Mayor Freeman-Wilson and GEDC reps hosted a press conference to introduce the Gary 4 Jobs Program, a subset of the Gary 4 Life initiative. Representatives from JOBS Fund and SCORE award the City a grant to fund a program that will engage a targeted group of Gary residents who are underemployed or face employment challenges […]
CROWN POINT — The University of Saint Francis has appointed Joseph M. Friona as the new Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs. Friona has over 20 years of professional and academic experience, having served most recently as the Director of Assessment Teaching and Learning at Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio. Friona has a Master of
CROWN POINT — The Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority (RDA) welcomes Christopher Campbell to its Board of Directors. Campbell, Senior Vice President at Centier Bank, will serve as Porter County’s representative to the RDA. “I am honored to be selected by the Porter County Commissioners and County Council as their appointee to the RDA Board
WEST LAFAYETTE – American women have discovered and developed numerous inventions used across all industrial sectors that benefit our global society. Tabitha Babbitt was a Shaker toolmaker who invented the circular saw; Dr. Patricia Bath created the Laserphaco Probe to remove cataracts more quickly and accurately during surgery; Grace Murray Hopper conducted programming language design
INDIANAPOLIS — Sunoco has been named official fuel of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, continuing the company’s rich tradition in motor sports and its successful partnership with INDYCAR. Sunoco’s relationship with INDYCAR goes back to 1968 in Riverside, California, when Mark Donohue drove the No. 12 Sunoco Eagle for Penske Racing. That same team of Penske,
MICHIGAN CITY — Gwendolyn Cobb, who for 17 years has served as a health unit coordinator in the obstetrics department, is Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Michigan City’s March Ambassador of the Month. The award has been presented by the hospital’s Social and Recognition Committee since 1988 and recognizes employees who exhibit the mission and values of
Daniel Aldrich, Purdue University associate professor of political science, has studied evacuation, disaster recovery and community rebuilding following the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. He can discuss how government regulation, communication and social networks relate to natural disasters, especially concerning the location of nuclear power sites that can be affected by seismic
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LA PORTE — The community is invited to experience the area’s newest eatery – Café 1007, open now at Indiana University Health La Porte Hospital, 1007 Lincolnway, La Porte. The newly-remodeled facility in the hospital’s lower level has been transformed from a typical cafeteria to a high-end, health-infused eatery with exciting new features such as
