MERRILLVILLE – The winners of the Influential women of Northwest Indiana were announced recently at the Radisson Star Plaza. More than 100 women were nominated in 11 categories. Business Influential Woman – Violet Sistovaris, senior vice president and chief information officer, NiSource. Business Up and Coming Woman – Julie Bieszczat, vice president, Barney Enterprises Management […]
CROWN POINT – The Northwest Indiana Business Roundtable will hold its 2012 golf outing Monday, July 23, at White Hawk Country Club. Tee time is 9 a.m. The even supports NWIBRT, a not-for-profit group of companies dedicated to improvement of construction and maintenance projects in the region. The outing includes businesses and elected officials. Check-in
LAPORTE – Indiana University Health LaPorte Hospital has announced that Brenda Rocha has joined the hospital as vice president, nursing clinical effectiveness. She will provide leadership for the integration of quality, safety and service into clinical practice and processes. She received her associate in applied science degree from Sawyer College of Business in Merrillville; her
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
