Education & Workforce Development

Raymond W. Cross, chancellor of University of Wisconsin Colleges and University of Wisconsin-Extension, has been appointed as the next president of the University of Wisconsin System.

The State Superintendent of Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction is seeking nominations for the 2014 Business Friends of Education Award.

Franklin, Tenn.-based Parallon Business Solutions LLC, a health care business process and operational services firm, has opened its first Wisconsin branch at 250 E. Wisconsin Ave. in downtown Milwaukee.

The City of Milwaukee is asking employers to submit job orders for summer employees through the Earn & Learn program.

Mequon-based Concordia University Wisconsin has been listed at 117th on U.S. News and World Report’s 2014 rankings of the best online graduate business programs in the country.

The Wisconsin Safety Council and the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development are now accepting applications for the 2013 Corporate Safety Awards.
The awards, which are in their 20th year, honor Wisconsin businesses that lead the way in safety and health achievement.

Hundreds of local businesses, schools, medical clinics and other public facilities were closed today, as the Milwaukee region awakened to temperatures as low as 18 degrees below zero and wind chills down to 50 below.

The percentage of total educational costs borne by University of Wisconsin System students grew to 71 percent in 2013, up from 38 percent in 2002, according to a new report by the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance.

We’ve heard about the challenges Millennials create for employers, and we’ve seen them mocked with stereotypes of their self-absorbed attitudes, but the group of workers born after 1980 will soon account for nearly half the workforce in the U.S. and their unique talents may be the key to success for those who hire and encourage them.

The Waukesha County Business Alliance recently hosted “Key Industries for Job Growth” at the Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel.