WESTVILLE – Purdue University North Central’s Office of Career Development is accepting on-campus recruitment requests for the 2012-13 academic year. Employers interested in recruiting PNC students and alumni will have a variety of opportunities to engage candidates through job fairs, networking events and campus visit. Some of the upcoming recruiting opportunities include career fairs for […]
VALPARAISO – Spero W. Valavanis, president of Design Organization Inc., has received the Ball State University College of Architecture and Planning Alumni Society 2012 Award of Outstanding Achievement. He was selected by alumni for dedication to advancing the profession, quality of work and commitment to improve the communities in which he has worked. Design Organization
GARY – Charter School of Dunes has begun work on a $13 million building in Gary’s Miller area. The school is expected to open in time for the 2013-14 school year. This year is the 10th anniversary of Charter School of the Dunes, which is at 860 N. Lake St. It has 450
MERRILLVILLE – In response to the U.S. Supreme Court upholding health care reform, Employer Benefit Systems of Dyer will hold a Health Care Reform Seminars on Wednesday, July 25, at Avalon Manor in Merrillville. The event starts at 9 a.m. with presentations scheduled to last about two hours. “We have so many questions about the
HAMMOND – The Challenger Learning Center, in partnership with NASA’s Summer of Innovations project, is offering students from East Chicago and Gary scholarships to one-day Space Adventure Camps. Third through sixth-grade students can partake in one of three sessions. They are CSI: Aliens on Monday, July 23; The Amazing Race (with rockets) on Wednesday, July
LAPORTE – Indiana University Health LaPorte Hospital, the LaPorte Hospital Foundation and LaPorte Hospital Auxiliary awarded 50 students more than $160,000 in healthcare scholarships. The scholarships were given to students studying medicine, nursing radiology, physical therapy, psychology, biology and chemistry.
WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue University’s Technical Assistance Program is offering an online version of its training course designed to help workers prepare to be certified as green manufacturing specialists. The online workshop provides preparation for those wanting to take the Society of Manufacturing Engineers Green Manufacturing Specialist Certificate exam. Topics include sustainability and global conditions,
VALPARAISO – After seven months of discussions, a plan to align Northwest Indiana high school outcomes with the needs of economic development have been realized, said Barb Grimsgard of the Center of Workforce Innovations. The Regional Education/Employer Alliance for Development of Youth of Northwest Indiana has been announced. Known as Ready NWI, the plan includes
VALPARAISO – The University of Phoenix, in conjunction with United Way’s Success By 6 initiative opened the Valparaiso Children’s Library, “Born Learning Trail.” This is the first Born Learning Trail in a library in the region. Typically, Born Learning Trails are outdoors in park settings. Success By 6 and the University of Phoenix worked with
RENSSELAER – St. Joseph’s College is among three Indiana independent colleges selected as 2012 winners of the Ball Brothers Foundation Venture Fund competitive grant program. The others are Franklin College and St. Mary-of-the-Woods College. Each will share $75,000 in seed funding for start-up initiatives to stimulate creativity and innovation and to foster competition and collaboration
