Education & Workforce Development
Wisconsin unemployment rate drops to 3.2% in October
Wisconsin’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.2% in October, a two-tenth decline from September’s revised rate of 3.4%.
Milwaukee Youth Arts Center completes expansion
The Milwaukee Youth Arts Center recently completed a building expansion that will allow the facility to serve more students.
Employ Milwaukee’s Skillfull Transitions program awarded $5.3 million in ARPA funding
Employ Milwaukee Inc. was awarded a $5.3 million grant from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development to launch an initiative aimed at connecting traditionally underserved groups to jobs.Â
Milwaukee Tool, Milwaukee Academy of Science partner to offer students woodworking, computer science experience
A partnership between Milwaukee Tool and the Milwaukee Academy of Science has opened new opportunities for its students to...
MATC partners with Milwaukee BIDs on new co-op education model
Milwaukee Area Technical College is partnering with two Milwaukee business improvement districts as it launches a new co-op education model aimed at pairing students with good-paying jobs in their area of study.
Nathan Jurowski stepping down as Building Advantage executive director
After roughly two years leading Milwaukee-based Building Advantage, executive director Nathan Jurowski is stepping down to start up a private practice.
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Some area employers add tuition reimbursement to their portfolio of benefits
It was one high-performing youth apprentice that first gave Precision Plus Inc. president Mike Reader the idea seven years...
WARF announces record investment in UW-Madison research this year
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation announced Monday it is making its largest-ever annual investment in University of Wisconsin-Madison research this year.
MATC expands its free-tuition Promise program to more students
Milwaukee Area Technical College is widening its free-tuition Promise program to students who have received GED credentials and other equivalency diplomas.
Viewpoints: Illinois tech initiative should be wake-up call to Wisconsin
Two hundred miles south of the Wisconsin border on the University of Illinois campus, a $200-million initiative announced Oct. 19 offered ample evidence that our neighbors are gearing up to compete for an infusion of federal science and technology money.
