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 […]

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

SOUTH BEND – J. Jeffrey Jones, vice chancellor for student affairs and enrollment at Indiana University South Bend, has been named vice provost for the University of Central Florida. Jones, who also worked at Purdue University North Central, has been at IUSB since 2007. He begins his assignment at Central Florida on July 1.