Press Releases

Community Healthcare System is expanding its medical services by adding a new Immediate Care and medical services center to meet the demand for quality healthcare in Northwest Indiana’s growing communities. The new facility will replace the current...

Purdue University Northwest (PNW) recently gained approval from the Higher Learning Commission to begin offering a Doctor of Technology degree. PNW’s Doctor of Technology, which will be offered through the College of Technology, is the...

The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians and its Four Winds® Casinos provided the media with a private tour today to view the progress of construction at Four Winds South Bend.  An expansion of the casino resort is underway and the expanded...

Northwest Health – Starke honored two caregivers in September. Dawn Vanderheof, RN is the recipient of the DAISY award for exceptional nursing and Cathy Rudd, certified nursing assistant, is the recipient of the PETALS award for outstanding support...

Michael E. Schrage, President and CEO of Centier Bank, is pleased to announce the promotion of Kelly Hendrickson as Vice President, Mortgage Loan Officer.  Hendrickson has been involved in banking throughout her entire career and is well versed...

Franciscan Physician Network’s Coolspring Health Center is welcoming the addition of two new audiologists, Jackie Fletcher, AuD, and Erin Pluard, AuD. Fletcher and Pluard both received their training at Rush University in Chicago and completed...

Family nurse practitioner Jean Miller, NP-C, has joined the Franciscan Physician Network OBGYN Health Center in Crown Point. Miller earned her master of science in nursing from Purdue University Northwest in Hammond and her bachelor of science in...

When Tom Swedenberg learned he was pre-diabetic, he wanted to be proactive, not only for himself, but for his family. The 62-year-old Michigan City man and his high school sweetheart recently celebrated 43 years of marriage and have two grown...

Although she was surprised when her name was announced as the 2022 recipient of the Saint Katharina Kasper Award, Delores Evans of Lindenwood Retreat and Conference   Center had a dream about the announcement...

In the last two years, the campus has received $8 million in funding due to its Hispanic Serving Institution designation Indiana University Northwest was recently awarded a $3 million grant from the Developing Hispanic Serving Institution (DHSI)...