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You are here: Home / Archives for Magazine / Previous Issues / 2018-Aug-Sep

Equal Ground to Opportunity

August 2, 2018 by Vanessa Allen-McCloud

Dr. Vanessa Allen-McCloud

Courageous conversations can lead to change Sometimes we can feel that we are up against impossible odds. The challenges of racial and economic injustices, the difficulty many find moving forward on the path to equality and the resistance we see on a national level to policies leading to the “greater good” can leave us wondering […]

Filed Under: 2018-Aug-Sep, Viewpoint Tagged With: diversity, diversity symposium, Dr. Vanessa Allen-McCloud, Urban League of Northwest Indiana, Valparaiso University

Winning Helps Boost Support for Football

August 2, 2018 by Larry Avila

High school teams find victories lead to more fans, funds for programs In his first two years as athletic director for Michigan City High School, Craig Shaman remembers when Friday night varsity football games drew about 1,000 people. That meant at least 3,000 seats were empty at the 4,000-person capacity Ames Field, which didn’t help […]

Filed Under: 2018-Aug-Sep, Sports Tagged With: business sponsorship, High school football, high school sports, Horizon Bank, LaPorte High School, Michigan City High School

Things to Do and See in Greater South Bend – Aug-Sep 2018

August 2, 2018 by Jack Walton

Dennis Gamble

Ringo Starr returns to the Morris It’s pretty amazing that we can still go to see a Beatle in 2018. Ringo Starr brings his All-Starr Band to the Morris Performing Arts Center in South Bend on Sept. 9. The always-charming drummer has a ton of fun with his celebrity bandmates in a revue of Beatle […]

Filed Under: 2018-Aug-Sep, Arts & Entertainment Tagged With: entertainment, South Bend, things to do

Things to Do and See in Northwest Indiana – Aug-Sep 2018

August 2, 2018 by John Cain

Lora Fosberg

An update on art and entertainment options across the Region Warhol: Icon and Influence Michigan City’s Lubeznik Center for the Arts presents original works by Andy Warhol on loan from the Drew and Wendy Levenfeld collection, as well as the Brauer Museum of Art at Valparaiso University,  through Oct. 13. More than 50 works spanning […]

Filed Under: 2018-Aug-Sep, Arts & Entertainment Tagged With: entertainment, Northwest Indiana, things to do

Ready for Another Century

August 2, 2018 by Jerry Davich

Swartz, Retson

CPA firm Swartz, Retson and Co. serving the Region since 1919 Gregory Ward unearthed an intriguing mystery about Swartz, Retson and Co., an accounting firm that prides itself on numbers, figures and accuracy. Two years ago, the firm’s youngest partner began researching its history to determine its true age. For decades, the oldest accounting firm […]

Filed Under: 2018-Aug-Sep, Business Profile Tagged With: 100 year old business, accounting, Entrepreneurship, longevity, Retson and Co., Swartz

SLYCE Leadership

August 2, 2018 by NWIBM Staff

Andrean High School

Youths benefit from planning and participating in event By Sol Estrada and Adriana Cattan SLYCE is a program that brings high school students together from around the Region and focuses on improving their leadership abilities. The Southshore Leadership Youth for Community Engagement program consists of hearing from speakers who work in impactful fields within the […]

Filed Under: 2018-Aug-Sep, Making a Difference Tagged With: andrean high school, making a difference, SLYCE, sunset hill farm, youth leadership

Need Training?

August 2, 2018 by Lauren Caggiano

Tonn and Blank Construction

Region builds up resources to keep workers’ skills sharp Technology has changed the way we do business, but the need for qualified talent has remained constant. Local experts in the field of workforce development and employers who are reaping the benefits of better-trained labor say the present and future of the regional labor landscape will […]

Filed Under: 2018-Aug-Sep, Workforce Training Tagged With: center for workforce innovations, Eric Holcomb, linda woloshansky, Next Level Jobs, skilled trades, unions, workforce training

A Different Take on Winding Down

August 2, 2018 by Carrie Napoleon

Trek bikes

Region finding light workout followed with a drink (or two) a good pairing Nicole Caylor says Running Vines, the name of her Chesterton winery, is a fun play on words that captures her passions. An avid runner, Caylor says that, when she opened her winery in 2015, she really wanted to incorporate her love of […]

Filed Under: 2018-Aug-Sep, Wellness Tagged With: leisure, pint rides, relaxing, Running Vines Chesterton, Trek store schererville, wine yoga

Beyond the Benefit Basics

August 2, 2018 by Lesly Bailey

Task Force Tips Inc.

Businesses move toward out-of-box ways to attract, keep workers With low unemployment rates, the pressure on companies, especially those expanding, to find and keep good employees inches higher. “When you look at the current economy, we’re hearing all sorts of reports of low unemployment … from an HR perspective, the lower the unemployment rate, the […]

Filed Under: 2018-Aug-Sep, Worker Benefits Tagged With: employer benefits, mercer consulting, Northwest Indiana Workforce Board, society for human resource management of northwest indiana, Task Force Tips, WorkOne

Employment Times are Changing

August 2, 2018 by Bob Moulesong

Anthony Sindone

Region’s changing demographics attract health care, service-based jobs Northwest Indiana is undergoing a demographic transformation. Changes to the age, race, gender and ethnicity of those in the Region present challenges and opportunities, experts say. As in life, it’s how we respond to those changes that will dictate the success of our future. Between 2010 and […]

Filed Under: 2018-Aug-Sep, Diversity Tagged With: center for workforce innovations, changing workforce, diversity, great lakes communications answering service llc, Indiana University Northwest, Ivy Tech Community College, northwest indiana demographics, Purdue University Northwest

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