The Universities of Wisconsin to award Camera Corner Connecting Point the Regents Business Partnership Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 14, 2024
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The Universities of Wisconsin to award Camera Corner Connecting Point the Regents Business Partnership Award
Green Bay, Wis. – In a ceremony Friday afternoon, Universities of Wisconsin Regent Angela Adams will present Camera Corner Connecting Point (CCCP) with the Regents Business Partnership Award. The award is being presented to the locally owned technology solutions business because of its support and collaboration with the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay.
The presentation is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. at Camera Corner Connecting Point, 529 N. Monroe Ave., in downtown Green Bay. Camera Corner Connecting Point Owner and CEO, Rick Chernick,’74, a UW-Green Bay alumnus, will accept the award. Camera Corner Connecting Point supports UW-Green Bay in countless ways, including the establishment of a scholarship fund, actively promoting, attending and supporting the Green Bay Athletic program, and offering employment opportunities for UW-Green Bay graduates.
Camera Corner Connecting Point started as a small camera store in downtown Green Bay in 1953 and has since transformed into a company that focuses on technology solutions for business. With their merger into the ACP CreativIT family of technology solution providers, the business has expanded to include more than 300 employees working in multiple states across the U.S. Rick Chernick is the Owner and CEO of Camera Corner/Connecting Point in Green Bay. Camera Corner Connecting Point are proud supporters and partners with UW-Green Bay and have been since Chernick graduated from the university in 1974. In fall of 2001, Chernick helped establish a scholarship endowment that is funded primarily through gifts from former recipients of the UWGB Distinguished Alumni Award. Currently more than a dozen UW-Green Bay alumni work at the organization and Chernick hopes his grandchildren also attend UWGB, making it a third-generation family tradition.
UW-Green Bay Chancellor Michael Alexander and the Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman will also be in attendance.
Members of the media are invited to attend. Please RSVP your attendance to this event to Kristin Bouchard, bouchark@uwgb.edu.
About Camera Corner Connecting Point
Camera Corner Connecting Point began as a Green Bay camera store in 1953 and has since grown to deliver innovative technology solutions ranging from cyber security to cloud, audio visual, IT networking and infrastructure, AI, physical security, unified communications, and beyond. Today, as part of the ACP CreativIT family of technology solution providers, our team of more than 300 employees serves both local Wisconsin and national clients with custom solutions and technologies from the world’s leading providers.
About UW-Green Bay
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay is a school of resilient problem solvers who dare to reach higher with the power of education that ignites growth and answers the biggest challenges. Serving 11,118 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students as well as 85,800 continuing education learners annually, UW-Green Bay offers 200 academic degrees, programs, and certificates. With four campus locations in Northeast Wisconsin, the University’s access mission welcomes all students who want to learn, from every corner of the world. Championing bold thinking since opening its doors in 1965, it is a university on the rise – Wisconsin’s fastest growing UW. For more information, visit www.uwgb.edu.
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