VALPARAISO – Elizabeth Lynn has been named director of Valparaiso University’s Institute for Leadership and Service. “Elizabeth’s involvement with the Valparaiso community and experience with civic engagement makes her the ideal candidate to lead the Institute for Leadership and Service,” said Mark Schwehn, provost. Lynn is a Mellon Fellow in the Humanities and received her […]
RENSSELAER – St. Joseph College recently held a high tunnel construction workshop to demonstrate the process of building a passive solar greenhouse that extends the growing season for warm and cool-season crops. The effort was part of St. Joseph’s recently developed Hoophouse Farming Eduventure, a start-up operation that was created as the result of the
MICHIGAN CITY – Rick Soria has been named vice chancellor and dean of the Michigan City campus of Ivy Tech Community College Northwest. Soria is an accredited mortician and a law school graduate of Valparaiso University. He joined Ivy Tech in 2002 and created the first mortuary science program. “We did a nationwide search and
WESTVILLE – Purdue Federal Credit Union has opened a branch office on the campus of Purdue University North Central. The office was officially welcomed by the Greater LaPorte Chamber of Commerce. “Purdue North Central welcomes Purdue Federal Credit Union to our campus. The credit union offers a convenient location and a variety of essential services
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.
