Education & Workforce Development

During a 38-year career with 3M, the company that developed Scotch Tape and the Post-it Note, Dwight Peterson learned the importance of innovation and creative thinking.

Milwaukee-based Mount Mary University is expanding its Master of Science in Counseling program to include a 60-credit Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling concentration that will begin the fall semester of the 2015-2016 academic year.

The Workforce Development Center will host a Washington/Ozaukee Job Fair on Wednesday, August 5, from noon to 3 p.m. at Washington County Fair Park & Conference Center, 3000 Hwy PV in West Bend.

More than half of Midwestern companies expect to increase their current staff levels, according to a recent survey conducted by Brookfield-based staffing and recruiting firm QPS Employment Group.

UW-Madison will lose $58.9 million in state funding this academic year under the budget proposal now being considered by the state Legislature, according to figures released Monday by the University of Wisconsin System.

Nordstrom Inc. today posted on its career site the 375 jobs it plans to fill at its new Mayfair Store, which is set to open on October 23.

Timothy Smunt, dean of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Lubar School of Business, is transitioning out of his leadership role back into a faculty position this summer, UWM announced last week.

Margaret Faut Callahan, Ph.D., will cap her tenure as dean of Marquette University’s College of Nursing in August to move to Loyola University Chicago, where she will become provost for the school’s health science division.

The construction of a greenhouse is being envisioned as a foundation for struggling veterans to build productive and successful civilian lives.

Timothy Smunt, dean of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Lubar School of Business, is transitioning out of his leadership role back into a faculty position this summer, UWM announced on Thursday.