Education & Workforce Development
Learn about strategies for education and workforce development in Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin.
Nonprofit Excellence Lifetime Achievement Award Winners: Joe and Ellen Checota
Joe Checota was a self-described workaholic when Ellen McNamara Checota, the woman who would later become his wife of...
Community Leader of the Year: Tim Sheehy made huge impact as president of MMAC
When Tim Sheehy began his 40-year career with the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce in 1983, the Milwaukee Bucks...
UWM’s Lubar Entrepreneurship Center names new director
Ilya Avdeev has been named the new director of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Lubar Entrepreneurship Center (LEC).
Avdeev, an associate...
Rocketship Wisconsin gets $2.5 million grant
Rocketship Wisconsin will receive $2.5 million from the U.S. Department of Education over the next five years to support...
WCTC to start offering two-year degrees focused on AI
WCTC received approval this week to begin offering an associate degree program focused on artificial intelligence next fall.
Burke Foundation commits $4.6 million to support public service scholarship programs at Marquette University
The Burke Foundation has committed $4.6 million to Marquette University to extend two service-focused scholarship programs created by the...
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I Have a Dream Foundation taking more holistic approach to supporting students
When the Milwaukee chapter of the I Have a Dream Foundation (IHAD–MKE) launched in 2007 with its first cohort...
United Way of Racine County to partner with Microsoft on new technology fund
The United Way of Racine County is partnering with Microsoft to create a new equity-focused technology fund, the nonprofit organization...
Viewpoints: Engineers work in many disciplines and sectors; Wisconsin needs more of them
Just off the eastern shore of Lake Winnebago lies the 40-acre site of the Lakeside Vision Center, a research...
Real estate exec, former Northwestern Mutual exec added to Marquette executive-in-residence program
The Marquette University College of Business Administration’s executive-in-residence program has added former Northwestern Mutual executive Christopher Swain to the...
