIAMISBURG, Ohio – Verso Corp. announced Sunday night it has entered into a definitive merger agreement under which BillerudKorsnäs AB will acquire all outstanding shares of Verso for a purchase price of $27 per share in cash, or approximately $825 million.
Verso's Board of Directors followed the recommendation of its special committee to unanimously approve and recommend approval of the merger by Verso's shareholders, according to a news release from Verso. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2022 after Verso's shareholders approve the transaction in a special meeting. The transaction is also subject to regulatory approvals and other closing conditions. The merger will be primarily financed by BillerudKorsnäs...
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