Fall 2007 Edition

FOREWARD: Diversity in the Chippewa Valley continues to this day

We are a nation of immigrants.

Eau Claire Heart Institute founder advanced cardiac care in Valley

It is something almost taken for granted in medical care today. If you are having heart trouble, you go see a cardiologist. There are a number of diagnostic and treatment procedures he or she may order, and the names are familiar by now.

Dr. Batambuze — A cardiologist with heart

Dr. Ephraim Winston Batambuze, a cardiologist at the Marshfield Clinic, learned on Illinois’s I-55 that life is uncertain. He learned that even the bluest skies can blacken in an instant.

Designer and artist Cecelia Cronk delivers ‘Wow!’

You find a secret lake, where the trout forever rise to take mayflies. But here’s the rub: Do you keep the secret or make it even sweeter by sharing? This was client Wendy Oberg’s dilemma, when asked to talk about Cecelia Cronk.

The benefits of diversity

By 2008, women and minorities will represent 70 percent of new labor force entrants and by 2010, 34 percent of the U.S. workforce will be non-Caucasian. These demographic trends have significant implications for organizations in the Chippewa Valley.

Living the dream

Administrator of CVTC’s Chippewa Falls campus came from Malaysia

Eau Claire neurologist cares for patients with compassion and expertise

Felix E. Chukwudelunzu, M.D., is a neurologist at Eau Claire’s Luther Midelfort. Given the surfeit of syllables in his surname, his patients often simply call him “Dr. Felix.”

LEGENDS OF THE VALLEY: BJ Farmer’s impact felt 60 years after founding Farmer-Bugher Real Estate

The office on Barstow Street, once bustling with employees and the sounds of business, is now nearly silent but for one remaining man.

NanoRite Center at CVTC could be first step in an explosion of high-tech jobs

When state dignitaries joined Chippewa Valley business and education leaders for the ribbon cutting at the NanoRite Center Aug. 24, one might have reflected that the dreams of the past eight years had been realized.

Refugees no more: Curiosity led Hmong man to entrepreneurship

"We made our kitchen out of grass and bamboo. The roof was grass and the walls were bamboo,” said Pang Cher Vue, an Eau Claire entrepreneur and restaurateur.

Licensed RN serves people with medical needs in new, entrepreneurial way

Swati Lall is a prime example of a business success story.

One of Valley’s most respected attorneys comes from Standing Rock band of Lakota Sioux

Webster Hart, a self-described “old-timer” of the local bar association, bemoans the way things “used to be” in the practice of law. At the same time, he boasts about the way they still are in the Chippewa Valley.

UW-Stout professor focused on making a difference

Fresh out of college in India, trained in advertising design, Ambica Prakash faced an ethical decision that would set her on a new life course.

ECONOMICS: An economist's perspective on immigration

Of the world’s 290 million immigrants, the United States is home to 37 million, the most of any nation. Immigrants account for 12.5 percent of our population, up from a low of 4.7 percent in 1970, and slowly inching towards the record 14.7 percent reached in 1910.

FINANCE: Don’t let yourself be fooled: Employee fraud can happen in any organization.

The bookkeeper at a small electrical supplies company, a grandmother with a long and dedicated service to the business, is arrested on charges of embezzling more than $400,000 over a five-year period.

LEGALLY SPEAKING: 'No match' letters may become something you can't ignore

The federal government is getting serious about one of the rules for workers, and employers will have to stand up and take notice.

BUSINESS HAPPENINGS:

Karen Hebert, MBA, CLU, CHC has joined Spectrum Benefit Solutions as a benefits consultant.

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