Education & Workforce Development

Milwaukee Area Technical College's president, Michael Burke, will return to California after accepting a position as chancellor of the Riverside Community College District in Riverside, Calif.

Milwaukee Area Technical College's president, Michael Burke, will return to California after accepting a position as chancellor of the Riverside Community College District in Riverside, Calif.

Mayor Tom Barrett today announced Earl Buford has been appointed president and chief executive officer of the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board, succeeding Donald Sykes, who has served in that capacity since 2006.

Longtime Milwaukee Public Schools teacher Bernadette Steep has bequeathed $2 million to Marquette University for endowed scholarship aid.

Marquette University announced the appointments of Anthony Pennington-Cross as chair of the Department of Finance and Nina Schuerman as associate director of the Center for Real Estate.

A $1.8 million grant awarded to the Milwaukee County Child Support Services Department will fund the continuation of the county's “Pathways to Responsible Fatherhood Program,” which helps fathers become better parents through relationship education, parenting classes, job training and other resources.

Sheboygan-based property and casualty insurer Acuity now has more than 1,000 employees for the first time in the company’s 90 year history.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Research Foundation has entered a licensing agreement to develop and bring to market wind turbine technology for Texas-based Dynamic Blade Technologies Inc.

Milwaukee County Supervisor Khalif Rainey introduced a resolution Thursday calling for a county-wide advisory referendum asking voters if they support increasing the state minimum wage from the current $7.25 per an hour to $10.10 per hour.

Fontarome Chemical Inc., a flavor, fragrance and pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturer that had operated in St. Francis, has been cited for 23 safety and health violations—including seven willful, one repeat and 15 serious—by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The company has been placed in OSHA's Severe Violator Enforcement Program, and the citations carry proposed penalties of $449,680, the U.S. Department of Labor announced Wednesday.