Family Traditions

Hard work, strong values and careful planning help family businesses last. by Jerry Davich Family-owned businesses employ two-thirds of America’s workforce and generate nearly 80 percent of all new job creation in this country. These so-called “mom and pop” companies, roughly 5.5 million strong, also comprise 35 percent of Fortune 500 firms and have an […]

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Stage 773 Launches New Education and Programming Series

CHICAGO – Stage 773 is turning its redesigned Box performance space into an actor’s training and performing destination. Starting in July, the Box will host an ever-growing number of classes, workshops, and programming opportunities in a rejuvenated space complete with a new staging system. “We’ve always put our tenants first and serve their interests fully,”

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Purdue University Opens Northwest Indiana Engagement Office

As a point of contact for connecting Purdue University expertise with priorities of Northwest Indiana business, industry and government, university administrator Timothy Sanders has assumed a new role as Director of Purdue’s newly-established Northwest Indiana Engagement Office. Sanders’ Northwest Indiana responsibilities include building contacts with business, industry, governmental agencies and community leaders to promote workforce,

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Transformation at Michigan City Area Schools Despite Budget Challenges

For June’s Innovators of the Month, The Society of Innovators selected Supt. Barbara Eason-Watkins of the Michigan City Area Schools for pursuing a “high quality entrepreneurial approach” aimed at core instruction, choice, and career readiness.  She was inducted as a Society Member in the “2013 – 2014 Class of Innovators.” Experiencing a fivefold increase in

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Governor Pence Names P.E. MacAllister 2014 Recipient of Indiana Sachem Award

INDIANAPOLIS — Governor Mike Pence today named Pershing Edwin “P.E.” MacAllister as the 2014 recipient of the Sachem Award. The Governor plans to present MacAllister with the Sachem at an official ceremony in the coming months. Indiana’s highest honor, the Sachem, whose name comes from the Algonquin term given to leaders who exhibit wisdom, judgment

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