Valparaiso University’s strong commitment to excellent teaching, outstanding educational value, and innovative efforts in academics and student life continue to make Valpo one of “America’s Best Colleges,” U.S. News & World Report magazine announced in its annual rankings made public Aug. 17.
The University, based in Valparaiso, Indiana, has been identified as one of the nation’s [...]

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The AmeriPlex at the Port development in Portage has become only the second corporate complex in Indiana to earn the Indiana Wildlife Federation’s Wildlife Friendly Certification.
AmeriPlex staff put together a wildlife management plan that will avoid or mitigate habitat loss, use native plants, manage invasive species, and connect the property’s various habitats with wildlife corridors.
AmeriPlex [...]

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Five years after being recognized by One Southern Indiana Chamber and Economic Development for the fastest-growing southern Indiana business, True Colors Tanning was awarded the 2010 Southern Indiana Business of the Year at the chamber’s 2010 Business Awards.
“I was very excited to win the award,” owner Lisa Brooking said. “It’s a huge deal in this [...]

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Richard L. Mousty, President and CEO of Unified Group Services, Inc., has been named Indiana’s Small Business Person of the Year for 2010 by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
Unified Group Services is a third-party administrator providing health, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts and short-term disability benefit administration for self-funded employee health plans throughout the [...]

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The Northwest Indiana Construction Awards Banquet will be held May 14.
A new report says that private nonfarm employment increased in April.
Fort Wayne is applying to be named a Preserve America Community, an historical designation which would make the city eligible for grants to promote historical tourism in the area.

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Seven Hoosier companies were recognized with the 2010 Governor’s Workplace Safety Awards for advancing occupational safety and health during the Central Indiana Chapter of American Society of Safety Engineers and Indiana Chamber of Commerce’s annual Safety and Health Conference & Expo in Indianapolis yesterday.
The 2010 Governor’s Workplace Safety Awards are a result of a partnership [...]

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The Indiana Subcontractors Association (ISA) named Pepper Construction of Indiana, LLC, and Kettelhut Construction Inc., as its its two “GC of the Year” Award winners at the annual ISA banquet last evening.
Pepper Construction won in the category for general contractors with over $100 million in annual revenue and was recognized for their focus on building [...]

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Diversified Marketing Strategies (DMS) has been named one of Indiana’s Top 50 Women-Owned Businesses by diversitybusiness.com, b2b Web portal for DiversityBusinesss, the largest organization of diversity owned businesses in the United States with more than 48,000 members.
Diversitybusiness.com ranked DMS 17th among businesses owned by Hoosier women.
“Having a diverse group of people who bring fresh [...]

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Manufacturing Technology, Inc., a South Bend-based company that provides friction welding technology and services, was named as Ijndiana’s Small Business of the Year by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce.
A fourth-generation family-owned business, MTI primarily builds machines that carry out the friction welding process (the solid state joining of two parts using frictional heat and applied [...]

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The Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center honored Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) Deputy Commissioner Leigh E. Morris with a Lifetime Achievement Award at its annual E-Day Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards program on October 29. Morris currently serves as INDOT’s Deputy Commissioner for Toll Road Oversight and Chairman of the Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority.
“I [...]

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