Education & Workforce Development

True Skool Inc., a nonprofit youth arts organization, plans to offer its after-school Urban Arts Program in a 9,800-square-foot space at the Shops of Grand Avenue in the Plankinton Building at 161 W. Wisconsin Ave. in downtown Milwaukee, according to a proposal submitted to the city’s Board of Zoning Appeals (BOZA).

Daniel Eck, Lakeland College’s interim president for the past 10 months, has been selected as the Sheboygan college’s 16th president.

Marquette University has received a $10 million donation from an anonymous benefactor to build a new on-site residence for its Jesuit priests.

In the heart of one of Wisconsin's most conservative counties, Democratic President Barack Obama on Thursday identified a worker training program that he said could be a model for the country.

President Barack Obama today signed an executive order for a federal jobs training program at an appearance in Waukesha.

A new tenant has created a system for training water managers at Milwaukee’s Global Water Center.

A day after he urged U.S. employers to “give America a raise,” President Barack Obama is on his way to Milwaukee today.

Sussex-based Quad/Graphics Inc. has announced it will close its plants in Marengo, Iowa and Pomona, Calif. and eliminate about 200 jobs.

Deborah Fugenschuh has been appointed executive director of Professional Dimensions, a Milwaukee membership organization that promotes the professional and personal growth of women.

Our Next Generation, a Milwaukee-based nonprofit organization that promotes the academic and character development of children living in central city neighborhoods, is in need of at least 25 volunteers to fill tutoring and mentoring roles in its Homework Club.