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Ivy Tech Community College selling former Gary campus to charter school

February 18, 2019 by Larry Avila Leave a Comment

1440 E. 35th St. in Gary to 21st Century Charter School.

Ivy Tech Community College is selling its former campus at 1440 E. 35th St. in Gary to 21st Century Charter School. The charter school is purchasing the two buildings and land, which previously served as the college’s Gary campus, Ivy Tech said in a statement. The college recently moved its Gary operations to the Arts […]

Filed Under: Business News Bits Tagged With: 21st Century Charter School, Around the Region, charter schools, Ivy Tech, Ivy Tech Community College Gary campus, Kevin Teasley 21st Century Charter School, Louie Gonazles chancellor Ivy Tech Lake County

Ivy Tech earns high marks from graduates in education satisfaction

September 5, 2018 by Larry Avila Leave a Comment

Ivy Tech

INDIANAPOLIS – A majority of Ivy Tech graduates give their school high marks when it comes to the education they received. In the 2018 Gallup-Indiana Graduate Satisfaction Survey recently released by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, 83 percent of Ivy Tech Community College alumni said they were satisfied or extremely satisfied with the education […]

Filed Under: Business News Bits Tagged With: 2018 Gallup-Indiana Graduate Satisfaction Survey, Around the Region, Indiana Commission for Higher Education, Ivy Tech, Ivy Tech Community College

Ivy Tech Community College offering two new associate degrees

July 6, 2018 by Larry Avila

Ivy Tech

INDIANAPOLIS – Ivy Tech Community College will offer two new associate degrees this fall. The college will over an associate of science in secondary education with concentrations either in mathematics or biology. Fifteen locations will offer the degree including: Bloomington, Columbus, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Kokomo, Lafayette, Lake County, Lawrenceburg, Muncie, Richmond, Sellersburg, South Bend/Elkhart, […]

Filed Under: Business News Bits Tagged With: Around the Region, associate degrees, higher education, Ivy Tech, Ivy Tech Community College, new degrees, workforce training

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

June 20, 2018 by Larry Avila

Mark Melnick

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 […]

Filed Under: Business News Bits Tagged With: Around the Region, Ivy Tech, Ivy Tech South Bend, Mark Melnick, workforce training

Ivy Tech hosting enrollment days around state

June 19, 2018 by Larry Avila

Ivy Tech

Ivy Tech Community College is hosting express enrollment days at several of its campuses around the state on June 21 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and June 23 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Ivy Tech’s campuses in East Chicago, Gary, Michigan City, South Bend and Valparaiso also will be taking part. During the […]

Filed Under: Business News Bits Tagged With: Around the Region, classes, Ivy Tech, registration

Council for Aid to Education survey finds Ivy Tech Foundation was top fund raiser among nation’s community colleges

June 5, 2018 by Larry Avila

Ivy Tech

INDIANAPOLIS – The Ivy Tech Foundation was ranked as the top fundraiser among community college systems nationwide, according to a survey conducted by the Council for Aid to Education.  At $16.4 million, the amount raised by Ivy Tech exceeds the second place community college fundraiser by 43 percent, according to the 2017 Voluntary Support for […]

Filed Under: Business News Bits Tagged With: 2017 Voluntary Support for Education survey, Around the Region, fund raising, higher education, investing, Ivy Tech, Ivy Tech Community College

Back to School

April 9, 2018 by Michael Puente

IUN career planning course

Local companies go straight to the source for new employees Jacob Brunetti will be graduating this spring from Purdue University Northwest in Hammond with a degree in computer science. To get a jump on finding a position, the 22-year-old Munster resident attended a career fair at PUN’s Westville campus in February. Unlike a standard job […]

Filed Under: 2018-Apr-May, Staffing & HR Tagged With: Cynthia Roberts, Helen Harmon, Indiana University Northwest, Ivy Tech, Natalie Conners, Peter Linden, Purdue University Northwest, Tom Cath, Valparaiso University

Northwest Indiana Innovators

October 31, 2017 by Jerry Davich

INNOVATION

Innovation is invention on steroids and a catalyst for growth The word “innovation” was once hurled as an expletive, not enshrouded with reverence. A transformation began during the Industrial Revolution, when “innovation” began marching in progressive lockstep with “industry” and “science.” Today, think of innovation as an invention on steroids, the act of introducing something […]

Filed Under: Fall 2017, Innovation Tagged With: ArcelorMittal R&D Center, Arconic Power and Propulsion, Centier Bank, Charles Romberger, Chenn Q. Zhou, Chris Kraynak, Chris Mahlmann, Crown Point Community Schools, Gerald I. Lamkin Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center, Hammond Group, Ideas in Motion Media, Ivy Tech, John Davies, Mike Schrage, Norm Fischer, Purdue NW, Society of Innovators of Northwest Indiana, Teresa Eineman, Terry Murphy, The Fischer Group

Skilling Up

October 31, 2017 by Laurie Wink

Allison Bertl, Nathan Origer, Thomas Box, Chad Huber and Andrew Pesaresi stand in front of an electrical wiring training system in the training room at Winamac Coil Spring.

Manufacturers, educators and community partnering to train workers Many Northwest Indiana manufacturers are facing a dilemma: not enough skilled workers to operate the sophisticated equipment on today’s factory floors. Training is the answer. But manufacturers are busy turning out products to service their customers. They don’t have the time or ability to develop full-scale training […]

Filed Under: Fall 2017, Workforce Tagged With: Allison Bertl, Center of Workforce Development, Chad Huber, Danielle Dacanay, Economy, Gary, Ivy Tech, Kathy Neary, Kevin Barker, Manufacturing, Michigan City, Nathan Origer, Pulaski County Economic Development Corp., Rachel Trotman, T&B Tube, Training, Winamac, Winamac Coil Spring, WorkOne

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