Education & Workforce Development

Students graduating from high school this month are making critical career path decisions that will determine their life's arc at a time when such decisions have never been more complex or uncertain.

Americans for the Arts, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the arts and arts education, has awarded the 2012 Arts Education Award to Milwaukee-based Arts @ Large.

Carroll University in Waukesha has received more than $4 million from the estate of a man to honor his late wife, who was a Carroll alumna.

Milwaukee-based Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. Inc. has agreed to donate $4.2 million over the next five years to The American College in Bryn Mawr, Pa., to create The Northwestern Mutual Granum Center for Financial Security.

Marquette University School of Dentistry alumnus Dr. Rick Kushner will donate $1 million to the Building for the Future campaign, which will support the school’s 40,000-square-foot expansion.

Lynn Sprangers has been appointed vice president for communications and community engagement at Mount Mary College in Milwaukee.

A proposed renovation of the Milwaukee Center for Independence (MCFI) campus at 3333 S. Howell Ave., Milwaukee, will improve delivery and accessibility of rehabilitative services for people living with physical and developmental disabilities.

ManpowerGroup has released the results of its seventh-annual Talent Shortage Survey, revealing 49 percent of U.S. employers are experiencing difficulty filling mission-critical positions within their organizations.

Accurate Specialties Inc. announced Friday it will invest $4.5 million to expand its Waukesha facility and add a new Vertical Turning Center.

St. Marcus Lutheran School was recently awarded the 2012 Mayor’s Design Award at a reception and presentation at the UWM School of Architecture and Urban Planning.