Lauren Anderson
CNBC star Marcus Lemonis issues $5 million giving challenge for Marquette
Camping World chief executive officer and TV personality Marcus Lemonis this week issued a $5 million giving challenge in support of Marquette University.
Bronzeville Center for the Arts’ purchase of former DNR building nets...
The Bronzeville Center for the Arts' offer to buy the former Department of Natural Resources building on Milwaukee's north side received final approval Tuesday, paving the way for the planned cultural center to move forward.
UPAF sets $10.5 million campaign target
The United Performing Arts Fund has set a fundraising goal of $10.5 million for its 2022 campaign.
Public, charter, private: What’s the difference?
With a publicly funded school voucher program dating back to 1990, Milwaukee is considered the birthplace of the modern private school choice movement. In...
Leaders of high-performing Milwaukee schools say funding is biggest impediment to...
In a city where roughly 30,000 students attend low-performing schools, nonprofit and business leaders have rallied around a goal of adding 5,000 seats in...
All-In Milwaukee takes aim at Milwaukee’s college completion crisis
For the past four years, All-In Milwaukee has been working to address what it calls “the completion crisis”: Too few Milwaukee students are going...
Employ Milwaukee program will provide free training, guaranteed interview at Advocate...
Employ Milwaukee has created a new workforce initiative that will provide training at no cost and result in a guaranteed job interview at Advocate Aurora Health.
Salvation Army of Milwaukee County exceeds Red Kettle campaign goal
The Salvation Army of Milwaukee County’s signature campaign brought in $500,000 more than the organization’s goal, thanks to an anonymous donor.
Milwaukee-based Scoliosis Research Society receives $3 million gift
The Milwaukee-based Scoliosis Research Society recently received a $3 million donation to create an endowment for investigator-initiated research.
Kenosha nursing home to close, lay off 65 employees
Kenosha Estates Rehab & Care Center will close its doors and lay off 65 employees, the nursing home notified the state this week.
UWM to consolidate, realign some colleges and schools
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will consolidate eight schools and colleges into four new colleges, under a plan recently approved by the UW System Board of Regents.
Marquette receives $1.75 million gift to support Center for Real Estate
Marquette University alumni Perry and Sheila Vieth are giving $1.75 million to establish an endowed directorship in its College of Business Administration’s Center for Real Estate.