One City Schools Named a Quarterfinalist for $1 Million Yass Prize

Awarded to Organizations Focused on Transforming Education

We are very excited to share that today One City Schools was named a quarterfinalist for the $1 million Yass Prize for Sustainable, Transformational, Outstanding and Permissionless Education (STOP).

The award highlights education providers that strive to offer education that is Sustainable, Transformational, Outstanding and Permissionless (STOP). In conjunction with the $1 million Yass Prize, the STOP Awards initiative will distribute over $10 million to honor the remaining education innovators, providers, and entrepreneurs through the course of the competition.

Today’s announcement took place at the Forbes Under 30 Summit in Detroit, Michigan, and was broadcast live on Twitter. As a quarterfinalist, One City will receive a $100,000 grant investment to support the advancement of innovations we are implementing in our public charter schools. Semi-finalists will be announced in New York City on October 13, 2022.

To review the national press release about The Yass Prize, click here.

To learn more about The Yass Prize, click here.

For more information, please contact Gail Wiseman, One City’s VP of External Relations, at gwiseman@onecityschools.org or (608) 531-2128.

Brittany Kenzel Joins EXIT Realty HGM in Madison

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
Susan Harrison
Senior Vice President
EXIT Realty Corp. International
sharrison@exitrealty.com
888-668-3948

Brittany Kenzel Joins EXIT Realty HGM in Madison

Madison, WI (Grassroots Newswire) October 3, 2022 – EXIT Realty HGM is pleased to announce that Brittany Kenzel has joined its growing team of dedicated real estate sales professionals.

EXIT Realty HGM, located at 4211 W. Beltline Hwy, Madison, Wisconsin is a proud member of EXIT Realty Upper Midwest’s rapidly expanding network of independently owned and operated brokerages across the region.

About EXIT Realty: EXIT Realty is a company founded and built on human potential. A full service, forward-thinking, real estate franchisor with offices across North America, EXIT has to-date paid out more than a half a billion dollars in single-level residual income to its associates. A portion of every transaction fee received by EXIT Realty Corp. International is applied to its charitable fund, and to-date, $7 million has been allocated to charity. For more information, please visit www.exitrealty.com and www.joinexitrealty.com.

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Cap Times Power Breakfast welcomes Aaron P. Jagdfeld of Generac Power Systems

The Cap Times has established itself as a leader in presenting high-powered events that educate and entertain the Madison and Dane County markets. We’re proud to announce our newest entry: Cap Times Power Breakfast. This quarterly series, sponsored by UBS, will feature one-on-one, future-focused conversations with Wisconsin’s top CEOs discussing business in our state.

This series is targeted for those who run a business (or aspire to), or those interested in understanding how major CEOs think. It all begins with the first Power Breakfast on Oct. 12 at the Grand Ballroom at The Edgewater Hotel. For each event, doors will open at 7 a.m. with time to enjoy coffee and network. The conversations themselves will run for one hour, starting at 8 a.m. 

Admission is $35 for a single ticket that includes a full breakfast, or $250 for a table of eight. Cap Times members will receive an exclusive discount on their tickets.

The moderator for these ongoing sessions will be Mark Richardson, president of Unfinished Business Consulting and CEO of GigBlender. Mark has spent the past 10 years helping professionals transition in their careers and organizations attract and acquire talent of color.

We are proud to announce our first speaker Aaron P. Jagdfeld, who has served as president and CEO of Generac Power Systems since September 2008 and as a director since November 2006. Aaron also has served as chairman since February 2016.

Register for this event here.

Learn more about this event here.

Venue Information

Grand Ballroom at The Edgewater Hotel
1001 Wisconsin Place
Madison, WI 53703

Wisconsin Union: Beloved Tudor Holiday Dinner Concerts Will Bring Festive Food, Music and Pageantry to Memorial Union Nov. 30-Dec. 4

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oct. 3, 2022

Contact Information:
Abby Synnes, Communications Associate
Email: asynnes@wisc.edu

BELOVED TUDOR HOLIDAY DINNER CONCERTS WILL BRING FESTIVE FOOD, MUSIC AND PAGEANTRY TO MEMORIAL UNION NOV. 30-DEC. 4 

MADISON – The Tudor Holiday Dinner Concerts will return to Memorial Union’s Great Hall for five nights of holiday music and dining from Nov. 30 to Dec. 4. The dinner concerts did not occur in 2020 or 2021 due to COVID-19, so this year marks a return to the in-person, time-honored celebration of warmth, fellowship and history.

Each evening of this beloved Wisconsin Union tradition will feature a delicious feast, a grand processional, old English pageantry, a Yuletide toast and choral performances by the Philharmonic Chorus of Madison, Madison’s premier a cappella chorus. New Choir Director Clare Malinowski will lead Chorus members and audience members in joyful carols throughout the evening.

