INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Manufacturers Association will present a free day-long session Aug. 16 focusing on bridging the workforce skills gap. The Employer and Educator Work-Based Learning Conference is Aug. 16 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Ivy Tech Culinary and Conference Center in Indianapolis. “This important event will feature examples of successful
Geof Benson, a member of the Beverly Shores town council and chairman of Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission, was named president of the National Association of Regional Councils during NARC’s annual conference and exhibition in Orlando, Fla. in June. Benson has an active history at NARC, previously representing District VI (Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin)
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MERRILLVILLE – Evelyn Price was named vice president, treasury management sales officer for Centier Financial Partners. Price has more than 17 years of banking experience, working with business clients from all industries and sizes throughout Northwest Indiana and Chicago. She will be responsible for providing comprehensive treasury management solutions to clients throughout the Region. Price
A new report from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education shows that Indiana is making progress in closing the college achievement gap for low-income and minority students. The most dramatic gains are coming from students enrolled in the state’s 21st Century Scholars early promise program, according to the report. In 2013, the commission passed a
WHITING – The Schrage family and Centier Bank have committed to a $250,000 founding partner sponsorship to the Mascot Hall of Fame in Whiting set to open later this year. Henry Schrage founded Centier Bank in Whiting in 1895, then known as Bank of Whiting, nearby what will be the Mascot Hall of Fame’s entrance.
INDIANAPOLIS ‒ Jerry Raynor was named Indiana’s state conservationist for the Natural Resources Conservation Service, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Raynor will oversee 80 local service centers, four area offices, and eight conservation delivery teams across the state and more than 200 employees who work directly with farmers and landowners. Raynor is a
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, the nation’s largest trails organization, announced Aug. 2 that central Indiana’s Cardinal Greenway Trail was inducted into the Rail-Trail Hall of Fame. Stretching nearly 62 miles between Marion and Richmond—featuring shaded woods, running rivers, urban centers, small towns and bucolic farmland—the Cardinal Greenway is the longest rail-trail in Indiana, the conservancy said. The
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HAMMOND — Purdue University Northwest’s College of Nursing was named one of 16 “Centers of Excellence” by the National League for Nursing. The recognition is awarded to nursing programs that demonstrate sustained excellence in faculty development, nursing education research, and in student learning and professional development. This is the second time the college received the
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MUNSTER – NorthWest Indiana Bancorp, parent of Peoples Bank SB, is continuing its expansion into Illinois. The company announced July 31 it will acquire AJS Bancorp Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, A.J. Smith Federal Savings Bank of Midlothian, Ill., which operates one branch in Midlothian, Ill. and two in Orland Park, Ill., in a stock
INDIANAPOLIS – More students across Indiana are taking advantage of Ivy Tech Community College’s dual-credit enrollment program. The college reports enrollment in the program has grown 64 percent since it was launched in 2012. Statewide, a total of 61,472 high school students earned Ivy Tech dual credit in the 2017-18 school year, a 4.2 percent
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