Dislocated Workers Seek a New Path
A new adult learning center for dislocated workers gives victims of the recession a chance to launch new careers.
Education
Oscar Mireles: Turning hard knocks to hope.
Oscar Mireles, executive director/principal of Omega School in Madison, an alternative, adult basic education and diploma completion program, is a man of many personas: There is the family man from Racine, Wis., one of 11 children of a migrant worker mother and factory-worker father. A man whose older brother once flunked out of kindergarten because he didn't speak English.
Dreams fulfilled? Madelung contemplates life after Herzing U
"There's more juice left in the tank," said Don Madelung, president of Herzing University in Madison, who recently announced his decision to leave his post at the end of the year. The decision shows a degree of restlessness Madelung wears with pride.
Lighting the [Entrepreneurial] Fire: UW youth camp stirs young ambitions.
In a room full of rambunctious teens and pre-teens at UW's Grainger Hall, Julie Wood, program director at UW's Small Business Development Center, shushes the class. "We have 27 presentations today and need to get through them all!"
She turns to one student. "Alex, you're up."
Kaleem Caire: Unplugged
If anyone has a right to be angry, it's Kaleem Caire. If anyone had every opportunity to not make the right decisions early in life, it was Kaleem Caire. And if anyone was most likely to break out of the mold ... you guessed it....
Edgewood Honors Three Women MBA Alums
Three female graduates of the Edgewood College business school were honored this week during the college’s 3rd annual MBA Distinguished Alumni Awards ceremony.
Executive Profile: Deb Houden
Gearing up for family enterprises at the Family Business Center.
Exec Ed: Align Course with Strategic Vision
In this economic climate, executive education is all about adding value to your organization, both in terms of employee skills and strategic mission.
What's in a degree?
Was your trade or college degree at all related to what you do today?
IB's July 2009 issue asked that question of a sample of the ER members, and we are adding more answers from people who are well known in the Greater Madison business community. We ask them how they got their own starts.
Behind the Green Collar Degree
It's always something. Energy prices go up and down. Global warming threatens. Emission standards are tightened, and the costs of vehicles increase. Plastic bags suddenly become the bane of modern society, after being the mainstay for years.
Wiley Annoyed with IB Data
Former chancellor writes "Letter to the Editor" to make his point: UW-Madison is, indeed, a big employer.
Student Loans: Defaults on the Rise
When the Class of 2009 enters the job market next month, its members will encounter the most challenging employment conditions in a quarter century, and the implications for student loan default rates and employee performance could be profound.
Job Promotion Training Program
"Before the School at Work program, I never thought I would go anywhere," admitted Sheryl Warren, a lab assistant and phlebotomist at St. Mary's Hospital. "I had accepted a dead-end life and felt as if I were stuck. Now I've got the knowledge and a plan to use it."
