HAMMOND – The Challenger Learning Center has received a $3,000 grant from the Lake County Retired Teachers Association. The Challenger Learning Center has provided educational programs to more than 15,000 students and adults annually with simulated sky voyages and moon base operations. The Lake County Retired Teachers Association donates money to various charities that focus […]

MICHIGAN CITY – The LaPorte County Cooperative Extension Service of Purdue University is hosting Moms Together, a program that offers a safe atmosphere where pregnant or parenting youth and young adults can share experiences, support one another and build self-confidence to be a good mother. The program offers resources, hands-on parenting activities, health and safety

HAMMOND – The Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana will hold summer camps for children from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. Camp activities will teach children the importance of teamwork and understanding the world around them, problem solving and critical thinking skills. Sessions rang from half-day to four-days beginning June 11 and concluding July 19. Costs

HAMMOND – The Indiana Welcome Center will host a two-day Photoshop course instructed by Sandra Mendez of Burrell Imaging. The course is intended for intermediate students. Students should bring several images in RAW format and their own laptop with Adobe Photoshop. The course will be Sundays, April 15 and April 22, from 8:30 a.m. to

CROWN POINT – Kim Ziegler has joined the teaching staff at University of St. Francis Crown Point as a clinical adjunct member. Ziegler is a graduate of Purdue University and has 32 years of nursing experience. He has spent most of her career in hospitals as a nursing supervisor, nurse manager of telemetry and cardiovascular

GARY – Indiana University Northwest and the Indiana High Speed Rail Association have partnered to provide IUN students an opportunity to take on a real client with real needs. Business students at IUN along with students in the Center for Urban and Regional Excellence, will conduct research for IHSRA and produce a feasibility report for

GARY – The Indiana University Northwest School of Business and Economics and the Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center will hold a workshop on branding strategies for small businesses. It will be from noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 21 at the Dunes Medical/Professional Building, 3400 Broadway. The event will focus on creating cost-effective branding

MERRILLVILLE – In partnership with the United Way in Northwest Indiana, University of Phoenix and its Northwest Indiana campus will provide a full-tuition scholarship for a four-year bachelor’s degree. The scholarship is part of the new United Way Success By 6 Scholarship for early childhood education workers. The scholarship can be used for new students

WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue University researchers have revealed how a mutation in a protein shuts down a protective function needed to prevent the death of neurons in Parkinson’s disease. The discovery could open the door to new drug strategies in treating the disorder. Fred Regnier, the J.J. Law Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, and Jean-Christophe Rochet,