Education & Workforce Development
Learn about strategies for education and workforce development in Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin.
Gore encourages millennials to embrace diversity
Cecelia Gore, executive director of the Brewers Community Foundation, says millennials should learn to feel comfortable in environments that are different from what they are used to.
Getz tells young entrepreneurs to inspect what they expect
Jalem Getz, president of Wantable Inc., tells young entrepreneurs to keep track of what’s happening with every aspect of their businesses.
WAUSAU – Former school now Wausau’s newest fitness center
One of the newest fitness facilities in Wausau isn't your typical gym. And that's just the way the owner wants it.
Proof that Wisconsin admires its teachers
Teachers of Wisconsin: lift up your heads and be proud. A recent survey shows your reputations are secure and you are highly respected.
Walker pulls ahead in final Marquette Law Poll
In the latest Marquette University Law School Poll, released today, Republican Gov. Scott Walker put more distance between himself and Democratic challenger Mary Burke.
Timm champions integrity in the workplace
Laura Timm, vice president of corporate communications and public affairs at Briggs & Stratton Corp., tells young professionals to follow five guiding words: Integrity, balance, passion, voice and presentation.
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Mount Mary alumna bequeaths $1.4 million to university
Mount Mary University has received a legacy gift of $1.4 million from alumna Joan Hetzel Iraneta, who graduated from the school in 1956 with degrees in English and art.
Trostel launches youth apprenticeship program
Lake Geneva-based Trostel, a custom rubber molding and compounding company, recently launched a manufacturing youth apprenticeship program in cooperation with GPS Education Partners, a nonprofit that provides immersive work-based education programs. The manufacturer began providing learning space and apprenticeship training to high school students at its Whitewater and Lake Geneva operations in September.
Our Next Generation appoints new leader upon retirement of Dunn
After more than a decade of shaping students in Milwaukee's central city neighborhoods, Bob Dunn, president and CEO of Our Next Generation, Inc., has retired and turned the nonprofit over to newly appointed leader La Toya Sykes.
Governor should plug Wisconsin’s brain drain
You would hardly know it from the campaign for governor, but Wisconsin has more than a brain drain; it has a brain hemorrhage.