VALPARAISO – United Way of Porter County held its 2nd annual fund-raising golf outing at Sand Creek Country Club in Chesterton. The event has 171 registered golfers and raised more than $50,000. The top team was Bob Scheller, Jim Donahue, Justin Blackburn and Chris Fisher of Lake Park Surgicare. United Way of Porter County supports …
GARY – The 19th annual fundraising gala for TradeWinds helped push the organization’s capital campaign to $1.4 million. The goal is $3.5 million, said CEO Jon Gold. “We were delighted that we increased attendance over last year, enjoyed greater underwriting and brought in more dollars for building our fund. All in all, it was an …
EAST CHICAGO – St. Catherine Hospital has received an “A” for patient safety in a new Hospital Safety Score report issued by the not-for-profit Leapfrog Group. “This recognition is a testament to the high level of commitment to our patients and their safety as well as the level of skills of our physicians, nurses and …
MICHIGAN CITY – Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Michigan City has received and “A” Hospital Safety Score from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national not-for-profit run by employers and other large purchases of health benefits. The Hospital Safety Score was calculated under the guidance of the Leapfrog Group’s Blue Ribbon Expert Panel using publicly available data on …
HAMMOND – A recently developed partnership between Purdue University Calumet’s School of Technology and Mitsubishi Electric Automation has produced a new, campus-based mechatronics engineering technology laboratory. The lab provides an environment of real world equipment designed to enable students to gain knowledge and experience that is useful to employers, said Dean Niaz Latif. “This is …
HAMMOND – Purdue University Calumet has received a gift from Summit Media Group to support a $5,000 scholarship for engineering technology students. The David Harvey Memorial Scholarship is for students who demonstrate financial need. Preference will be given to those studying mechatronics engineering technology. The scholarship is established in memory of the late entrepreneur, leader …
SOUTH BEND – The Farm Service Agency office serving St. Joseph County will close this fall. It is one of three offices in Indiana scheduled for elimination. The FSA is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and administered 30 agriculture and conservation programs. The closing is due to budget cuts. Since last year, the …
OGDEN DUNES – The public is invited to a presentation on Sunday, June 24, at Ogden Dunes Community Church on the history of the save Indiana Dunes movement. Susan MiHalo, secretary of Save the Dunes and a past president, will lead the discussion, “Why History Reveals the Dunes are Never Saved.” “History shows that saving …
HAMMOND – A former chief financial officer-turned-whistleblower of a multi-billion dollar health care corporation will offer an insider’s perspective of corporate fraud at 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 22, at Purdue University Calumet. Weston Smith, former CFO of HealthSouth Corp. will deliver his remarks in Alumni Hall at the Student Union and Library. Social hour begins …
LAPORTE – Save the Dunes will hold a public meeting for stakeholders near the Little Calumet River East Branch from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 20, at Red Mill County Park near LaPorte. The agenda includes presentations on the Little Calumet watershed management plan and monitoring efforts for the watershed. There also will …
