MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 7 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Black History Month has been celebrated each February in the U.S. for many decades -- the first official designation is credited to students and educators at Kent State University in 1970. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, events celebrating Black History Month have also been offered through the years. In 2014, UW's African American Student Academic Services initiated a student-led Black Hi  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 7 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Love it or hate it, Valentine's Day is coming up soon, bringing with it the potential pressure of finding someone to spend it with. Some may be overjoyed to partake in a girl's night or a casual dinner with friends on that night. Others may treat Feb. 14 like any other random Wednesday. But for those fretting about finding a date, one solution is a University of Wisconsin-Madison student orga  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 8 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, with Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond and Wisconsin Attorney General Joshua L. Kaul, co-led a bipartisan coalition of 42 attorneys general urging the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to authorize needed 2024 bridge funding for the federal Crime Victims Fund (VOCA Fund). The VOCA Fund supports essential direct serv  more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Feb. 8 -- Quarles and Brady, a law firm, issued the following news release: Sargina Desargones, a Phoenix-based Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditor's Rights attorney at Quarles & Brady, has been selected as one of 14 associates from across the country to participate in the 2024 U.S. Bank Spotlight on Talent program. The year-long cohort experience focuses on growing early-career lawyers through professional and leadership development. This year's program will kick off in  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 8 -- The Universities of Wisconsin issued the following news on Feb. 7, 2024: The Universities of Wisconsin today unveiled a new one-stop, easily searchable website that provides access to and information about every fully online degree program being offered at the constellation of 13 public universities. Wisconsin Online - with the URL online.wisconsin.edu - will list the more than 200 fully online programs offered by the 13 universities, including 10 associate, 99 ba  more

SUPERIOR, Wisconsin, Feb. 8 -- The University of Wisconsin Superior campus issued the following news release: UW-Superior, Yellowjacket Athletics and Cenovus Energy have announced the inaugural event of the Cenovus Women in Leadership program will be held Wednesday, April 3. Last month, UW-Superior and Cenovus Energy announced the expansion of its corporate partnership, with one aspect of the expansion being the creation of the Cenovus Women in Leadership program, an annual event focused on he  more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Feb. 8 -- The University of Wisconsin's Milwaukee Campus issued the following news release: UWM has leaped into the top 20 of U.S. News & World Report's 2024 rankings of online education programs. The university jumped 15 spots, to No. 20, for best online bachelor's programs. Two more specific UWM online programs ranked among the best in the nation. The university ranked No. 11 for both its online bachelor's program in psychology and online bachelor's programs for veteran  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 8 -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that fire management crews are starting to perform prescribed burns on DNR properties throughout the state where local conditions can provide a safe and effective burn. DNR crews will be burning cattail marshes, wetlands, prairies and oak/pine barrens to clear the buildup of dead vegetation and to open  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 8 -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced it is revising a variance to the Northern Lake Michigan Coastal Regional Master Plan and will open a second public comment period. The revised variance, which includes management for Peninsula State Park in Door County, will address requests for additional and clarifying information regarding the potent  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 8 -- The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: In an effort to simplify accessing education transcripts and credentials, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction announced today it has launched an online database for the purpose of locating GED/High School Equivalency Diploma records. This lookup tool is intended to be used by individuals, employers, and institutions of higher education to verify GED/HSED cre  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 8 -- The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction issued the following statement on Feb. 7, 2024: * * * State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly released the following statement today addressing misguided legislation on truancy currently being debated in the legislature: "Our Wisconsin schools must be places where our kids know that, when they show up for the school day, they will be engaged, they will be supported, they will be affirmed; in turn, they will be ready to  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 8 -- The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release: Ten rural communities from around the state will get help meeting their biggest economic development needs and planning for their long-term goals. Under the Thrive Rural program administered by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), each participant will have access to up to $25,000 in grants, two years of technical assistance in planning and grant-writing, and other servic  more