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Ivy Tech Community College-northwest

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• Ivy Tech Community College has educated students in Lake, LaPorte, Porter, Pulaski, Jasper, Newton and Starke counties since 1968. It is part of the 14-region statewide Ivy Tech Community College system - the second largest and fastest growing public higher education system in Indiana.
• The Gary Campus is located in Gary, IN (Lake County). The campus houses both classes and the administrative offices for the Northwest Region. While the service area of Ivy Tech Community College Northwest also includes Porter and LaPorte counties to the east and Jasper, Newton and Starke counties to the south, the largest constituency comes from Lake County.
• Five divisions compose the College's offerings: Business, General Education, Health Science, Public Services and Technology. For students unable to attend classes on campus, the distance education program provides options for continuing or completing degrees and certificates online. The college also offers a schedule of continuing education courses. Continuing Education courses provide personal enrichment and skill upgrades on a non-credit basis.
• In addition, the Gary Campus has articulated strong course and program transfer agreements with private and state colleges in and out of the state of Indiana.
• Ivy Tech Community College is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The College is a member of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, the American Association of Community Colleges.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

• Blood products are the key to cancer care (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
  posted on September 1, 2010 at 01:20:07 am
  You can join the fight to beat cancer, one blood donation at atime.
• Completing college not NWI's strong suit (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
  posted on July 18, 2010 at 02:16:06 am
  While local colleges and universities abound with new studentsand record enrollment, graduation rates, even when measured oversix years, are way below 50 percent. Local six-year grad ratesrange from 36 percent at Whiting's Calumet College of St. Joseph to21.5 percent at Purdue University Calumet in Hammond.
• Ivy Tech eyeing students for new career training program (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
  posted on July 17, 2010 at 01:07:51 am
  Ivy Tech Community College Northwest is fielding applicants forthe second year of its transportation, distribution and logisticsprogram at its Gary campus.
• IDEM to lead hearing today on U.S. Steel permit (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
  posted on July 13, 2010 at 09:25:03 pm
  GARY | The Indiana Department of Environmental Management willhave a public informational meeting and public hearing Wednesday onUnited States Steel Corp.'s plan to construct and operate fourcarbon alloy synthesis plants in Gary.
• Education briefs (Post-Tribune)
  posted on June 25, 2010 at 01:18:06 pm
  CHESTERTON Field trip grants available: The Dunes Conservation Field Trip grant program at Indiana Dunes State Park will be available again for the next school year. The grant program, funded by the Friends of Indiana Dunes, is designed to distribute funds to public, private, parochial or home-school educators interested in taking students on field trips to Indiana Dunes State Park. Applications ...

In the News:

• Blood products are the key to cancer care (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
  posted on September 1, 2010 at 01:20:07 am
  You can join the fight to beat cancer, one blood donation at atime.
• Completing college not NWI's strong suit (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
  posted on July 18, 2010 at 02:16:06 am
  While local colleges and universities abound with new studentsand record enrollment, graduation rates, even when measured oversix years, are way below 50 percent. Local six-year grad ratesrange from 36 percent at Whiting's Calumet College of St. Joseph to21.5 percent at Purdue University Calumet in Hammond.
• Ivy Tech eyeing students for new career training program (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
  posted on July 17, 2010 at 01:07:51 am
  Ivy Tech Community College Northwest is fielding applicants forthe second year of its transportation, distribution and logisticsprogram at its Gary campus.
• IDEM to lead hearing today on U.S. Steel permit (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
  posted on July 13, 2010 at 09:25:03 pm
  GARY | The Indiana Department of Environmental Management willhave a public informational meeting and public hearing Wednesday onUnited States Steel Corp.'s plan to construct and operate fourcarbon alloy synthesis plants in Gary.
• Education briefs (Post-Tribune)
  posted on June 25, 2010 at 01:18:06 pm
  CHESTERTON Field trip grants available: The Dunes Conservation Field Trip grant program at Indiana Dunes State Park will be available again for the next school year. The grant program, funded by the Friends of Indiana Dunes, is designed to distribute funds to public, private, parochial or home-school educators interested in taking students on field trips to Indiana Dunes State Park. Applications ...

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