MADISON, Wisconsin, April 9 -- The Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust Funds issued the following news: The Department of Employee Trust Funds has started distributing the Wisconsin Retirement System Annual Statement of Benefits. The statement is an employee's once-a-year summary of their WRS account information, including earnings and years of service, interest credited, employer and employee contribution, beneficiary designation, and more. Statements will reflect WRS contribution balance  more

BELIOT, Wisconsin, April 9 -- Beloit College issued the following news: Beloit College students have chosen Tennessee State Rep. Justin J. Pearson and Oceana R. Gilliam '17 to address them at commencement on May 12. Gilliam, a Beloit College Trustee since 2021, is also engaged to Pearson and serves as his Chief of Staff. She was a leading force behind Pearson's two primary and general election victories. Senior class officers develop a list of potential speakers based on attributes they believ  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 8 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Hundreds crowded Library Mall Monday afternoon to peer up at a rare solar eclipse, as the UW-Madison Astronomy Club hosted a live viewing event from noon to 3:30 p.m. The club provided observing tools, including eclipse glasses, telescopes and pinhole projectors. Others gathered in Der Rathskeller in Memorial Union and the Sett in Union South to watch livestreams of the event from around the wor  more

CLEVELAND, Wisconsin, April 9 -- Lakeshore Technical College issued the following news release: Lakeshore Technical College President Dr. Paul Carlsen has been elected to the American Association of Community Colleges board of directors. The AACC is a national advocacy organization representing more than 1,000 two-year community colleges across the country that serve nearly 12 million students. Board members are elected by CEO members of the association. "That Dr. Carlsen was elected by his pe  more

FOND DU LAC, Wisconsin, April 9 -- Marian University issued the following news: Marian University will be able to invest in new scientific equipment to help educate the next generation of health and STEM-related professionals, thanks to a $1.049 million Congressionally Directed Spending Project. This allocation from the Department of Education came at the request of Senator Tammy Baldwin, as part of the Fiscal Year 2024 funding bill, recently approved by Congress. "We are grateful to Senator  more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, April 9 -- Marquette University issued the following news release: Dr. Beth Vallen, professor of marketing, and Dr. Jeremy Kees, the Richard J. and Barbara Naclerio Endowed Chair in Business and professor of marketing, both at Villanova University, will deliver the 2024 Kellstadt Lecture on Friday, April 12, at 10:30 a.m. in the Alumni Memorial Union, 1442 W. Wisconsin Ave. Their lecture, "Fighting Infodemics: Warning Labels and Antidotes to Mis- and Disinformation," will  more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, April 9 -- Quarles and Brady, a law firm, issued the following news release: Steven Hunter, Chicago office chair of the Quarles & Brady Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice group and co-chair of the firm's diversity, equity and inclusion committee, is chairing the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Chicago 2024 gala, "A Mind Is..." Quarles is presenting sponsor of the event, which will be held June 15 at 7 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. "I am proud to take on this  more

EAU CLAIRE, Wisconsin, April 9 -- The University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Campus issued the following news: University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire students, faculty and staff are moving toward better health thanks to a globally recognized wellness program collaboration between the university and Mayo Clinic Health System. UW-Eau Claire is among 145 universities and colleges around the world honored by Exercise is Medicine, earning a silver-level designation in the community-impact initiative of the  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 8 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Scientists Steve Karlen and Vitaliy Tymokhin look over a reactor they used for their research on converting biomass into paracetamol. Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a cost-effective and environmentally sustainable way to make a popular pain reliever and other valuable products from plants instead of petroleum. Building on a previously patented method for produ  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 9 -- The Wisconsin Department of Health Services issued the following news release: The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) reminds Wisconsinites that its COVID-19 Treatment program will end on April 10. The program, initially planned to end in 2023, was extended to April 2024 due to the success of the program and high cases of COVID-19 circulating at the time. Since it launched in November 2022, the program completed 8,819 consults, providing health guidance  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 9 -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the city of Kenosha is an applicant for funding through the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program to address deficiencies in its public drinking water system. The project includes the replacement of lead service lines throughout the city. Activities related to this project are minor actions under Chapter  more