Education

Campus among four baccalaureate finalists from across the country for the 2024 Examples of Excelencia Excelencia in Education, a national organization focused on accelerating Latino student success in higher education, announced four...

Purdue University Northwest (PNW) will begin offering a new Master of Science in Applied Artificial Intelligence degree program, with the first students expected to begin courses in spring 2025. PNW’s master’s degree in Applied...

The Crown Point Police Department is pleased to announce the return of its Citizens Police Academy. Applications for the academy open today, Monday, Aug. 12. This is the eighth year the police department has held the academy, which receives dozens of...

On Sunday, August 11, United Way Northwest Indiana presented a significant check at Neighbors’ Educational Opportunities (NEO) Creekside Early Learning Center in Portage.  The event highlighted Creekside's role in the Rising Up capital...

Allison Vickers, academic and student success advisor at Purdue University Northwest (PNW), has been named the 2024 Academic and Student Success Advisor of the Year. The award recognizes the critical role academic advising plays in helping students...

Purdue University Northwest helped more than 900 local schoolchildren kick off their new academic year by providing them important supplies to support their education journeys. PNW hosted community backpack and school supply giveaways on Aug. 1 at...

Purdue University Northwest’s (PNW) Commercialization and Manufacturing Excellence Center (CMEC) received a $10,000 gift from Old National Bank to support commercialization ventures for women entrepreneur clients at the center. CMEC at PNW serves...

The Horizon Bank Minority Scholarship Program awarded eleven $1,000 scholarships to students through the Urban League of Northwest Indiana. Recipients of the Horizon Bank Scholarships included: Jessi Nicole Nance, Para McIntosh, Juanita Pointer,...

Allegius knows the importance of its members’ families having financial literacy. Financial literacy is a set of skills and concepts such as budgeting, savings, investing, borrowing, debt management and how all decisions are made in these areas....

Juniors and Seniors in high school interested in joining the trades after graduation are invited to attend a Trades Camp sponsored by Kankakee Valley REMC. This one-day event will include professionals from the following trades: electricians,...