Education & Workforce Development
FOND DU LAC – President leaves MPTC
Moraine Park Technical College President Sheila Ruhland has verbally accepted the presidency position at Tacoma Community College in Tacoma, Wash.
Milwaukee County to study strategies for workforce reentry
Milwaukee is one of two counties chosen to receive assistance from the National Reentry Resource Center to develop plans to improve the workforce reentry process for those with criminal records.
Marquette receives $3.5 million gift
Marquette University's Diederich College of Communication has received a $3.5 million gift from the Bernice Shanke Greiveldinger Charitable Trust for capital improvement projects in the college's Johnston Hall.
Unemployment rate drops to 5.2%
Wisconsin's preliminary, seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 5.2 percent in November, down from 5.4 percent in October, according to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.
Bubbler Quote of the Week
“His collaborative approach to developing relationships with business leaders and the business community and the importance of those partnerships...
Mone seeks ‘open door’ with business community
Just hours after Mark Mone, Ph.D., learned that he had been named University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's ninth chancellor on Monday, he addressed an audience of campus and community members, friends and media with a plan to forge “a new era” at the university.
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UWM names Mone chancellor
The board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System today named Mark Mone, Ph.D., the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's ninth chancellor, following a national search for a new leader.
Marquette receives $3.5 million gift
Marquette University's Diederich College of Communication has received a $3.5 million gift from the Bernice Shanke Greiveldinger Charitable Trust for capital improvement projects in the college's Johnston Hall.
Next Door to steward $4.8 million grant among early education agencies
A $4.8 million federal grant awarded to Next Door, of Milwaukee, will serve as a base for programs and services aimed at enhancing care for low-income families with infants and toddlers.
Fleming named chairman of MCFI parent company
Jeff Fleming has been appointed chairman of the Centers for Independence board of directors, according to an announcement made on Monday.