Marquette University: Receives $2.5 million gift to support Innovation Alley leadership initiatives and men’s basketball program

Contact: Lynn Sheka Sr. Director of University Communication (414) 288-4719 — office (414) 499-5157 — mobile lynn.sheka@marquette.edu This release is also available online. MILWAUKEE — Chuck and Karen Swoboda, an alumni couple, have committed a $2.5 million gift to Marquette University, President Michael R. Lovell shared today. The gift will support the men’s basketball program and Innovation Alley leadership development initiatives, a key academic priority that aligns with the university’s strategic plan, Beyond Boundaries. Chuck, who served as the chair of Marquette’s Board of Trustees from 2012-14, graduated from the Opus College of Engineering in 1989; Karen in 1990. “This

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Hudson and St. Croix Valley Area Community: Is invited to “Share Your Voice” with the Wisconsin Historical Society on a new state history museum

Contact: Kara O’Keeffe Kara.okeeffe@wisconsinhistory.org 608-261-9596 Plus, guests will see five objects including a shawl worn by President Abraham Lincoln Hudson, Wis. – The Hudson and St. Croix Valley area community is invited to join the Wisconsin Historical Society on Thursday, May 9, 2019, at the Phipps Center for the Arts in Hudson from 6:30-8:00 pm (doors open at 6:00 pm) to share suggestions for what aspects of local and regional history and culture could be included in a new modern, state-of-the-art history museum on Wisconsin’s Capitol Square in Madison. “The new state history museum project is about more than bricks

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Hitt says GOP’s 2018 postmortem shows need for grassroots focus

The state GOP’s postmortem of the 2018 elections found the party focused too much on advertising at the expense of engaging the grassroots, new Chair Andrew Hitt told WisPolitics.com in giving the first public overview of the report. Hitt said the report suggests the state GOP needs to re-focus on congressional and county parties to give those activists the data they need to personally engage neighbors and friends to turn out and vote. Still, Hitt said he didn’t think anyone with the party did anything wrong in 2018. Instead, he believes there was some complacency. And after eight years of

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WisPolitics Midday: April 29, 2019

In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: DHS Secretary says she is “more optimistic” that WI will take federal money to expand Medicaid. Special election set for tomorrow in Kenosha. Dem reaction to Trump’s Green Bay speech.  

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Rep. Steffen fundraiser

Monday, June 3, 2019 Titletown Brewing Company Roof Tap  100 Dousman Street Green Bay (The event is across the plaza from restaurant, 4th floor)  5-7pm Platinum Sponsor $1,000/person Gold Sponsor: $500 /person Guest $50/per person Please make check payable to: Steffen for Wisconsin PO Box 11492  Green Bay, WI 54307 Please RSVP by May 25th to DavidSteffen04@yahoo.com or (920) 246-0102 Please Post. Thank you.

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Marquette University: Receives $2.5 million gift to support Innovation Alley leadership initiatives and men’s basketball program

Contact: Lynn Sheka Sr. Director of University Communication (414) 288-4719 — office (414) 499-5157 — mobile lynn.sheka@marquette.edu This release is also available online. MILWAUKEE — Chuck and Karen Swoboda, an alumni couple, have committed a $2.5 million gift to Marquette University, President Michael R. Lovell shared today. The gift will

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Hudson and St. Croix Valley Area Community: Is invited to “Share Your Voice” with the Wisconsin Historical Society on a new state history museum

Contact: Kara O’Keeffe Kara.okeeffe@wisconsinhistory.org 608-261-9596 Plus, guests will see five objects including a shawl worn by President Abraham Lincoln Hudson, Wis. – The Hudson and St. Croix Valley area community is invited to join the Wisconsin Historical Society on Thursday, May 9, 2019, at the Phipps Center for the Arts

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WisPolitics Midday: April 29, 2019

In today’s WisPolitics Midday update: DHS Secretary says she is “more optimistic” that WI will take federal money to expand Medicaid. Special election set for tomorrow in Kenosha. Dem reaction to Trump’s Green Bay speech.  

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Rep. Steffen fundraiser

Monday, June 3, 2019 Titletown Brewing Company Roof Tap  100 Dousman Street Green Bay (The event is across the plaza from restaurant, 4th floor)  5-7pm Platinum Sponsor $1,000/person Gold Sponsor: $500 /person Guest $50/per person Please make check payable to: Steffen for Wisconsin PO Box 11492  Green Bay, WI 54307 Please

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