Indiana University Northwest faculty members and authors Gary Wilk, Ph.D., and Stephen McShane will sign copies of their new book, “Steel Giants: Historic Images from the Calumet Regional Archives,” at an event to be held in the Savannah Center on Thursday, Dec. 17, starting at 4 p.m.
The program will begin with a PowerPoint presentation about [...]

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Wingtip Aviation, a local aircraft charter service, will host an open house December 15 at Buddy & Pals in Crown Point. The company is inviting small and mid-sized business to stop by and discover how air charter services can build their businesses without busting their budgets.
For more information, visit www.wingtipaviation.com. For complete details on the [...]

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Purdue University North Central and the PNC Center for Economic Development and Research (CEDaR) will present an economic development workshop on Dec. 1 in the Library-Student-Faculty building Assembly Hall, Room 02. This workshop will be of interest to all individuals interested in economic development.
The event is free and open to the public. The evening will [...]

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The Northwest Indiana Forum (Forum) will host the 2010 Indiana Chamber of Commerce Legislative Preview featuring Kevin Brinegar, President of the Indiana Chamber on Thursday, November 19, 2009 at the Forum Auditorium (6100 Southport Road, Portage).
The session begins at 7:30am with continental breakfast and networking followed by the presentation and discussion (including Q&A) from 8:00-9:30am.
Business [...]

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The Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD), together with project consultants and partner organizations, will host a one-hour program designed for IT professionals and those charged with IT related duties. The discussion will include broadband availability and capacity, the South Shore Fiber Link (dark fiber connection), and utilizing the Fiber Link for cost savings and [...]

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Purdue University Calumet’s innovative, award-winning equine business management academic program is hosting a Horse Business Seminar, Saturday, Nov. 7, for stable owners and others involved in equine-related business activities.
Seminar sponsors are the Indiana Horse Council, Kent Feeds and Purdue Calumet, whose equine business management program recently received the Academy of Educational Leadership’s Creative and Innovative [...]

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The Northwest Indiana Business Roundtable (NWIBRT) and the Greater Calumet Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) will hold a safety seminar focused on professional development on October 8 at the The Calumet Conference Center at Purdue University Calumet in Hammond, IN.
Topics and speakers include:
• Confined Space Rule Changes - Dr. Pete Englebert, Manta [...]

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The Center of Workforce Innovations will be conducting a workshop on Friday, October 16th, entitled The Radar Approach to Job Retention for At-Risk Youth. The workshop is geared towards those employment staff and managers who work specifically with at-risk youth.
Workshop highlights include: identifying the hidden reasons for job loss and why bosses fire youth; [...]

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The Northwest Indiana Business Roundtable (NWIBRT) 2009 Reliability Seminar will be Thursday, October 22, 2009 at the U.S. Steel Midwest Training Center located close to Rt. 12 & Rt. 249 in Portage, Indiana.
Seminar check-in and refreshments begin at 7 a.m., seminar kickoff will be at 7:30 a.m. Reliability vendor exhibits, picnic lunch and refreshments are [...]

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Across the country, businesses are strapped for cash and leery of investing in the uncertain economy. But paradoxically, that makes it the perfect time for companies to grow revenues, profits and market share while competitors stand pat and eye the economic indicators.
But building a plan of attack, finding the right people to execute it and [...]

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