JASPER, Ind. - The Center for Technology, Innovation and Manufacturing at the Vincennes University Jasper Campus will be dedicated on May 14, 10:00 a.m.(EDT), in ceremonies that will include Indiana Lt. Governor Sue Ellspermann.

The Center for Technology, Innovation and Manufacturing (CTIM) will house programming that will serve the education and training needs of employers and individuals in Dubois and surrounding counties.  The facility’s features include advanced training for manufacturing employers that need their workers to apply new technologies, specialty programming for current workers to upgrade their skills, specialized continuing education for high-skilled engineers and scientists in regional manufacturing companies, and space for companies to pilot new processes and...

VINCENNES, Ind. – Head Start students heading home this week for summer break, received a bag full of books on Tuesday.

Volunteers gave 450 youngsters a Vincennes University book bag filled with four brand new books, thanks to a partnership with VU and First Book,  a philanthropic organization  committed to putting books into the hands of kids in need to promote literacy.

Volunteers, including VU President Dick Helton, distributed the books Tuesday in Vincennes. Head Start students in Davis, Greene, and Sullivan counties also received the free books this week.

“The VU Logistics program processes children’s books for First Book at our training center in Plainfield. As part of our students processing of those books, we receive a percentage of books that we can donate...