WESTVILLE – Purdue University North Central has received a grant from U.S. Steel to fund scholarships for PNC Electrical and Mechanical Engineering students. Chancellor James Dworkin thanked U.S. Steel for the scholarship grant, which was distributed to eight students. They are Marion Choucair of Michigan City; Jonathon Jachura of LaCrosse; Kai Justice of Wheatfield; Seth […]
HAMMOND – The Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana has named Tara Kristoff as its new flight director. She will work as a flight instructor, guiding students through the hands-on missions that show science, technology, math and engineering in action. “I’m passionate about science, and I look forward to instilling that passion in kids, too,”
MERRILLVILLE – The University of Phoenix is closing its Merrillville campus at 8401 Ohio St., part of a nationwide closing of 25 campuses and 95 satellite campuses. The impact of the closing on the campus’s 200 students is still being determined, but no new students are being enrolled in Merrillville. The closing puts 13 employees
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WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue University has begun an effort to increase its College of Engineering faculty by 30 percent over the next five years. The additional faculty will allow the college to increase enrollment and expand the breadth and depth of its research. “This move will provide an economic benefit to the country as we
LAPORTE – Kevin Beres, senior vice president of LaPorte Savings Bank has received a diploma from the Graduate School Banking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The school, sponsored by the 18 state bankers associations comprising the Central States Conference of Bankers Associations, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was established in 1945 to provide bankers with
For a growing number of students, cyberspace is the classroom. by Rick A. Richards The landscape of traditional four-year colleges in Indiana hasn’t changed all that much in the last half century. The same universities that were around then are here today. But that doesn’t mean the higher education landscape hasn’t changed. There are more
SOUTH BEND – The University of Notre Dame has received a $6.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation for the QuarkNet program. The five-year program includes research into particle physics experiments to teach students and provide training and mentoring opportunities for high school teachers. Notre Dame and 50 other research institutions are involved in
SOUTH BEND – St. Mary’s College has received an $840,000 grant for scholarships to students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The grant is funded by $600,000 from the National Science Foundation and $240,000 from the Henry Luce Foundation. The grant will provide scholarships for up to 20 students enrolled at St. Mary’s beginning in
