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Steve “Rocky” Donovan, founding executive director of Parkside Works, announces retirement KENOSHA, Wis. – Steve “Rocky” Donovan, the founding executive director of Parkside Works at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, plans to retire at the end of August after helping launch the university’s partnership and workforce-innovation office. Dr. John Skalbeck will succeed Donovan as Executive Director, UW-Parkside […]

Matthew Friedel is transforming the way Wisconsin thinks about innovation. As teaching faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and co-founder of its Disruptive Technologies Lab, Friedel’s work bridges academia and industry, empowering students and local technology startups to thrive. “I would describe myself as three things: educator, entrepreneur and investor,” Friedel said. “My job is to […]

Afton Nelson, a May graduate of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, didn’t have long to wait to get started on her career after graduation. The double major in dairy science and animal science from Owatonna, Minn., was able to step right into a job as an embryo export coordinator for GenOvations in Lodi.   “I heard about the company because we went on a field trip there fall semester for one […]

Over 700 industry leaders, educators, researchers and policymakers gathered recently for an inaugural manufacturing summit focused on strengthening Wisconsin’s position as a national manufacturing leader, leveraging rapidly evolving technologies like artificial intelligence, digital twins, smart automation and autonomous manufacturing. As a co-sponsor of the Wisconsin Drives Manufacturing Summit, UW-Milwaukee played a key role in bringing together […]

Students, alums assist in Deming’s unique medical drama ‘Winter Hymns,’ filmed in Menomonie Los Angeles-based Wisconsin filmmaker Nathan Deming believes that there is an immense, untapped wealth of authentic storytelling in his Midwestern home state, and his goal is to continue highlighting regional characters and communities that audiences instantly recognize.  With his latest film, “Winter Hymns,” Deming also […]

A group of University of Wisconsin-Superior students from the Transportation and Logistics Management Club, along with their adviser, Daniel Rust, professor and chair of the School of Business and Economics, recently traveled to central and eastern Wisconsin for a series of industry tours and transportation museum visits. The first stop on the three-day trip was the Menards […]

As demand for data-driven decision-making continues to rise across Wisconsin and beyond, the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh is adding a new STEM-designated Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Business Analytics—designed to prepare the next generation of professionals to turn data into action.  The program was presented to the Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents for review and authorization, […]

Nearly a quarter million dollars in federal funding will be managed by the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater to create a technologically advanced and sustainable Emergency Operations Center for the region. U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin secured $225,000 as part of Department of Homeland Security annual funding legislation that was passed into law recently. “Wisconsin families need to […]

UW‑Green Bay is expanding opportunities for working professionals with a growing lineup of for‑credit graduate certificate programs designed to meet today’s workforce needs. Built for flexibility, many of the certificates can be completed fully online and in as few as nine graduate credits (three classes,) allowing learners to build in‑demand skills, strengthen credentials or explore a new […]

Over the past 18 years, Samuel Scinta has worked in a variety of community settings — running a small business, creating an educational nonprofit, teaching at two universities and leading civic engagement efforts.   Through it all, Scinta has focused on strengthening connections between education, civic engagement and community leadership. Now, that work has earned him recognition from the students he serves most directly.  […]