Education & Workforce Development

Corporate boards in Wisconsin are moving in the right direction with efforts to increase racial/ethnic and gender diversity, but more work is needed, according to a Board Diversity report released Monday by the Greater Milwaukee Committee in conjunction with Milwaukee Women inc.

The Walworth County Manufacturing Job Fair 2014 will be held on Thursday, Oct. 30, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Lake Lawn Resort, 2400 E. Geneva St. in Delavan.

The academic achievement of K-12 students in southeastern Wisconsin’s public schools trails achievement at the state level, with Milwaukee Public Schools among the districts struggling most, according to a report released today by the Public Policy Forum.

BizTimes Media invites southeastern Wisconsin employers to invest in their next generation of leaders by sending them to the 2014 BizTimes Get Smarter Talent Development Conference.

A new professional group, Momentum Milwaukee, has been formed for women in the first half of their careers.

Wilmot ski hill Wilmot Mountain will host a job fair on Oct. 6 and 7 to fill seasonal positions.

The Medical College of Wisconsin’s Center for AIDS Intervention Research has received a five-year, $8.7 million grant renewal from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Mental Health, which will fund its programs through its 25th year of existence.

The U.S. economy added 248,000 jobs and the national unemployment rate dipped to 5.9 percent in September, the lowest in six years, according to the latest report by the U.S. Department of Labor.

SHARP Literacy, Inc., a youth-centered nonprofit that promotes reading, writing and research skills through hands-on engagement and visual arts, has announced plans to serve more Milwaukee students with more educational programs during the 2014-15 school year.

Milwaukee Public Schools has appointed Darienne Driver, Ph.D., the district’s permanent superintendent following her three-month stretch in an interim leadership capacity.