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Local enrollment for culinary schools rising
May 4, 2013
Anthony SchoettleThe surprising growth corresponds with the recent expansion of the Indiana Convention Center, and an explosion in the popularity
of The Food Network and chef-centric programming. But don't expect to make a mint.
MoreCeladon says new driver-training facility to create 500 jobs
March 26, 2013
Jeff NewmanThe Indianapolis-based trucking firm first announced plans for the driver-education center in January, but has since expanded
the project and employment projections while seeking state incentives.
MoreSpeedrome gains momentum with sponsorship deals
March 20, 2013
Anthony SchoettleAt a time when sports sponsorships in general and motorsports sponsorships in particular aren't easy to score, the 72-year-old
Speedrome has announced five such pacts in the last month.
MoreFactory workers struggling to bounce back
February 23, 2013
Dan HumanThousands of Indiana’s rank-and-file factory workers have seen their earnings lose ground to that of white-collar workers.
The gap has grown even as manufacturers expect their assembly-line workers to have more skills and more advanced education.
MoreCeladon receives incentives for $5.2M driving training center
January 16, 2013
The Indianapolis-based trucking carrier plans to build a $5.25 million driver-training center and add 182 jobs as part of
its latest expansion at its east-side corporate campus.
MoreBen Davis school boasts impressive graduation rates
January 12, 2013
Scott OlsonSeniors are earning their diploma while receiving a associate's degree.
MoreMoney for counties key to Indiana penalty change
October 16, 2012
Associated PressIndiana lawmakers are trying to find the money to help counties handle more low-level felons in work release and other local
programs rather than send them to state prison.
MoreManufacturers help schools fill training void
July 7, 2012
Dan HumanManufacturers—bedeviled by an underskilled labor force—seek highly trained graduates. Career centers—struggling
with funding cuts—seek support from companies so classes can keep operating.
MoreFed grant to help female Indiana ex-cons
June 29, 2012
Associated PressAn Indianapolis not-for-profit is receiving a $1.5 million federal grant to provide job training and support services to girls
or women who formerly were incarcerated.
MoreBusiness can train workers
April 21, 2012
The [April 2] article “Manufacturers prowling for skilled workers” highlighting the lack of trained workers for
advanced manufacturing jobs underscores a critical need in Indiana—and throughout the nation.
MoreChicago university buys Fishers beauty college
April 6, 2012
Illinois-based Tricoci University of Beauty Culture has acquired Honors Beauty College in Fishers and plans to expand into
the Indianapolis area with as many as seven campus locations over the next four years.
MoreManufacturers prowling for skilled workers
March 31, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinFactories laid off droves of workers during the recession but now struggle to find tech-savvy employees during the recovery.
MoreCenter for children to close, costing 134 local jobs
March 26, 2012
Chris O'MalleyA major provider of services to children with developmental disabilities and emotional challenges plans to cease operations
in late May, resulting in the loss of 134 jobs. It hopes to reopen later this year as a center for adults, with as many as
200 employees.
MoreHospitality industry embraces Second Helpings grads
January 21, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinSecond Helpings—which rescues perishable food from grocery stores, hotels and restaurants and turns it into meals delivered
to shelters and community centers—also teaches people the basics of food handling and preparation. Its free, 10-week
training program boasts a job-placement rate of 85 percent to 95 percent within 30 days of completion.
MoreIndiana: Two percent fail job-training drug tests
December 29, 2011
Associated PressIndiana officials say a drug-testing program that started in July for people seeking job training has led to about 2 percent
of applicants failing.
MoreState launches program to help employ ex-offenders
August 24, 2011
Francesca JaroszThe state is launching an initiative aimed at helping ex-offenders find jobs, particularly with large businesses that tend
to have the most trepidation about hiring them.
MoreGoodwill to open two more Excel centers
August 23, 2011
J.K. WallThe schools, which help high-school dropouts earn their diplomas and start to receive post-secondary training, plan to enroll
300 students near the Indiana State Fairgrounds and 150 near the airport.
MoreDWYER: Hiring costs can be sliced when industry cooperates
June 11, 2011
Steve DwyerManufacturers and distributors often avoid existing training programs.
MoreBudget cuts will limit Indiana inmate education
May 29, 2011
Associated Pressndiana lawmakers' decision to cut off grants to state prison inmates attending college could make it harder for prisoners
to find employment when they're released, supporters of the program fear.
MoreAuburn auction school acquired, moving to Indianapolis
May 24, 2011
Auctioneer Melissa Davis and her father, Jack Christy, owner of Christy's of Indiana Inc., have purchased the 90-year-old
Reppert Auction School and are relocating it to Indianapolis.
MoreTrucking firms need drivers; students can't afford training
January 22, 2011
Chris O'MalleyA study by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals estimates that the trucking industry needs to hire 200,000
more drivers this year, but some driver-training schools locally say many potential students don’t have the $3,000-to-$5,000
or more for tuition.
MoreITT Educational OKs bonuses to keep managers in place
December 27, 2010
IBJ StaffCarmel-based ITT Educational Services Inc.’s management team will get special cash bonuses if they remain with the company
until the end of June, ITT disclosed in a regulatory filing last week.
MoreIvy Tech gets $23M to renovate old Stouffer's Hotel building
December 15, 2010
J.K. WallGrant from Lilly Endowment will create a workforce training center, space for distance education and administrative offices
at 45-year-old former hotel on North Meridian Street.
MoreCarpenters union to unveil new training facility
July 22, 2010
Scott OlsonThe recent dearth of construction activity has been an opportunity of sorts for the Indiana-Kentucky Regional Council of
Carpenters: During the slowdown, the trade group built a $13 million
training facility and administrative building in Greenwood.
MoreWelder shortage looms in central Indiana, nationwide
January 22, 2007
Anthony SchoettleWith demand for welders outstripping supply, manufacturers, road and bridge builders, and other construction company owners
are all hurting. Despite a willingness to increase hourly wages and even offer signing bonuses, the search for welders is
getting more desperate.
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Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.