Category: Education & Workforce

ELKHART, Ind. (Sept. 9, 2020) – Today, public-private leaders and government officials gathered both virtually and in-person to celebrate the groundbreaking of Ivy Tech Community College South Bend – Elkhart’s iFlex Lab. As a part of an estimated $3.8 million development and campus expansion project, the iFlex Lab will be a state-of-the-art Industry 4.0 regional…

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South Bend, Ind. – Ivy Tech Community College South Bend – Elkhart will host a formal groundbreaking ceremony September 9 (10:00 AM) at the Elkhart County location on the new 10,000 sq. ft. iFLEX lab for Advanced Manufacturing and Automation. There will be a limited number of guests due to COVID-19 social distancing guidelines. The…

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(INDIANAPOLIS) – The Governor’s Workforce Cabinet announced today that it will make an additional $1.5 million available to ensure CTE Districts have the resources necessary to provide students safe, high-quality CTE programs during the 2020 – 2021 school year. This funding is designed to help offset COVID-19 related expenses and will benefit schools and career…

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A statement from the Diversity and Inclusion Committee of the South Bend – Elkhart Regional Partnership We, the Diversity and Inclusion Committee of the South Bend – Elkhart Regional Partnership, are responsible for moving our region – Elkhart, Marshall, and St. Joseph Counties — into the to 20% of metro areas for minority income equality through intentional, actionable,…

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Digital Inclusion Toolkit will help connect the 30% of area residents without home access to low/no cost resources to meet the demands of social distancing South Bend, IN. (May 7, 2020) – enFocus, a nonprofit that attracts talent to regional organizations to catalyze change, has partnered with the City of South Bend to create a…

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