Mark Melnick named executive director of workforce strategic partnerships at Ivy Tech

SOUTH BEND – Ivy Tech Community College named Mark Melnick executive director of workforce strategic partnerships. He starts the role June 25. Melnick will serve as an advisor to the South Bend/Elkhart campus and community, regarding community relations and fulfilling workforce training needs, of both local and regional business and industry. Melnick currently serves as

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Northwest Indiana Business Magazine

Two physicians join Community Hospital network

MUNSTER – Community Hospital recently welcomed Drs. Robert Clemency and Krishnaveni Gorantla to Community Care Network Inc. The CCNI physicians of Community Healthcare System are affiliated with Community Hospital in Munster, St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago and St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart. Clemency, a podiatrist, is board certified in foot, reconstructive rear foot

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Changes at First Midwest Bank include branch closures in Northwest Indiana

  First Midwest Bancorp Inc., parent company of First Midwest Bank, plans to purchase Northern States Financial Corp., holding company for Waukegan, Ill.-based NorStates Bank. NorStates Bank operates eight offices in Lake County, Ill. and has approximately $500 million in total assets and $400 million in deposits, First Midwest said in a statement. The deal

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Northwest Indiana Business Magazine

LaPorte-based CareEnroll renovating headquarters, adding up to 197 new jobs

LAPORTE – CareEnroll, a company which assists consumers enroll in health care plans and maintain coverage, announced June 19 it will expand its LaPorte-headquarters and Fishers-based satellite office. The company, which was founded in 2015 by Phil Woods, plans to hire up to 197 new workers by the end of 2021, according to the Indiana

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Notre Dame IT

Notre Dame ranked among best places to work for information technology professionals

IDG’s Computerworld 2018 list of the Best Places to Work in Information Technology ranked the University of Notre Dame 15 out of the top 100 employers. The annual list recognizes the 100 top organizations that challenge their IT staffs while providing great benefits and compensation. Notre Dame will be included in coverage on Computerworld.com along

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Northwest Indiana Business Magazine

Latest jobless figures show Indiana’s unemployment rate at 3.2 percent

Indiana’s unemployment rate saw a slight increase from April to May. The latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, distributed June 18 by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, shows the state’s jobless rate in May, the latest data available, stood at 3.2 percent, up from 2.9 percent in April. The state’s jobless

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Gibson of South Bend named to Hanover Insurance Group’s President’s Club

SOUTH BEND – Gibson, an insurance brokerage firm, recently was appointed to The Hanover Insurance Group’s President’s Club.  Firms named to the club are recognized for delivering outstanding value to their clients through insurance expertise and responsive service. The company was recognized for becoming part of the club during a recent conference in Arizona. Gibson,

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Clean Air

Northwest Indiana Clean Air free bike light program promotes bicycling safety, air quality education

Northwest Indiana Clean Air has launched Project Lightning Bug, a bicycle safety and air quality education initiative. The program plans to give away 3,000 bike lights and hand out air quality education materials at public events including night rides, safety villages and bike rodeos. Project Lightning Bug will be at the following events/programs in the

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New data suggests greater number of Indiana high school graduates more prepared for college

More Indiana high school graduates are better prepared for college today than just a few years ago. That’s according to the 2018 College Readiness Report released June 14 by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education. The report shows that while the number of high school graduates who go directly to college continues to hold steady

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