MILWAUKEE, July 26, 2023 — The Ramirez Family Foundation (the Foundation) announced today that it has acquired the Cardinal Stritch University campus in an agreement valued at $24 million. The campus’s excellent location, spacious facilities and rich educational and spiritual heritage closely align with the vision and mission of the Ramirez Family Foundation. While specific […]
K4-12 private choice school adding new $49 million school building. One of Milwaukee’s biggest and highest-performing schools is about to become substantially larger. As featured in Urban Milwaukee St. Augustine Preparatory Academy will open its new, $49 million elementary school building this fall, making the relatively new K4-12 school the largest single-campus school in the city. The private […]
More than 700 people gathered to provide critical support for the school’s continued growth, including the launch of a new elementary school and performing arts center opening in August. Full press release here. Milwaukee, May 5, 2023 – St. Augustine Preparatory Academy (Aug Prep), a high-performing K4-12 non- denominational Christian school on Milwaukee’s southside, announced […]
Austin Ramirez (Husco International, Inc. – Chief Executive Officer) was our keynote speaker for the 2023 KEEN National Conference. Enjoy his interview with Joe Tranquillo (Associate Provost for Transformative Teaching & Learning and a Professor at Bucknell University). Austin Ramirez is CEO of Husco, a privately held engineering and manufacturing company. During his ten-year tenure […]
Aug Prep Again Rated Five-Stars by Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Aug Prep’s growth is among the highest in the state; Rated top K-12 school for second year in a row Milwaukee, November 15, 2022 – St. Augustine Preparatory Academy (Aug Prep), a high-performingK4-12 non-denominational Christian school located in Milwaukee’s south side, again achieved a five-starrating, […]
Ramirez Family Foundation helps Camino de Restauracion recover after Hurricane Maria leaves a path of destruction. Click here for a great film by JonathanJVN telling the amazing story of how a community, along with the Ramirez’s came together to get the school back up and running as well as installing a state-of-the art new basketball […]
On August 26th, 2021, Missionary Ventures International, an interdenominational Christian organization based in Florida, awarded Gus and Becky Ramirez with the organization’s inaugural Legacy Award.
Milwaukee, July 8, 2021 – St. Augustine Preparatory Academy, a high-performing K4-12 non-denominational Christian school located in Milwaukee’s south side, officially announced today the details regarding its $42 million expansion plan to be completed by May of 2023. Founded in 2016 by Gus and Becky Ramirez and their family, Aug Prep, as the school is […]
It’s often been said the true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success. The old adage certainly rings true for Austin Ramirez, CEO of AEM member company Husco. While there’s no doubting his commitment to helping ensure the long-term success of the Waukesha, Wisconsin-based manufacturer of hydraulic and electro-mechanical […]
LATINO WISCONSIN is an hour-long documentary that vividly illustrates the impact, influence and importance of Latinos, the state’s fastest growing population. In five, episodic chapters, the film shows how the booming Latino population is reviving dying, rural communities and aging urban centers. Latinos are creating businesses and breathing new life into empty store fronts, filling empty […]