AgriNovus Indiana, the state’s initiative to promote and accelerate the growth of the agbiosciences sector, has added two new members to its board of directors. Alan Tio, CEO, Kosciusko Economic Development Corp., Warsaw and Chris Lowery, senior vice president, Workforce Alignment for Ivy Tech Community College, are the newest board members. As CEO of Kosciusko […]
Ivy Tech Community College South Bend/Elkhart campus chancellor retiring May 31
Ivy Tech Community College announced Jan. 11 that South Bend/Elkhart campus Chancellor Thomas Coley will retire from his post on May 31. “I want to express my gratitude for having the opportunity to work with so many supportive colleagues on campus and throughout the college. I am most appreciative of many administrative and professional opportunities […]
Ivy Tech, Purdue programs that assist students honored by state
Ivy Tech Community College’s Associated Accelerated Program and Purdue University’s Purdue Promise programs were recipients of the 2018 Stan Jones Student Success Award presented by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education. The award was named in honor of the late Stan Jones, president of Complete College America and former Indiana Commissioner for Higher Education. “The […]
Ivy Tech Community College recognizes Alumni Award recipients
Four Northwest and North Central Indiana Ivy Tech Community College alumni are among 19 honorees to receive the college’s Distinguished Alumni Award. Since 1998, The Distinguished Alumni Award, previously the Outstanding Alumni Award, has celebrated the success of Ivy Tech alumni by recognizing a group of graduates who have made a lasting, positive contribution to […]
Ivy Tech expands credit transfer network through partnership with Union Institute & University in Ohio
Ivy Tech Community College has signed a new credit transfer partnership with Union Institute & University in Cincinnati, Ohio. Ivy Tech has more than 50 credit transfer arrangements, including reverse transfer agreements. Ivy Tech Community College graduates who transfer into UI&U undergraduate programs will receive a scholarship of $100 discount per credit hour for the […]
Ivy Tech Community College names chief information officer
Matthew Etchison was named chief information officer for Ivy Tech Community College effective Jan. 1. Etchison currently serves as vice president for information technology as part of the workforce alignment department for the college. The position is currently held by Anne Brinson, who will retire Dec. 31. As chief information officer, Etchison will serve as […]
$10,000 in AT&T Aspire funding helps Ivy Tech’s efforts to recruit early college, dual-credit high school students to its technology program
Ivy Tech Community College says a $10,000 AT&T Aspire grant will help its efforts to recruit 100 early college and dual credit high school students from Northwest Indiana for its technology program each semester. The Ivy Tech foundation will use the grant funds to purchase routers, allowing the community college to fully implement a state-of-the-art […]
Ivy Tech Community College earns 14 national marketing awards
Ivy Tech Community College announced Nov 12 it won 14 awards at the recent National Council for Marketing and Public Relations Professionals district conference in Toledo, Ohio. Ivy Tech earned four gold medals, three silver medals and seven bronze medals for a variety of marketing projects and initiatives at the NCMPR awards for the 2017-18 […]
Report shows 540,000 Hoosiers working in advanced manufacturing; highest level since 2001
Advanced manufacturing employment in Indiana now features more than 540,000 workers employed in the sector, the highest employment level since 2001, according to a new report from Detroit-based LIFT—Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow, a Manufacturing USA institute. Employer demand spiked in Indiana, growing by 30 percent between the second quarter of 2018 and third quarter of […]
Eastport Centre Business Park companies raise more than $22,000 to support United Way of Porter County programs
Businesses based in Eastport Centre Business Park in Valparaiso raised more than $22,000 to support United Way of Porter County social service programs. Participating businesses included Chester Inc., McAfee Animal Hospital, Sensit, 1st American Management, Great Lakes Labs, Vertical Financial Group, Shoremet, Fairway Laser and Ivy Tech Community College. “Eastport Centre businesses are amazing to […]