SOUTH BEND – U.S. News has ranked St. Mary’s College among the top 100 Best National Liberal Arts Colleges. St. Mary’s is 87th, up from 90th last year. St. Mary’s college’s strong graduation and retention rates are among the factors that contribute to its performance. According to the College’s Office of Institutional Research, of the […]
BLOOMINGTON – Elizabeth Acton, an alumna of Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business and a retired chief financial officer of Commerce Bank, is joining the school as a leader-in-residence. Acton earned a master of business administration at Kelley in 1976 and was inducted into its Academy of Alumni Fellows in 2001. In April, Acton retired
MERRILLVILLE – The first Good Teachers Count scholarship for 2012 has been awarded to Cosetta Black. The scholarship was created with Legacy Foundation by nine women of Legacy Foundation’s board. The Good Teachers Count Fund was created to help local women complete their education. Black received her bachelor’s degree in 2011 in organizational management from
WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management has begun a program to ensure that its undergraduates leave school with a degree and the skills they need to start a career. This fall, all of Krannert’s incoming freshmen are participating in Launching Business Leaders, an initiative designed to develop skills and competencies that reach
HAMMOND – In conjunction with the Challenger Learning Center’s inaugural Space Race, St. Mary School in Crown Point is the recipient of a Family Space Night. From 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 26, students, families and staff will have an all-access pass to the center. Each person participating will have a hands-on, minds-on
HAMMOND – Purdue University has announced it has canceled plans to open a technology center in Chicago, and instead will concentrate on finding a location in Northwest Indiana. The university has not said where it would be located, but wants to find a center that is close to its Purdue Calumet campus in Hammond. Purdue
WEST LAFAYETTE – J.R. Martinez, a wounded Iraq War veteran and actor, will give the keynote address Thursday, Oct. 11, at the Purdue University Krannert School of Management’s 12th annual Leadership Speakers Series. Martinez, who won “Dancing with the Stars” in 2011, is a motivational speaker whose presentations are on resilience, optimism and making the
SOUTH BEND – The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.6 million grant to three nuclear physicists at the University of Notre Dame for continuing research and development of the first U.S.-based underground accelerator laboratory. The Dual Ion Accelerator for Nuclear Astrophysics will study nuclear reactions that drive the burning of stars. The site of
WESTVILLE – Purdue University North Central set all-time enrollment and credit hour records this fall. The 2012-13 academic year opened Aug. 20 with 6,048 students enrolled in a record 55,219 credit hours. The numbers represent a 15 percent increase in students over the fall semester last year. “As PNC sets another enrollment record, it is
TERRE HAUTE – Indiana State University’s online LPN to Bachelor of Science program has been honored with a seventh place ranking on TheBestColleges.org rundown of the top 10 online program. Each year, the Web site ranks various university programs based on national standards in affordability, retention rate and median starting salaries for graduates. Indiana State
