Ivy Tech

Ivy Tech Seeking Submissions

By Kelli Ford on Tuesday, February 21st, 2012

Ivy Tech Community College–Northeast is seeking submissions for the college Library’s Sixth Annual Edible Book Festival that will take place from noon to 2 p.m. April 2 at the college’s Student Life Center on the North Campus (4900 St. Joe Road).
The Edible Book Festival invites book and food lovers to create, display and taste “edible books” —dishes based on a book or a pun of a book title... Read More...

Ivy Tech Hosts Cyber Defense Competition

By Kelli Ford on Monday, February 13th, 2012

Ivy Tech Community College−Northeast is hosting Indiana’s Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition Feb.   18. This is the first time all participating teams in CCDC will be from Indiana.

Five teams of eight students will compete against each other to protect and strengthen their mock company's IT system while also handling the day to day administration of a company's technical infrastructure... Read More...

IPFW Hosting Military Transition Fair

By Kelli Ford on Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

Ivy Tech Community College−Northeast and Indiana University−Purdue University Fort Wayne are hosting a Military Transition Fair Feb. 24. The event will be from noon to 4 p.m. at Ivy Tech’s North Campus Student Life Center (4900 St. Joe Road).
This free event is for veterans, active military members and their families... Read More...

Disney Institute at Ivy Tech

By Kelli Ford on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Ivy Tech Corporate College is bringing Disney Institute to Fort Wayne for a third time. “Disney’s Approach to Quality Service,” a renowned professional development program, will be Wednesday, April 11 at the Holiday Inn Fort Wayne. It is being sponsored locally by Ivy Tech Corporate College with marketing partners Indiana’s NewsCenter, The Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce and Gordon Food Service... Read More...

Ivy Tech Purchases Auto Body Center

By Kelli Ford on Friday, January 27th, 2012

The Ivy Tech Community College state and regional boards of trustees recently approved the purchase of the Auto Body Center located at 7717 Opportunity Drive, in Fort Wayne. The Ivy Tech Foundation has now finalized that process by purchasing the facility, which the Foundation will then lease to the College... Read More...

Senior Economist to Present at Ivy Tech

By Kelli Ford on Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Ivy Tech Community College−Northeast is hosting a lecture by William Strauss, senior economist and economic advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. The event will be at 7 p.m. Feb. 2 in the Ivy Tech Coliseum Campus auditorium (3800 N. Anthony Blvd.)
Strauss will be presenting a lecture entitled the “Economic Outlook for 2012 and Recent Actions of the Federal Reserve... Read More...

Ivy Tech Special Cusines Schedule

By Kelli Ford on Saturday, January 14th, 2012

The Special Cuisines class at Ivy Tech Community College–Northeast combines students’ skills and experience to plan, create, and execute menus from regions all over the world in the Special Cuisines dinner series. The class is comprised of culinary students who are rotated through various positions in the kitchen and dining room throughout the semester in order to solidify their knowledge of the food service industry prior to graduation... Read More...

Ivy Tech Announces Competition Winners

By Kelli Ford on Friday, January 13th, 2012

Each January, the Ivy Tech Community College–Northeast Department of Hospitality Administration conducts a “Mystery Basket Competition” for students who would like to participate and possibly earn a spot in the college’s trip to study culinary arts abroad in the spring.
This year’s competition featured 17 culinary student competitors and 7 baking and pastry student competitors... Read More...

"Every Child has a Dream"

By Kelli Ford on Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

In honor of Martin Luther King Day, Ivy Tech Community College−Northeast is presenting “Every Child Has a Dream” at 6 p.m. Jan. 19 in the Student Life gymnasium (4900 St. Joe Road). This event is being hosted by Ivy Tech Diversity Affairs and the Multicultural Student Organization... Read More...

Ivy Tech Collects for Needy

By Kelli Ford on Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

Students and staff from Ivy Tech Community College−Northeast pitched in to collect donations for the community this holiday season. Different groups participated in helping out Community Harvest Food Bank, Toys for Tots, Allen County Christmas Bureau, CANI Head Start and Charis House.

Five classes of students in Business Administration collected more than 6,000 lbs... Read More...

Northeast Hosting College Fair

By Kelli Ford on Thursday, December 1st, 2011

Northeast will host a “Navistar TAA-Eligible College Fair” Tuesday, Dec. 6 from 2 to 7 p.m. at The Steel Dynamics, Inc. Keith E. Busse Technology Center on Ivy Tech’s North Campus (4900 St. Joe Road).
Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) is available to dislocated or soon-to-be dislocated Navistar workers and is administered through WorkOne Northeast... Read More...

Now Read This!

By Kelli Ford on Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

Northeast is launching its second-annual community reading initiative, Now Read This! 2012. Residents of northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio are encouraged to read, discuss and respond creatively to Shooting Star by local author Fred McKissack Jr.

This community book read, to be conducted during the next several months, promotes literacy, dialogue about the literary work and the enjoyment of reading the same book as a community... Read More...

Ivy Tech to Host Chinese Delegates

By Kelli Ford on Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has again included Ivy Tech Community College–Northeast in its Vocational Education Leadership Training Program (VELT) and has arranged for five Chinese community college delegates to visit Ivy Tech, Nov. 28 through Dec. 2.
The visiting representatives are: Guancheng Wang, chairman of college council for Chongqing Industry Polytechnic College; Jianchuan Peng, chairman of college council for Karamay Vocational and Technical College; Guanglu Xing, vice president of Qingdao Technical College; Xingfu Hu, vice president of Sichuan College of Architectural Technology; and Xiaoming Li, assistant president of Hunan Vocational College of Science and Technology... Read More...

Science Central Hot Air Balloon Exhibit

By Kelli Ford on Friday, November 18th, 2011

Northeast worked with Science Central to relaunch their Hot Air Balloon exhibit , which they revealed this morning at a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Sen. Jim Banks, Ivy Tech Chancellor Jerrilee K. Mosier and Science Central Executive Director Martin Fisher spoke at the event. Ivy Tech presented helium balloons to approximately 100 first and second grade students who were at Science Central during the event... Read More...

Ivy Tech Offering Free Training

By Kelli Ford on Thursday, November 17th, 2011

Ivy Tech Corporate College is providing grant-funded training, an $895 value, at no cost to participants in the field of transporation and logistics. It is primarily intended for unemployed and displaced front line workers seeking advancement.
The Certifed Logistics Associates training is provided for those interested in becoming frontline transportation and logistics workers, operators and supervisors in factories, warehouses and distribution centers... Read More...