This year’s brand-new dinner menu, crafted by the Wisconsin Union catering team, features entree options of maple-glazed pork tenderloin with mustard fingerlings or a vegetarian maple-glazed acorn squash; sides of caramelized onion and apple chutney and herb-buttered carrots and green beans; and a dessert of flaming figgy pudding with hard sauce. Prior to dinner, patrons will also enjoy wassail, a hot mulled cider delight and a Tudor Holiday Dinner Concert tradition.

Tickets to the Tudor Holiday Dinner Concerts will go on sale on Oct. 19 on the event website. Patrons can choose between four different ticket prices, depending on the type of table and the patron’s Wisconsin Union membership status. Seats at a four-person cabaret table are $75 per person for Wisconsin Union members and $85 for nonmembers, while seats at a 10-person oval table are $65 for members and $75 for nonmembers.

“I’m excited and honored to be a part of the Philharmonic Chorus of Madison and the fabulous Tudor Holiday Dinner Concerts,” said Philharmonic Chorus of Madison Director Clare Malinowski. “I hope this year’s dinners leave new and returning guests feeling joyful and light as we bring back live performances. I’m thankful to be a part of this treasured tradition while introducing a fresh spirit that is welcoming and warm to all attendees and participants.”

The schedule for the evening includes wassail and hors d’oeuvres at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6:30 p.m., and choral presentations throughout the night.

While there is no dress code for the event, most guests dress in semi-formal attire. Guests may choose to wear Renaissance period costumes if they so desire.

The Tudor Dinners at the University of Wisconsin-Madison date back to 1933, when a group of community singers, under the direction of professor Edgar B. Gordon, agreed to sing a Christmas program at the University Club and the Wisconsin Union. The idea for the holiday dinners was borrowed from the Todd Union at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York, where a legend of English pageantry crossed the Atlantic Ocean from England. 

According to the legend, an Oxford University student once saved a scholar from a wild boar attack. The Tudor Holiday Dinner Concerts pay homage to this story with a presentation of a boar’s head prior to serving dinner.

The Philharmonic Chorus of Madison first performed at the Tudor Holiday Dinners in 1972, led by then-Director Samuel L. Jones, and in 1973 the event became known as the Tudor Holiday Dinner Concerts. Today, more than 50 members make up the Chorus, an audition-only a capella group that has shared music with the Madison community since 1946. The Chorus performs in two concert series each year: the Tudor Holiday Dinner Concerts and three spring performances.

Ticket and event information about the Tudor Holiday Dinner Concerts is available at union.wisc.edu/events-and-activities/special-events/tudor-holiday-dinner-concerts. 

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About the Wisconsin Union

The Wisconsin Union enhances the lives of members and visitors through recreational, cultural, educational and social opportunities. Formed in 1907, the Wisconsin Union is a membership organization that blends study and leisure to create unique out-of-classroom opportunities. Learn more about the Union and its tradition of providing experiences for a lifetime: union.wisc.edu.

To read this release online, visit union.wisc.edu/about/news/tudor-dinners.

Honkamp Krueger & Co., P.C. rebrands as Honkamp & Co., P.C.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
Tricia Sullivan
888-556-0123
tricia.sullivan@honkamp.com
www.honkamp.com

DUBUQUE, Iowa (September 30) — Honkamp Krueger & Co., P.C., a Top 10 Midwest CPA and business advisory group, has changed its name to Honkamp & Co., P.C.

Greg Burbach, Honkamp’s CEO, states, “We are very excited about our new look. In celebration of the firm’s 75-year anniversary and to stay modern and relevant with industry and marketplace trends, we decided to revitalize the appearance and feel of our brand. Although we have a new name and logo, the way we do business remains the same.”

The firm was founded in 1947 by John and Peg Law when they established an affiliate office of Mail Me Monday. After 12 years, John Law became entirely independent, changing the name of the business to the John W. Law Company. In 1985, the partners at John W. Law Company decided to identify the organization as a certified public accounting firm, revising the name to Honkamp Krueger & Co., P.C. to reflect the names of shareholders Arnie Honkamp and Al Krueger.

About Honkamp & Co., P.C.

Honkamp & Co., P.C. is a Top 10 Midwest CPA and business advisory group (Accounting Today, 2022). Serving client organizations from coast-to-coast, our clients range from privately-held organizations to individuals and nonprofits. We specialize in various industries including construction and real estate, dental practices, franchises, health care, and manufacturing and distribution. Honkamp is headquartered in Dubuque, Iowa, with additional locations in Waukee, Hiawatha and Davenport, Iowa, Geneseo, Ill., and Madison, Platteville and Oshkosh, Wis.

For more information, please visit www.honkamp.com.

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