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Ivy Tech Institute Grads HonoredBLOOMINGTON — Graduates who successfully completed the evening session of Ivy Tech Community College’s Management and Supervisory Institute were recognized recently in a ceremony at the Bloomington Country Club. The program was grant-funded through the Department of Workforce Development and participants were part of the initial offering in the area. Graduates included John Key and Bradley Nickless, Whitestone Acquisition; Scott Bergfield, Schulte Storage; and Reuben Lidster, BioConvergence. For more information about the training, contact Katrina Jones at 812-330-6042 or katjones@ivytech.edu.
Cook Group Takes Control of Casino The Indiana Gaming Commission on Thursday approved changes in the ownership structure of the French Lick Resorts & Casino, giving the Bloomington-based Cook Group 99 percent of the development and a Cook-affiliated company the remaining 1 percent. For complete article, please visit IndyStar.com.
Bloomington’s Ivy Tech among fastest-growing US community colleges Bloomington’s Ivy Tech is the third fastest-growing community college in the country for its size, according to Community College Week. In fact, 11 regions or campuses of Ivy Tech Community College are listed among the fastest-growing community colleges in the weekly report. Ivy Tech announced the news Friday in a release. The Bloomington campus at 200 Daniels Way ranks third among community colleges with enrollment between 2,500 and 4,999. The numbers are based on enrollment figures for the fall 2006 semester. Ivy Tech in Bloomington exceeded a head count of 5,000 students this fall. “Ivy Tech — Bloomington is engaged in meeting the needs of our community, whether those needs are credits that can be transferred to our four-year partners or certificates and degrees that allow our students to meet the workforce education needs of the community. We are growing rapidly, and the campus will need additional resources to continue to fulfill the needs of the communities it serves,” John Whikehart, Ivy Tech Community College Bloomington chancellor, said in a prepared statement. Since moving to a new building west of the city, the campus has seen enrollment almost double. It forged a positive relationship with Indiana University, solidified its role in training the area’s workforce and raised more than $5 million in its first capital campaign. In all, 77,013 students were enrolled on Ivy Tech’s 23 campuses, according to an August news release from the college — up 10.3 percent from a year ago. And the release today said Ivy Tech’s growth statewide has more than doubled its enrollment from 50,752 students in 1990 to more than 110,000 this fall semester. For more the complete article, please visit The Herald Times Online.
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| South Central Indiana's area economy is made up of many unique small businesses which often are overlooked. Each month learn about a local small business that you might have not known about!
Next Wave Systems, LLC Next Wave Systems, LLC (NWS) is a Small Business Administration-certified HUBZone company specializing in software development, sensor integration, security systems design/installation/maintenance, and wireless communications/network design. Working primarily for the federal Government, their main customers include the Department of Energy (DoE); Department of the Navy via the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division; and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Headquarters is located in Washington County’s Pekin, IN, and NWS has an office at the Purdue Technology Center in Merrillville, IN. At Bloomington’s inVenture tech park they occupy suites in Room 106 and have a 1545 sq. ft. software development lab in Room 106. Started in October 2005 with three employees, they currently employ 18 personnel with plans to continue growing as workload and revenues increase. They have established mutually-beneficial partnerships with other commercial and academic entities including Purdue University (West Lafayette), SAIC, EG&G, MS Technology, Inc., and fellow inVenture tenant, 39 Degrees North. NWS recently completed a $1.96M project to design a secure wireless network for the DoE. Ongoing tasking includes two SeaPort-e Task Orders from Crane: one supports the Military Sealift Command’s Shipboard Security Module and the other provides software development for sensor integration, secure computer networks, and unmanned vehicles. In addition to their SeaPort-e prime contract, they hold a GSA Professional Engineering Services contract (GS-10F-0372T) and are anticipating a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract award funded by DARPA. A joint proposal from NWS and Purdue, to be submitted this month, seeks a $2M grant from the Indiana Economic Development Corporation’s 21st Century Fund for Research and Development relating to next-generation surveillance systems utilizing innovative sensor-based video analytics.
For more information please visit their website, www.nextwavesys.com. |
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| January 4: New Economy, New Rules Seminar January 8: Community Chats Jaunary 15: Community Chats Jaunary 15: Artists After Hours Workshop Jaunary 15: Tech Tuesday Jaunary 15: Life Sciences Lunch Series Jaunary 16: Business Orientation Start-up Session (BOSS) January 16: Icebreakers :: GET CONNECTED Jaunary 22: Community Chats Jaunary 29: Community Chats February 1: New Economy, New Rules Seminar February 5: Community Chats February 6: Business Orientation Start-up Session (BOSS) |
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