Education & Workforce Development

A $4.8 million federal grant awarded to Next Door, of Milwaukee, will serve as a base for programs and services aimed at enhancing care for low-income families with infants and toddlers.

Full-service interiors company Schroeder Solutions has announced the company will host a free lecture series, called “Ignite,” to provide enriching programming to professionals in Milwaukee at the Hudson Business Lounge and at Schroeder Solutions’ New Berlin headquarters, 1920 S. Calhoun Road.

Sarah Fuerstenau, senior director of quality assessment initiative for Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast, will head Tempo Racine's 2014-15 board of directors as president, the organization announced on Tuesday.

GPS Education Partners is holding a ribbon cutting ceremony today to mark the opening of its Central Milwaukee Education Center located at Capitol Stampings Corp. in Milwaukee.

St. Marcus Lutheran School has officially taken over ownership of its second site, a 13,000-square-foot building at 2669 N. Richards St. in Milwaukee.

Carroll University, of Waukesha, has announced a multi-year, multi-building campus improvement project aimed at enhancing and expanding its science facilities.

The recession of 2008 induced a widespread employer mentality of “my employees are lucky to have a job,” according to George Blomgren, culture strategy director at Milwaukee-based The Good Jobs.

Sears Holdings Corp. will close its Sheboygan Product Rebuild Center and lay off about 30 employees in February, according to a WARN notice filed recently with the state.

Pathways to College, Inc. has changed its name to Pathways Milwaukee.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is one step closer to securing a new chancellor after UW System president Ray Cross announced three finalists for the position on Wednesday.