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U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, and Valparaiso University touted $1 million in federal funding secured for the university nursing program to go towards updating its simulation labs.
During a press conference on Monday, Valparaiso University President Jose Padilla noted the current demand for healthcare professionals and the shortage of nurses in the state and throughout the country.
U.S. Representative Frank J. Mrvan held a press conference at Valparaiso University’s LeBien Hall on Monday, February 12, 2024 regarding $1 million in federal funding he helped secure for the College of Nursing and Health Professions.
“Congratulations to Valparaiso University for your dedicated efforts to secure this federal funding award to modernize the Skills Lab and Simulation Center,” Representative Mrvan said. “I appreciate your commitment to prepare students with knowledge and skills to obtain vital careers in the healthcare profession.”
Rep. Frank Mrvan recently visited with Porter-Starke Services representatives to discuss the new crisis center in Valparaiso.
Porter-Starke Services is a Community Mental Health Center in Northwest Indiana. The nonprofit organized the crisis center.
The crisis center offers short-term (up to 24 hours) care for people experiencing a mental health emergency. The center is designed to help reduce unnecessary emergency room visits. It also provides a place where law enforcement can get help for individuals in a mental health crisis.
In Valparaiso, Congressman Frank J. Mrvan visited with representatives from Porter-Starke Services, a not-for-profit Community Mental Health Center in Northwest Indiana, this past Friday to discuss the organization’s new Crisis Center on Cumberland Drive. A news release said the center offers short-term, up to 24 hours, observation and care and is designed to help reduce unnecessary emergency room visits and provide a place where law enforcement can go to get help for individuals in a mental health crisis.
Congressman Frank J. Mrvan (D IN-01) visited with representatives from Porter-Starke Services, a not-for-profit Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) in Northwest Indiana, this past Friday to discuss the organization’s new Crisis Center located at 2301 Cumberland Drive in Valparaiso.
President Joe Biden and U.S. Representative Frank Mrvan (D-Highland) recalled Biden's visit to Hammond, during Thursday's National Prayer Breakfast. Mrvan served as co-chair of the National Prayer Breakfast Foundation this year.
The congressman representing Northwest Indiana was front-and-center Thursday at the National Prayer Breakfast in the U.S. Capitol.
U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, had the honor of introducing President Joe Biden at the annual bipartisan breaking of bread and saying of prayer for the United States, the American people and their leaders.
Mrvan began his prelude to the address by the Democratic president by favorably comparing Northwest Indiana with Biden's hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan recently announced that Purdue University Northwest received a federal grant to support clean energy research.
PNW will receive $7,158,034 from the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The grant backs applied research and development and projects that aim to reduce energy usage and industrial greenhouse gas emissions.
U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-1st, has announced a federal grant award for Purdue University Northwest from the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
According to the Department of Energy, the funding supports high-impact, applied research, development, and pilot-scale technology validation and demonstration projects that aim to reduce energy usage and industrial greenhouse gas emissions.
Purdue University Northwest has received a $7,158,034 from the U.S. Department of Energy.
According to a news release from U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan's office, the funding was awarded through the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The money will support research projects that aim to reduce industrial greenhouse gas emissions.