PORTAGE – The Portage Economic Development Corp. has announced the hiring of Bert Cook as executive director. He is a native Portage, graduated from Portage High School and is a graduate of Purdue University North Central with a degree in business management. For the past five years Cook worked for the Greater LaPorte Economic Development […]
VALPARAISO – To help women learn more about daVinci Robotic Surgery, Porter Health System’s Healthy Women Program will hold a “Just Say NO to Abdominal Hysterectomy” seminar. Cheryl Short, an OB/GYN, will present the program at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, at the hospital’s Education & Rehabilitation Campus, 1401 Calumet Ave., Valparaiso.
GARY – The Society of Innovators of Northwest Indiana, based at Ivy Tech Community College Northwest’s Gerald I. Lamkin Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center, has announced two innovators of the month. Karen Denyse Hannon was inspired by her 3-month-old son to launch a functional children’s wear line, Lounge N Lax, from her home in
It’s uncertain if the paths of Vivian Carter and John Maniotes ever crossed. It wouldn’t have been impossible for Maniotes to have at least heard of Carter, who was a pioneer in rhythm and blues radio in the 1950s in Gary. One thing is for sure: Both will forever be entwined. Carter and Maniotes are
WEST LAFAYETTE – Bioscience Vaccines Inc. and the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases have signed a contract to test the company’s Matrix Immune Modulator with a biodefense vaccine. Bioscience Vaccines is based in the Purdue Research Park. As part of their physical training and preparation, soldiers go through a
MUNSTER – Jill Hasiak, vice president of cash management at Citizens Financial Bank, has been elected chairperson of Munster’s Plan Commission for 2011. “Munster is the headquarters of Citizens Financial Bank and we feel a special relationship to the residents and businesses in Munster and Lake County,” said Dale Clapp, executive vice president
HAMMOND – L. Tammy Duckworth, assistant secretary for public and intergovernmental affairs for the Veterans Administration, will be the guest speaker at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 2, for Purdue University Calumet’s Disability Awareness Month. The presentation will be in the Student Union & Library’s Alumni Hall. Duckworth is a former Black Hawk helicopter
SOUTH BEND – Gibson Insurance Group will hold its 5th annual Healthcare Summit from 8 to 11:30 a.m. (EST) on Thursday, March 10, at the Hilton Garden Inn’s Gillespie Conference Center in South Bend. A compliance update will be presented by attorney Ann Mackey of Taft, Stettinius & Hollister; John Willey, director of
VALPARAISO – Porter Health System and HealtheACCESS LLC have acquired Porter’s occupational medicine services, Northwest Indiana Occupational Medicine Services (NIOMS) by HealtheACCESS LLC. HealtheACCESS is the largest providers for occupational medicine in Porter County. The model HealtheACCESS and Porter Hospital are developing should help employers, corporations, municipalities and local government improve health
WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue University’s Technical Assistance Program is offering part of its Green Enterprise Development Program online. It is a three-level course that teaches about environmental sustainability. The program introduces concepts and issues that are a part of sustainability to companies looking to redesign their business practices using environmentally friendly techniques.
