Author: Correspondent

MillerCoors announced on March 20 that its Milwaukee Brewery will begin implementation of the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) International Water Stewardship Standard, the world’s most comprehensive water use standard for commercial, agricultural and industrial sites. MillerCoors continues to be an industry leader in water stewardship and is committed to using water resources sustainably in both its agricultural-dominated supply chain as well as at its breweries. Sustainably sourced, high quality water is critical to ensuring world class beer is produced at all MillerCoors facilities. Aligning internal production processes and external watershed risk analyses to the AWS Standard will enhance...

A $1 million gift from Marianne and Sheldon Lubar will allow Alverno College to prepare more future teachers and help them reach graduation. The scholarship is for juniors and seniors majoring in elementary or secondary education, and is awarded to students who not only have financial need, but who are also recognized by the Alverno College School of Education as very strong students with a high aptitude for a career in education. One such student, Sarah Fadness, is a senior who is working with first graders as student teacher at Shepard Hills Elementary in Oak Creek. “I’m honored to...

A report by the Public Policy Forum released recently indicated that Milwaukee’s major governmental entities are investing considerable resources in out-of-school programming for the city’s youth, but that investments could be better tracked and coordinated. Entitled Show Me the Way: Making Sense of Youth Development Funding in Milwaukee, the report was commissioned by Beyond the Bell, a citywide initiative dedicated to coordinating capacity building among youth service providers, policymakers, and funders. “The Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee County, and the City of Milwaukee invest about $21 million annually in programs and services aimed at promoting youth development outside of the...

The historic AAA Four-Diamond Pfister Hotel recently announced Margaret Muza as its ninth resident artist. A Milwaukee-area tintype photographer, Muza, will begin working in the hotel’s lobby-level Artist’s Studio for one year beginning April 1, 2017, succeeding current Pfister artist and abstract expressionist painter, Pamela Anderson. For only the second time in the history of the Artist-in-Residence program, Muza was also selected as the winner of the public vote. “I am thrilled to be chosen as The Pfister Hotel’s ninth Artist in Residence. I plan to transform the studio space into an authentic tintype studio where guests can witness...

Believe it or not, we have a bee to thank for every one in three bites of food we eat, so be the solution to help protect bees in crisis. Honey bees perform about 80 percent of all pollination worldwide. A single bee colony can pollinate 300 million flowers each day. Grains are primarily pollinated by the wind, but fruits, nuts and vegetables are pollinated by bees. Seventy out of the top 100 human food crops, which supply about 90 percent of the world’s nutrition, are pollinated by bees. Milwaukee shoppers may notice something unusual about the boxes of...

Packers legend Donald Driver announced the five “Driven to Achieve Award” recipients for 2017. Green Bay Packers Super Bowl champion and all-time leading receiver Donald Driver will present the award at the March 25 black-tie event at Milwaukee’s historic Pfister Hotel. Sister Edna Lonergan, OSF, founder and president of St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care, is among five Wisconsin residents named by the Donald Driver Foundation to be honored for outstanding community efforts at the fourth annual Driven to Achieve Awards. The other four recipients named in the foundation’s official press release were Growing Power Founder and CEO Will...