Ivy Tech

Ivy Tech Community College students, programs receive state excellence awards

Four Ivy Tech Community College students and three Ivy Tech programs have been selected for Awards for Excellence from the Indiana Department of Education. The awards will be presented at a ceremony on Feb. 26 at the Indiana Government Center Auditorium. “Ivy Tech is honored to see such an outstanding list of students and programs […]

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Purdue University Northwest seeks to develop community leaders

  Purdue University Northwest seeks to build on the success of the South Shore Leadership Center. The leadership center, which has operated as an affiliate of PNW since October 2016, now operates as The Leadership Institute at Purdue Northwest. The institute builds skills of emerging leaders through project-based learning. Sheila Brillson Matias, executive director, leads

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Northwest Indiana Business Magazine announces 2019 Best of Business winners

More than 100 businesses and organizations from Northwest Indiana and the greater South Bend/Mishawaka area were selected by Northwest Indiana Business Magazine readers as the Best of Business for 2019. Northwest Indiana Business Magazine annually surveys readers asking them to vote for the best businesses throughout Northwest Indiana and the greater South Bend area. This

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Retired astronaut Jerry Ross

Retired astronaut and Crown Point native Jerry Ross featured guest at Share the Love event Feb. 27

Retired astronaut and Crown Point native Jerry Ross will be the featured presenter at the annual Share the Love event on Feb. 27 at The Center for Visual & Performing Arts in Munster. A veteran of seven space shuttle missions, Ross logged more than 1,393 hours in space during his NASA career. Ross’ appearance is

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Toyota Industries North America grows material handling line with purchase of Hoist Liftruck

Other than a new name, it should be business as usual at East Chicago-based Hoist Liftruck. Toyota Industries North America announced Feb. 13 it had entered a definitive agreement on Feb. 8 to purchase Hoist Liftruck Mfg. LLC, and change the name to Hoist Material Handling Inc. In a statement, Marty Flaska, founder of Hoist,

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BraunAbility Carmel

Pulaski County-based BraunAbility expanding by investing $7.5 million in Indiana operations

BraunAbility, a maker of wheelchair vehicles and wheelchair lifts, announced Feb. 13 plans to invest $7.5 million in its Indiana operations, which in the long run will add new jobs and help the company’s growth strategy. The Winamac-based company along with Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch and the Indiana Economic Development Corp. said BraunAbility also planned

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