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The Indiana Chamber partners with 25,000 members and investors – representing over four million Hoosiers – to achieve the mission of “cultivating a world-class environment which provides economic opportunity and prosperity.” Below are the latest announcements from some of these businesses.
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Rose-Hulman: Maintains High Job Placement Amid Pandemic (Terre Haute)
Economic challenges from the coronavirus pandemic haven’t kept Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology from achieving commendable marks for job placement, starting salaries and graduate school opportunities for its graduates. Rose-Hulman’s Class of 2020 had a 97% placement rate within six months of their graduation on May 31. This statistic covers job hires, graduate school acceptances and military leadership roles for [...]
CLH, CPAs & Consultants: Celebrates 2020 Staff Accomplishments (Michigan City)
CLH, CPAs & Consultants, an accounting and business consulting firm with offices in Michigan City and Valparaiso, takes a look back on this year’s staff accomplishments. Lisa Human, Manager at CLH, is commended for her accomplishment of becoming a certified public accountant. Human joined CLH in 2014 with a background in accounting in the private sector. While working full [...]
Smithville: Forges Partnership With UDWI to Accelerate Fiber Construction; First Project in Monroe County Set to Break Ground in January 2021 (Ellettsville and Bloomfield)
Smithville, Indiana’s largest privately-held telecom, and the Utilities District of Western Indiana REMC (UDWI) announced a unique limited partnership that is expected to accelerate high-speed fiber construction in a cost-effective manner. The partnership is expected to mutually benefit customers and communities in their overlapping service areas, according to Darby A. McCarty, Chairman and CEO of Smithville, and Doug Childs, [...]
STAR Financial Bank: Promotes Trent Dowling to Regional President (Anderson)
STAR Financial Bank announces the promotion of Trent Dowling to regional president of commercial banking. Dowling has 23 years of experience in banking, including over 16 years with STAR. At STAR, Dowling has served businesses and clients in Anderson, Muncie, and the surrounding communities. “Trent’s leadership style continues that of his predecessor, Tom Miller. He is intently focused on [...]
Rose-Hulman: Computer Science Department Ranked Among Nation’s Best (Terre Haute)
U.S. News & World Report has ranked Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology’s growing undergraduate computer science program among the nation’s best for academic quality and training in areas of program languages, computer systems, theory, and data analysis and science. For the first time, deans and senior faculty of computer science departments across the United States were asked to assess programs [...]
Rose-Hulman Ventures: Reaches the Big 2-0 of Turning Ideas into Tech Innovations (Terre Haute)
What do you call a place that turns ideas into game-changing technology while giving tomorrow’s science, technology, engineering and math leaders hands-on experience under real-world pressures to produce? You call it Rose-Hulman Ventures. You also call it experienced, because, since its opening on Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology’s South Campus slightly over 20 years ago, Rose-Hulman Ventures has touched thousands [...]
Counterpart: Software Solves Social Distancing (Fishers)
In this current environment, social distancing plays a vital role in all aspects of our daily life. As we continue to modify the way we interact with others and ease our way into this new era of social interaction, technology is also playing a role. For businesses to stay connected with their audience, adjustments have needed to be made. [...]
IWU: GEER Funds Help Equip Educators for Online Teaching and Learning (Marion)
Badges, micro-credentials and new programs coming to School of Educational Leadership In August, Indiana Wesleyan University (IWU) was awarded a $1 million grant from the Indiana Department of Education as part of the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEERF). IWU received approval under the GEER funding for a project titled: “Online Teaching and Learning: A Solution for Today, A [...]
Reid Health: First Class of Reid Health Officers Graduates From Police Academy (Richmond)
The Reid Health Police Department reached a new milestone this week with the graduation of its first class of officers from the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy on Tuesday. Sgt. Brian Jackson, Sgt. Brian Bolin, Officer Mike Hurst, and Officer Ryan Gerber were sworn in back in early September and began their eight weeks of training at the academy in [...]
Indiana Statewide CDC: State Bank in Lizton Is ‘Small Business Lender of the Year’ (Indianapolis)
State Bank is Indiana’s Small-Business Lender of the Year for 2020. Headquartered in Lizton, it has six locations in Hendricks and Boone counties. The award was made by Indiana Statewide Certified Development Corporation and is for loans made by State Bank to small-business owners using the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 504 loan program. Ryan Murphy and Kevin Hall were [...]
