Education & Workforce Development
Waterford considers creation of “Makers Space”
Businesses, entrepreneurs and the general public will meet to discuss the possibility of a community “Makers Space” in Waterford, Wis., where individuals can experiment with new ideas and innovators can unite to exchange information and advice.
Feingold, Allen and Stossel to speak at Lakeland College
Lakeland College’s Great Thinkers Series, designed to highlight the institution’s 150th anniversary, will include lectures from national figures like Russell Feingold, Will Allen and John Stossel. The series, which begins Thursday, Aug. 30, and continues throughout the 2012-‘13 school year, will feature topics like leadership, environmental issues and business with insight from experts in each field.
New Wisconsin guidebook helps tech college students plan careers
The new Wisconsin Technical College System 2012-2013 Guidebook will help the students, as well as recent high school grads and adults wanting to gain additional skills, make a professional move or a complete career change.
Veolia Water gives teachers tools for science experiments
Veolia Water Milwaukee is collaborating with Milwaukee Public Schools to teach fifth-grade students about water and the environment using a Water Box curriculum package. The company, which runs the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District’s Jones Island and South Shore sewage treatment plants, will likely donate up to 200 of the curriculum package kits to area teachers.
Target awards grants to MPS schools
Target Corp. awarded two K4-fifth grade schools in the Milwaukee Public School system with $25,000 grants through its $5 million Give With Target campaign, according to an announcement released Friday, Aug. 17.
Pearls girls tour southern colleges
With the hope of empowering Milwaukee middle school and high school girls to set both their sights and their grades on college, Pearls for Teen Girls, Inc. embarked on its ninth annual national college tour last June.
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Veolia Water gives teachers tools for science experiments
Veolia Water Milwaukee is collaborating with Milwaukee Public Schools to teach fifth-grade students about water and the environment using a Water Box curriculum package.
Sullivan to outline new workforce development report at Get Smarter Conference
Today, special consultant for business and workforce development Tim Sullivan submitted his long-awaited workforce development report to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, calling for bold actions to address the gap between the skills needed by the state’s employers and the skills of the available workforce.
New state program helps connect unemployed to jobs
What do Clay Matthews and Mark Tauscher have in common besides their Green Bay Packer glory days? Both were college walk-ons, Matthews at the University of Southern California, and Tauscher at Wisconsin. Given a tryout, they went on to become not just starters, but key players on winning teams in college and the NFL. An All-Pro linebacker, Matthews continues to play, while Tauscher now has a shot at a spot in the NFL broadcast booth.
BizTimes adds new reporter
BizTimes Media recently hired reporter Erica Breunlin, who is covering technology, health care and the nonprofit sector for BizTimes Milwaukee magazine and BizTimes.com.
