Archive for March 2020

MEDIA CONTACT: Charlee Beasor at (765) 720-0342 or CBeasor@che.in.gov Jess Nejad at (812) 499-0771 or JNejad@che.in.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 (INDIANAPOLIS) – Following new measures from Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb and the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) to limit the spread of COVID-19, the Indiana Commission for Higher Education has gathered…

Due to the COVID-19 virus and in an effort to adhere with social distancing, according to compliance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the state, we have implemented some temporary measures. The majority of our staff will be working remotely and all meetings scheduled to take place at our offices have…

In an effort to adhere with social distancing, according to compliance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the state, due to COVID-19, temporary measures have been implemented. As of Wednesday, March 18, all Northwest Indiana Adult Education and Learning Center locations will be closed until further notice. In the meantime, teachers…

The La Porte County SkillUp Network secured funds through the Indiana Department of Workforce Development’s third round of SkillUp funds. This round of funding is intended to help manufacturers in La Porte County upskill their current workers on new technologies and processes. For several regional employers who took advantage of these SkillUp and other workforce…

March 5, 2020 The Center of Workforce Innovations (CWI) and the Northwest Indiana Workforce Board (NWIWB) welcomed leaders affiliated with Midwest Urban Strategies (MUS) to the region on February 18-19, in order to share their process of moving dislocated workers, in particular, those unemployment insurance (UI) claimants back into the workforce. MUS is a collaboration…