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 Ivy Tech Community College’s Bloomington campus is seeking nominations for the 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award. The Distinguished Alumni Award celebrates Ivy Tech Bloomington graduates who have made a lasting and meaningful impact on the community through professional, philanthropic, or volunteer achievements.
The recipient of the annual award will be celebrated at a statewide Ivy Tech ceremony in the fall. Recent past recipients of the Ivy Tech Bloomington Distinguished Alumni Award, include:
For more information and to make a nomination, visit https://giving.ivytech.edu/distinguished-alumni-award/nominations-for-the-distinguished-alumni-award-2024/. Joint Hypersonics Transition Office (JHTO), in collaboration with Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane), has announced the winners to the Hyper-AMPD! prize challenge.
49 white papers were submitted in Phase I and Aerojet Rocketdyne, Castelion Corporation, GoHypersonic Incorporated, Northrup Grumman, and Specter Aerospace were invited to participate in Phase II of this challenge. Phase II will focus on building a Feasibility Study on the concept that each group designed during the Phase I White Paper. JHTO is looking for creative and cost-effective solutions that can be developed and tested within 24 months. Following Phase II, winners will be chosen for both monetary and non-monetary prizes. Up to two winners will be selected. More information about the Hyper-AMPD! prize challenge can be found on their website at Challenge.Gov. Dr. Sarah Armstrong, Director of JHTO’s Systems Engineering Field Activity at NSWC Crane, is excited to see the continued development of this project. "The hypersonic community came out in force to support JHTO's first-ever prize challenge, Hyper-AMPD! It is very encouraging to see so many novel ideas for low-cost, rapidly fieldable hypersonic systems. Submissions came from a wide range of idea generators, as well as created new partnerships in response to this challenge. It was incredibly difficult to narrow the selection for Phase II, but I am very excited to see the outcome of the feasibility studies over the coming months,” said Dr. Armstrong. Monroe County Humane Association (MCHA) is overjoyed to announce its April event to help local cat and dog owners keep their animals safe and healthy.
On Sunday April 14, 2024, the Crestmont Community Center, 1007 W. N Summit St, Bloomington Indiana 47404, will be hosting a pop-up mobile vaccine clinic. MCHA’s amazing veterinary team of volunteers will be available from 1-3 p.m. with no appointment needed; all are welcome! Mobile Clinics offer a range of services, including legally mandated rabies vaccines for pets aged 12 weeks (about 3 months) and older. Additionally, clinics provide nail trims, anal gland expressions, microchips, and preventive measures for flea, tick, and heartworm. Subsidized rates are available to residents experiencing financial hardship. To qualify for these rates, residents should bring valid documentation with them to Mobile Vaccine Clinic. Safety is paramount. Cats must be in carriers, and dogs must be leashed (no retractable leashes). It’s essential for pet owners to understand that pets showing signs of illness or aggression might be turned away. The IU Health Community Impact Investment (CII) Fund 2024 request for proposal is now available and can be found using this CII Fund application link. The CII Fund supports mission-based projects and programs designed to address the social determinants of health that impact the communities IU Health serves. Projects can range between $250,000 - $1 million over a three-year project period.
CII Regional Focus Area New in 2024 are CII regional focus areas. In the IU Health South Central Region (SCR), persons living with mental health and substance use disorder can find it difficult to identify and navigate the variety of services beneficial to remain in stable and safe situations. We are seeking place-based projects in the SCR that are focused on providing supportive or wrap-around services for persons with mental health or substance use disorder needs including case management, safe and healthy housing, access to nutrition and financial management training. Projects should focus on persons in recovery or in unstable situations with the skills needed to live successfully in a healthy way in their community. These place-based projects can also include other services that support this population from a holistic approach, like workforce services.  Ivy Tech Foundation will kick off Ivy Tech Day at 12:01 a.m. ET on April 23. Ivy Tech Community College’s second annual day of giving will help the college’s more than 190,000 students, including the more than 11,500 students at the Bloomington campus, prepare to launch into successful careers.
For 24 hours, alumni, faculty, staff, donors, community leaders and others can break down barriers to higher education and contribute to Ivy Tech’s mission of preparing Hoosiers for the workforce of today and tomorrow. “We are grateful to everyone who participated in the inaugural Ivy Tech Day and look forward to uniting again on April 23 to have an even greater impact on the lives of our students and their families,” Erik Coyne, chancellor, Ivy Tech Bloomington said. “Ivy Tech Bloomington is doing impactful work with students receiving industry-aligned training, and Ivy Tech Day will help us continue to forge futures and cultivate our communities.” The Employee Appreciation Program was created with the intention that corporations directly offer preventative services that can enhance, influence, and improve their staff mental health and general physical status.
In most work environments, the continuous repetitive movements, constant lifting, lowering of objects or people, long hours hunched over staring into a computer screen, and other similar work-related responsibilities could create stress, depression, and frustration. Stretch Zone, assisted stretching facility located in Bloomington, IN, in coordination with any corporation, business, and /or organization in the Monroe, Morgan, and Bartholemew county areas will provide scheduled assisted stretching throughout the year to their employees, staff, and/or workers. The assisted stretches will be performed by certified stretch practitioners provided by Stretch Zone and each session will be approximately 30 minutes in length. The stretches will be performed at our facility.  Indiana Members Credit Union was recently named one of the 2024 Best Places to Work in Indiana. This marks the 19th edition for the Indiana Chamber of Commerce initiative.
The statewide survey and awards program is designed to evaluate participating organizations and honor those with the highest levels of employee satisfaction and engagement in the workplace. “The honored companies offer a blueprint for employee attraction and retention, and we are excited to celebrate their success. We hope the values and strategies on display in their workplaces can serve as models for other Indiana employers as we work together to address Indiana’s talent pipeline needs,” says Indiana Chamber President and CEO Vanessa Green Sinders. “IMCU is honored to have been named one of the ‘Best Places to Work in Indiana’ for 2024 by the Indiana Chamber,” said John Newett, President and CEO, Indiana Members Credit Union. “Thank you to our team for sharing their feedback and making this happen! It has always been an important part of our culture here at IMCU to create a positive and friendly work environment, and it is one of our key strategic initiatives to remain an employer of choice. We will continue to strive for excellence for our team, ultimately to provide our members with the best possible service.” |
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