WEST LAFAYETTE – Indiana high school administrators, educators and community leaders have through March 29 to nominate high school sophomores and juniors for the seventh annual Purdue Research Park Entrepreneurship Academy. For a nomination form, call Juliana Casavan, academy coordinator, at (765) 588-3368, or e-mailjbcasavan@prf.org. There is no fee to nominate a student, nor is […]
LAPORTE – Indiana University Health La Porte Hospital, in partnership with Ivy Tech Corporate College, is offering a Certified Nursing Assistant course to the public. The course begins Monday, March 4, and will be held at IU Health La Porte Hospital. Certified Nursing Assistants provide basic nursing care for patients under the supervision of a
MERRILLVILLE – Competitive Support Options Inc., an IT company based in Mokena, Ill., has opened an office at the Purdue Research Park of Northwest Indiana. Competitive Support Options provides clients with Intel-based servers, IBM power servers, tape and storage solutions, desktops, thin clients, laser printers, impact printers, thermal printers, switches, and access points. President Pat
WEST LAFAYETTE – The football head injury experts featured in recent Sports Illustrated coverage of Junior Seau’s brain injuries say new brain-saving helmet technology is available that would massively decrease energy delivered to the brain during impacts. Eric Nauman, Purdue University Neurotrauma Group biomechanical engineering professor, has patented a new helmet liner that reduces G-force
WESTVILLE – Purdue University North Central Chancellor Dr. James B. Dworkin has been presented with the Rotary Club Foundation of Michigan City Paul J. Alinsky Excellence Award. The award is presented in honor of the late Paul Alinsky, a past Rotary Club president, former Michigan City Chamber of Commerce chairman and founder of Sentinel Alarm
LAPORTE – Since 1983, Indiana University Health LaPorte Hospital, the LaPorte Hospital Foundation and the LaPorte Hospital Auxiliary have sponsored scholarships to provide financial assistance to students pursuing healthcare careers. Through the combined efforts, more than $160,000 was distributed to 52 students in 2012. The following Auxiliary scholarships are available in 2013: $750 Auxiliary Scholarships
CROWN POINT – Kimberly Valich has joined the University of St. Francis Crown Point faculty as a full-time assistant professor. She earned a bachelor of science in nursing at St. Xavier University in 1989 and a master of science in nursing at University of Phoenix in 2002. She began her nursing career in intensive and
CROWN POINT – The Gamma Theta chapter of Crown Point’s Tri Kappa sorority is making decorated chocolate Easter eggs. The sale of the eggs is our chapter’s largest fundraiser, raising over $9,000 for Crown Point area high school scholarship programs. The sorority will make more than 5,000 Easter eggs on Friday, Feb. 22, from 3:30 to 9:30
LAPORTE – The LaPorte County Master Gardener Association, along with Purdue Extension LaPorte County are hosting “Going Garden Crazy,” the 2013 spring symposium on April 13 at Heston Hills Conference Center, 1933 E. County Road 800 North, LaPorte. The event runs from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The day-long event fulfill the Master Gardener program
VALPARAISO – The Indiana Master Naturalist Program is a 30-hour continuing education course for adults age 18 and over at Taltree Arboretum. The program provides participants with hands-on opportunities to learn about Indiana’s natural resources. It also offers a way for Master Naturalists to share that knowledge along with life experiences through volunteer service opportunities.
