KENOSHA â Herzing University, Carthage College, Gateway Technical College and the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, in a unique collaboration, have invited high school students, adult learners and parents to attend a first-ever Kenosha Drive-Thru College Fair.
The event is scheduled to take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 15, at Herzing Universityâs new downtown campus, 5800 Seventh Ave. (the former site of the Kenosha News).
Tents will be set up at the Herzing-Kenosha campus for the college fair to encourage safe and socially distanced interactions as participants drive their cars through the parking lot to visit with, and receive information from, each college. Prospective students will be eligible to win a free raffle bag from one of the schools.
RACINEÂ â When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020, Linda Fordâs children told her it was time to fully retire from her nursing job. Ford, who has worked for Ascension since the start of her nursing career 22 years ago, knew that she couldnât quit in the middle of a crisis.
Ford was semi-retired and was only working in the Intensive Care Unit a couple of times a month. But when the pandemic struck, instead of calling it quits, she stepped up to nearly a full-time schedule.
âMy mother is not only an amazing mom to 6 kids but is an incredible nurse,â Fordâs daughter Kate Loomis wrote in her nomination submission. âShe cares for others more than herself and believes everyone deserves the best care possible. That includes family members of her patients. I m always being told by her coworkers and past patients how amazing she is. I simply always reply âI know.ââ
As The New York Times reported this week: âSome states charge much more tuition than others. In California, home to the nationâs largest community college system, students pay only $552 per 12-credit semester. Low-income students pay nothing. Tuition is low because California lawmakers use state tax revenue to heavily subsidize the cost of college.
âIn Vermont . community college tuition is six times more expensive: $3,360 per semester.â
As such, there are concerns about how states that have long-supported college access for low-income students will get less help (proportionally) from such a federal plan while, as the Times reported, âStates that have let tuition rise would be rewarded with something akin to a federal bailout.â
Styberg, Stowell Associates get workforce equity grants from DWD By: Daily Reporter Staff April 30, 2021
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The Department of Workforce Development is helping two southeastern Wisconsin businesses fund workforce training and skill development, targeting traditionally underserved communities.
E.C. Styberg Engineering Co. in Racine and Stowell Associates, based in Milwaukee, are the first two recipients of DWD’s new Workforce Equity Grants, made possible by a donation from the IKEA U.S. Community Foundation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The foundation donated $947,000 to DWD to address workforce needs in southeastern Wisconsin with a focus on improving racial equity in employment. The foundation’s donation reflects the amount of money IKEA Retail U.S. employees collected in Wisconsin unemployment insurance benefits when the company closed stores and furloughed employees during the start of the pandemic.