WESTVILLE – Purdue University North Central Chancellor James B. Dworkin has been presented with the Ned E. Kalb Leadership Award, an honor co-sponsored by the Purdue Extension Office of LaPorte County and Leadership LaPorte County, two organizations that Ned Kalb impacted. The award is presented annually to recognize a quiet, behind-the-scenes leader in LaPorte County. […]
MERRILLVILLE – The Gerald I Lamkin Innovation and Entrepreneur Center and the Society of Innovators of Northwest Indiana, based at Ivy Tech Community College, will hold “Idea Ingine Ivent 2013 at 5:30 p.m. on April 18 at Avalon Manor in Merrillville. Among the speakers are Eric Diamond of Green Farms Agronomics and Mycology in Valparaiso;
BLOOMINGTON – Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business has been named one of the top undergraduate programs in the nation by Bloomberg Businessweek. IU ranks 13th overall. Among the factors contributing to the Kelley School’s success were revisions to the program’s curriculum, particularly Kelley Compass. Taking a page from the corporate world, the school launched
LAPORTE – Anyone administering immunizations or anyone interested in learning more about vaccine preventable diseases can attend an educational session encompassing all aspects of immunization practices. Immunization from A-Z will be from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 20, at Indiana University Health LaPorte Hospital, 1007 Lincolnway, in the auditorium on the lower level. Topics
INDIANAPOLIS – Ingram Micro Inc., the world’s largest wholesale technology distributor and a global leader in IT supply-chain, mobile device lifecycle services and logistics solutions, has announced a $100,000 charitable gift to Ivy Tech Community College in Indianapolis. The charitable gift will be used to support the supplemental instruction services offered through the college’s student
SOUTH BEND – Beacon Health System Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey Costello has been awarded the 2013 Distinguished Business Alumni Award from Indiana University South Bend (IUSB). This annual recognition, presented by the Judd Leighton School of Business and Economics at IUSB, is awarded to an alumnus/alumna who has distinguished themselves as a prominent business and
HAMMOND – The Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana has received a $10,000 donation from Praxair, Inc. to help fund the purchase and redevelopment of teacher professional development programs as well as the purchase of supplies for the upcoming space adventure summer camp series. “Our goal is to merge the power of imagination with
WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue University’s programs in engineering, education and business continue to be ranked among the best in the country in U.S. News & World Report’s graduate school rankings. “These rankings, particularly the sustained upward movement by both the College of Engineering and the College of Education over the last several years, show that
FORT WAYNE – The University of St. Francis (USF) has collaborated with the Fort Wayne Ballet to offer four-year and two-year programs in dance through the university’s Fort Wayne Ballet Conservatory at the University of Saint Francis. It is the region’s only four-year degree of its type. The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance and
HAMMOND – The Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana will offer Summer Space Adventure Camps for students pre K through 8th grade. Students will train as the astronauts do during a variety of sessions that are both stimulating and age-appropriate. Camp sessions will vary by age, grade level and cost, with dates in June
