HAMMOND – Hotels throughout the region will experience the draw of amateur sports this weekend as the annual Lutheran Basketball Association of America (LBAA) national tournament, the Illinois YMCA State Youth Swim Meet, and the Region Cup College Showcase descend upon the South Shore. The LBAA national basketball tournament will bring 64 middle school boys […]
WEST LAFAYETTE — Plant geneticist April Agee Carroll has been named director of Phenomics for the Purdue University College of Agriculture under the Plant Sciences Research and Education Pipeline initiative. Karen Plaut, senior associate dean for research and faculty affairs for Purdue Agriculture, announced the appointment this month. Carroll started the position remotely and will
SOUTH BEND — Goodwill Industries of Michiana, Inc. will facilitate a Job Fair with several businesses ready to hire at their Community Career Center in Mishawaka on: Wednesday, March 25th from: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Seventeen employers and staffing agencies from the Michiana area will be in attendance to meet job applicants. Employers and
WEST LAFAYETTE — A company that has licensed a Purdue University tracking software innovation has been awarded funding from the Emerging Innovations Fund, an evergreen fund created to accelerate the commercialization of Purdue’s early-stage discoveries. SensorHound Inc., a company that focuses on technology that improves reliability and reduces the operations cost of networked embedded systems,
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HB 1403 Regional Cities passed the House 85-8 on Feb. 24. It will be sponsored in the Senate by Sen. Ed Charbonneau (R-Valparaiso) and hearings will resume next week in the Senate. Also, HB 1001 State Biennial Budget advanced through the House by a vote of 69-29. The Senate will now consider HB 1001
The United States Chamber of Commerce has awarded the St. Joseph County Chamber of Commerce with 5-Star Accreditation—the highest designation—for its sound policies, effective organizational procedures and positive impact on the community. This reaccreditation places the St. Joseph County Chamber among the top 1 percent of chambers nationwide. Of the nearly 7,000 chambers in the
Baird ranks No. 5 on FORTUNE magazine’s 2015 list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For, an annual ranking of the top U.S. workplaces based on employee feedback and workplace attributes. Baird, an employee-owned international financial services firm, has been recognized on the list for 12 consecutive years and has ranked among the Top
Justin Maust will host Lead Michiana, a half-day live leadership event, presented by Centier Bank on May 22, 2015, at the South Bend Century Center from 1:30-5:30 p.m. This will be the largest Michiana leadership gathering of the year, created to expose local leaders to the best thought leaders and most successful practitioners from around
