Retired Congressman and Obey-Petri Lecture Series speaker Tom Petri was recognized for his longtime efforts in helping bolster U.S.-U.K. relations. He was formerly named an honorary Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire during a June 11 ceremony at the British Ambassador’s Residence in Washington, D.C.
This fall, former Congressmen Tom Petri and Dave Obey will be going on the road to speak to campuses and classes across eastern Wisconsin in a Civic Participation Lecture Series.
The North Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (NCWRPC), together with the North Central Wisconsin Stormwater Coalition (NCWSC) and the Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy…
WIPPS Director Eric Giordano will be among those paying tribute to former Congressman Dave Obey at a formal presentation of Obey’s Congressional papers at 1…
Longtime Middle East peace activist Sami Rasouli will present a talk entitled, “Iraq: Back in the Eye of the Storm,” from 6:30 – 8…
Wisconsin’s longest serving congressman, David R. Obey, will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree bestowed by the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Chancellor Bernie…
Source: WisPolitics.com Having spent their careers on opposite sides of the aisle, former Congressmen Dave Obey and Tom Petri have found common ground in…
With $300 million in budget cuts looming for the University of Wisconsin System, community leaders and educators met in Appleton April 15 at the first “Future of Higher Ed in Wisconsin public discussion.
Retired U.S. Congressmen Dave Obey, from Wisconsin’s 7th District, and Tom Petri, from Wisconsin’s 6th District, are going on the road to campuses and…
In light of the the pending state budget which has a proposed $300 million in cuts to the UW System, leaders from a wide variety of business, governmental and educational systems met April 16 in Wausau to discuss the future of higher education in Wisconsin.