Purdue University Calumet News

Crystal Marshall-Smith's daughter Keiyasha is 10 years old. For most of her daughter's life, Marshall-Smith has struggled with her health.

Purdue University Calumet's hospitality and tourism management program is getting a $5 million boost from the Dean & Barbara White Family Foundation and the Bruce & Beth White Family Foundation.

W est Side Leadership and Military Academy recently conducted its annual Family Science Night for students and parents.

The true story of a Michigan shipping captain who braves deadly weather to bring Christmas trees to homesick German-American families in turn-of-the-century Chicago is presented at 2 p.m. Nov.

The recession is among the reasons northwestern Indiana officials believe the push has stalled to land a major truck-and-rail center that could employ thousands of people.

The most common mistake undergraduate college students make is assuming college is a four year plan that has been laid out for them.

NEW vEnture: Yahya R. Kamalipour , Director of the Center for Global Studies, Purdue University, U.S., exchanging copies of an MoU for student and faculty exchange programme with Registrar of Manipal University G.K. Prabhu in Manipal on Saturday.

BY WES LUKOSHUS lukoshus@calumet.purdue.edu Wes Lukoshus is assistant vice chancellor for advancement/university relations at Purdue University Calumet.

A college educator told students at Grissom Elementary School's recent Hispanic Heritage event that lifelong learning is the key to a person's success.

Purdue University President France A. Cordova spotlighted the ways that the school is helping to spur economic development across the state during a visit to the Calumet campus on Thursday.

The city kicked off the holidays and re-kicked off its quasquicentennial celebration in one fell swoop Saturday afternoon with nary a Bumpus Hound in sight.

Valparaiso University senior Ariun Zorigt always wanted to attend an American school for her bachelor's degree.

Curious parents and students packed the room at the Purdue University Calumet Conference Center on Tuesday to hear about the Hammond Academy of Science and Technology, set to open next fall.

A merica's struggling economy may not seem like the best backdrop for launching a scholarship campaign.

Ask many veterans what they need when they get back, and out of pride and training, they'll likely tell you they need nothing.

Jim Beard, director of licensing and advising at IPFW, told hearing officers in Rochester that the teacher licensing revisions would create a conflict of interest for school administrators.

Juan Cuevas Jr. was just a youngster when his father, Juan Sr., died in 1992. But there are certain things the East Chicago resident remembers about their short time together, such as his favorite baseball team and his favorite watch.

"Faces of Suicide: Suicide and Self-Injury": This conference will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday in the Calumet Conference Center at Purdue University Calumet.

It's not every day that Purdue University Calumet students get to talk face-to-face with a former White House staffer.

Centennial poster unveiling: The South Shore Railroad-style poster commemorating Highland's centennial will be unveiled during an after-hours event from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday at First Financial Bank, 2600 Highway Ave.