MERRILLVILLE – The Northwest Indiana Forum will hold its quarterly meeting on Sept. 8 in partnership with the One Region One Vision and the Center of Workforce Innovations by hosting U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. The program, “Education: Building and Strengthening the Future Workforce” will be at the Radisson Hotel at Star Plaza-Celebrity Ballroom. […]
VALPARAISO – Porter Health Systems will present “The Stroke Stops Here,” a seminar on stroke awareness and prevention, at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 18, at its Rehabilitation Campus, 1401 Calumet Ave. The seminar will be presented by Virgil DiBiase, a neurologist and stroke specialist. “Fifteen years ago, stroke patients were basically ignored because it
CROWN POINT – Robert Corbin has been named to the board of trustees for the University of St. Francis. He is northern Indiana regional legal counsel for the Franciscan Alliance. University of St. Francis was created at Crown Point in 2006 through a partnership with St. Anthony Medical Center. “We are proud to add a
Enrollments and tuition are up at region’s colleges. by Kathy McKimmie Over the past decade, tuition at Indiana’s taxpayer-supported colleges and universities increased nearly 100 percent, while per capita income rose less than 1 percent, according to the Indiana Commission for Higher Education. Two weeks after the Indiana General Assembly finished its work at the
CROWN POINT – The Franciscan Alliance announced it will hold a series of free bariatric information programs at its three Northwest Indiana hospitals. People interested in surgical weight loss can obtain information on the procedure at programs set for Dyer, Crown Point and Michigan City. Franciscan St. Margaret Health-Dyer will hold a program in the
SOUTH BEND – Memorial Health Discovery Center and Spirit of Women are sponsoring a free lecture series on Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Barbara J. Dzikowski, program director for the Alzheimer’s & Dementia Services of Northern Indiana, said Alzheimer’s is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S. She said Alzheimer’s and dementia are likely
VALPARAISO – Valparaiso University will host CNBC commentator Andy Friedman in a program at the Harre Union at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 1. Friedman is a regular on the program, “Squawk Box.” Friedman will talk about the investment strategy in today’s changing political landscape. Also on the program is Sean Mason, regional vice president
LAPORTE – Indiana University Health LaPorte Hospital will offer a Spanish/English Medical Interpreters Course from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturdays, from Aug. 27 to Oct. 22. The class, designed for people interested in becoming a professional Spanish-English medical interpreter, will be held in Room B113 in the lower level of the hospital. The
SOUTH BEND – Tom Coley has been name chancellor for Ivy Tech Community College’s North Central region, based in South Bend. The region also includes campuses in Goshen and Warsaw. Most recently, Coley was president of Scott Community College in Sioux City, Iowa. He is a native of Florida and graduated from Moorhead State University
WEST LAFAYETTE – A blind Purdue University alumnus and entrepreneur who founded a startup company at the Purdue Research Park has been recognized by the National Federation of the Blind. Cary Supalo was one of four winners of the Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award, which recognizes people and organizations who have contributed to the full integration
