Doyle appointed VISIT Milwaukee President and CEO PAUL UPCHURCH to the Governor’s Council on Tourism. See the announcement: http://wispolitics.com/index.Iml?Article=209697
UW-Milwaukee Engineering Dean MICHAEL LOVELL has been named the school’s interim chancellor following the departure of Chancellor CARLOS SANTIAGO. See more: http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/2010/r100910.htm
The National Academy of Social Insurance has named DAVID RIEMER, director of the Community Advocates Public Policy Institute, to a national panel aimed at implementing the nation’s new health care reform law. See the announcement: http://wispolitics.com/index.Iml?Article=210537
Waukesha middle school teacher MAUREEN LOOK-AINSWORTH and Wauwatosa elementary school teacher MICHAEL BRINEN have been named Teachers of the Year by DPI Superintendent TONY EVERS. As part of the award, both teachers will receive $3,000 from the HERB KOHL Educational Foundation.
– See the Middle School Teacher of the Year announcement: http://wispolitics.com/1006/100909_DPI_Middle.pdf
– See the Elementary Teacher of the Year announcement: http://wispolitics.com/1006/100909_DPI_elementary.pdf
Evers also bestowed "Friends of Education" awards to 10 individuals and groups at his annual State of Education address this week. Among the recipients was DARRELL FINCH, education specialist for the City of Milwaukee Housing Authority, and LUPE MARTINEZ, the president of Milwaukee non-profit UMOS, who accepted the award on group’s behalf. See more: http://dpi.wi.gov/eis/pdf/dpinr2010_117.pdf
