SOUTH BEND – Nicole Fallowfield has earned the Certified Wellness Practitioner (CWP) designation from the National Wellness Institute. The designation requires strong academic preparation with a minimum of bachelor’s degree in wellness and/or health related specialty, professional competency in wellness programming, and commitment to continuing education and professional development. Recipients must have at least […]
VALPARAISO – Cargill’s Greater Indiana Farm Service Group received the 2012 Spirit of Cargill Award for its work with Housing Opportunities. The Spirit of Cargill Award is given to businesses that best exemplify the legacy and passion of the company’s founder, William Wallace Cargill. The recognition included a $5,000 check that the Greater Indiana team
CHESTERTON – The European Market in Chesterton has opened for the season. A new vendor this year is New England Taste, a fresh food merchant. The market is located at 442 Sand Creek Drive. New England Taste is owned by Kat Cagle of Chesterton, and Bruce Levesque, formerly of Fall River, Mass. It specialize in
VALPARAISO – Two representatives of the Northwest Indiana Workforce Board took part in the National Association of Workforce Boards annual conference recently in Washington, D.C. Bob Schaefer, president of Corporate Dynamics in LaPorte County and NWIWB member and past chairman, was a panelist in a session, “Advocacy on the Hill and at Home.” Linda Woloshansky,
DYER – Founders of Dyer-based NorthStar360 Business Solutions Rick and Susan Riddering met with Roger Allen, co-founder of the Center for Organizational Design at the annual 360 Solutions Learning Conference in Dallas. The three served as presenters at the conference and met to discuss the latest trends and best practices in training and organizational development.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The 33rd Greater Lafayette Holocaust Remembrance Conference (GLHRC), running April 6-16, will focus on the theme “From Living Memory to Historical Memory: The Holocaust in Transition.” The April 6 event will be a showing of “Paragraph 175,” a documentary about the Nazi persecution of gays during World War II. Discussion will
INDIANAPOLIS – Ingram Micro Inc., the world’s largest wholesale technology distributor and a global leader in IT supply-chain, mobile device lifecycle services and logistics solutions, has announced a $100,000 charitable gift to Ivy Tech Community College in Indianapolis. The charitable gift will be used to support the supplemental instruction services offered through the college’s student
HAMMOND – The American Group of Constructors (TAG) hosted members of its staff and their families at its annual Safety Retreat at Key Lime Cove in Gurnee, Ill. The event emphasizes the importance of safety both at work and at home. “Renewed awareness of your commitment to safety affects more than just yourself,” TAG CEO
SOUTH BEND – Beacon Health System Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey Costello has been awarded the 2013 Distinguished Business Alumni Award from Indiana University South Bend (IUSB). This annual recognition, presented by the Judd Leighton School of Business and Economics at IUSB, is awarded to an alumnus/alumna who has distinguished themselves as a prominent business and
Overall costs are down and convenience for employees is up. by Rick A. Richards So far, there isn’t any data to support the idea that healthy workers are happy workers, but employers have discovered one thing about healthy workers–they’re more productive. And that has been enough to entice some Northwest Indiana business to embrace the
