Tom Jenz
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Sep 28, 2026
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Gil Peri Speaks on Childrenâs Wisconsin (opens the original)
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Gil Peri, president and CEO of Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Mary was 10 years old when the pain in her legs, hips, and jaw became too much to ignore. She had cancer. What followed was two and a half years of over 20 spinal taps, two rounds of hair loss, and long stretches away from school and friends. Through the ordeal, her care team at the Children's Wisconsin MACC Fund Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders never let go. When her treatment finally ended, Mary rang the hospital's ceremonial
UWM Chancellor Thomas Gibson Talks About his Challenges After a Year on the Job (opens the original)
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A year ago, when I talked with Thomas Gibson about his new job as Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, he said something that has stayed with me. âI am UWMâs primary storyteller,â he said. âI want to make sure we are producing a pipeline for workforce talent needs in Wisconsin and beyond.â That was then. Now Gibson, 52, has been on the job for more than a year, long enough to discover that being the person responsible for telling UWMâs story is only part of the job. T
âHeavy is the Crownâ Documents Healing in Milwaukeeâs Inner City (opens the original)
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On August 13, 2016, near Sherman Park, Milwaukee police officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown shot and killed Sylville Smith, a young Black man who had attempted to run away after being stopped because of his criminal record. As Smith ran, he tossed his gun by a fence. Heaggan-Brown still shot him, killing him at close range. By early evening, word of the killing had spread quickly through Milwaukeeâs Black community. A crowded uprising followed in Sherman Park. Police swarmed the area in riot gear.
Northwestern Mutualâs Steve Radke Speaks on Investing in Literacy (opens the original)
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Steve Radke, president of the Northwestern Mutual Foundation, talks with local school and community leaders. Imagine being 9 or 10 years old and sitting in a classroom, watching your classmates read while the words on the page seem to have little connection. For too many Milwaukee children, that is their reality. The latest National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) shows that only about one in 10 fourth graders in the city reads proficiently at grade level. Behind that statistical wall
Jasmine Tyler, 101.7 âBlackTalkâ Host and Community Activist (opens the original)
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Jasmine Tyler, 101.7's "BlackTalk" program host and community activist in Milwaukee. Jasmine Tyler was the oldest of four children, raised by a single mother. Responsibility came early. At the age of 12, she was a student at Samuel Morse Middle School and started working as a hairdresser. She continued to work through her high school years. âWe didnât really have much, so me working was a way to kind of help my mom,â Tyler said. She grew up on 14th and Burleigh, in a family that knew somet
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