Education & Workforce Development
Learn about strategies for education and workforce development in Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin.
Amazon to hire ‘thousands’ of seasonal workers in Kenosha
Amazon.com Inc. will hire more than 100,000 seasonal workers nationwide, thousands of whom will work at its new Kenosha fulfillment center.
Marquette and WEDC partner on entrepreneur fund
Marquette University has established a seed fund for budding student and faculty entrepreneurial ventures.
Lakeland College to offer new two-year degree
Lakeland College has added a new two-year associate of science degree.
MSOE career fair to feature record 240 employers
The Milwaukee School of Engineering will hold its biggest career fair yet on Friday as 240 employers descend upon campus to recruit students for open positions and internships.
Carroll University receives $3 million from state for construction project
The state of Wisconsin has awarded Carroll University $3 million towards its new science laboratory building on the Waukesha campus.
New leaders announced for UW Colleges campuses
The University of Wisconsin Colleges announced today who the four new regional executive officers/deans for the University of Wisconsin...
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Joy Global to temporarily close operating unit, lay off 113
Joy Global Surface Mining Inc. announced today it will temporarily close an operating unit its Milwaukee facility and lay off 113 workers beginning Nov. 30.
A Volkswagen education: Everything begins and ends at the top
Tens of billions of dollars down the drain will be the result of Volkswagen chief executive officer Martin Winterkorn’s lapse in supposedly being unaware that his company attempted to cheat its way to success.
Private donors step up for UW
Scrutiny of the UW System's budget is certainly appropriate, but massive spending cuts to the UW System are not an effective strategy to improve Wisconsin's economic competitiveness.
Wisconsin awarded $1 million to improve unemployment insurance program
The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded Wisconsin $1 million to improve its unemployment insurance program.
