Education & Workforce Development
Learn about strategies for education and workforce development in Milwaukee and southeastern Wisconsin.
WEDC, UW System develop tool to help companies build internship programs
The University of Wisconsin System and Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. have created a new online tool to assist small-...
Milwaukee has arrived, now what?
It is an exciting time for Milwaukee.
After decades of stagnation and a national perception of it being flyover country,...
Innovations: Carthage professor helped create software for movie special effects
Carthage College professor Perry Kivolowitz won the 2019 Engineering Emmy Award for his work with SilhouetteFX, a visual effects...
Academy of Advanced Manufacturing trains veterans for career opportunities
When Rockwell Automation Inc. and ManpowerGroup set out in 2017 to recruit and train veterans for careers in advanced...
Land sale approved for $30 million St. Augustine Prep expansion plan
The Milwaukee Common Council this week approved the sale of three city-owned properties, paving the way for St. Augustine Preparatory Academy’s $30 million campus expansion plan.
UWM receives $10 million gift for new Great Lakes research vessel
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has received a $10 million anonymous gift to construct a new research vessel for its School of Freshwater Sciences.
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Lakeland University to launch free tuition program
Lakeland University will begin offering a free tuition program next fall for qualifying students. The university, located in rural Sheboygan County, said it is the first private college in Wisconsin to offer such a program.
Charter school wants to move to former Astronautics headquarters
Dr. Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy, a public charter school known until recently as Milwaukee Collegiate Academy, is seeking to...
Forward Award Winner: University of Wisconsin-Parkside
The University of Wisconsin-Parkside has developed several new academic programs to prepare students for the region’s pressing workforce needs...
High school students take on real business challenges through LAUNCH program
Before Maggie Conlon entered her senior year of high school, she had already solved business challenges for three area...
