SOUTH BEND – Ivy Tech Community College has announced that two administrators have retired. Chuck Philip, vice chancellor for academic affairs, and Jeff Fisher, director of financial aid, have retired. Philip has been vice chancellor since 2008 and from 2002 to 2008 was a vice president and executive dean at Lake Michigan College in Benton […]
WEST LAFAYETTE – Indiana and Kentucky dairy producers will tour a series of north-central Indiana dairy operations July 30-31 when Purdue Extension and University of Kentucky Extension host the 2013 Kentuckiana Dairy Exchange. The annual event, which includes tours of six farms, this year will focus on ways technology can improve dairy operations. It also
HAMMOND – The Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana has received a grant from ArcelorMittal to help fund programs for teachers and students in East Chicago, Gary and Whiting, as well as support the center’s general fundraising efforts. The Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana is a space science education center and field trip destination
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WESTVILLE – Purdue University North Central Chancellor Dr. James B. Dworkin recently participated in the Baseball Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture. The three-day symposium brought together experts from across the nation to examine the impact of baseball on American culture. The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture
HAMMOND – Carmen Panlilio has been named vice chancellor for enrollment management and student affairs at Purdue University Calumet. Most recently she was associate vice president for enrollment at New Jersey City University. Her background includes development university-wide police decisions and initiatives. As supervisor of the Offices of Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid, she managed
HAMMOND – Purdue University Calumet and its Department of Behavioral Sciences has developed an academic articulation agreement with Ivy Tech Community College. The articulation, effective this fall, enables graduates of Ivy Tech’s Associate Degree in Early Childhood program to enter seamlessly into Purdue Calumet’s Bachelor of Arts in Human Development and Family Studies, Early Childhood
HAMMOND – Five Purdue University Calumet employees have received 2012-13 awards for outstanding service to the university. Award recipients are Outstanding Administrative Leader, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Educational Opportunity Programs Roy L. Hamilton of Gary; Outstanding Administrator, Senior Career Services Coordinator Deborah Blades of Hebron; Outstanding Operations Technical Employee, School of Technology Administrative Assistant Laura
MERRILLVILLE – InterContinental Industries has opened an office in the Purdue Research Park of Northwest Indiana in Merrillville. The company operates as interLink and is involved in providing online data management for health care. The company’s site is known as Advocare and serves state administrators and case management professionals who support underserved populations, including people
WESTVILLE – The Indiana Commission for Higher Education has granted approval to Purdue University North Central for the College of Engineering and Technology to offer a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. PNC students will have the opportunity to enroll in these bachelor’s degree classes this fall. This becomes the 23rd bachelor’s degree program offered by
MERRILLVILLE – In celebration of Money Smart Week, Junior Achievement and Centier Bank joined together at Centier’s corporate centre to offer a Train the Trainer for teachers interested in a virtual reality store. The JA Finance Park Virtual program, through hands-on classroom activities helps students build a foundation for making intelligent, lifelong, personal financial decisions
