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U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan and Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana board members announced that the Hammond-based center will receive $963,000 in federal funding.
The Challenger Learning Center will use the funds to install and upgrade its mission control simulators. The center offers STEM education opportunities for students throughout Indiana.
The Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana has received $963,000 in federal funding to support upgrades to its mission control simulator.
Our partners at Lakeshore Public Media report the funding will allow the center to enhance its simulator with advanced software, communication systems and new audiovisual equipment.
A beacon of educational excellence and innovation for the last 25 years in Hammond is getting nearly $1 million in funding.
Indiana 1st District Congressman Frank Mrvan and board members of the Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana announced that the center will receive $963,000 in community project funding during a news conference on Friday morning.
On Friday, July 19, in a press conference held at Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana, Congressman Frank J. Mrvan (IN-01) and Challenger NWI Board Members announced that the Center will receive $963,000 in Community Project Funding.
The Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana has received $963,000 in federal funding to upgrade and install newly designed mission control simulators, as the center looks to bolster and expand its educational programming and outreach for K-12 students.
"Northwest Indiana is ready for liftoff," said U.S. Representative Frank Mrvan (D-Highland), during a press conference Friday announcing $963,000 in federal funding for the Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana.
Rep. Frank Mrvan recently announced that Madalyn Martin of Munster High School won this year’s Congressional Art Competition.
Martin’s winning artwork, “Stan’s Bait & Tackle,” depicts Stan’s Bait and Tackle store in Hammond at nighttime.
Gary’s Chief of Police Derrick Cannon couldn’t give an exact number of license plate reading cameras he will purchase with $264,000 in federal funding, but he does know they will help his department improve surveillance and support officers in their day-to-day work.
On Monday, July 15, Congressman Frank Mrvan (IN-01) and Chief Derrick Cannon held a press conference at the Gary Police Department’s Real Time Crime Center to announce that GPD will receive $264,000 in Community Project Funding.
Gary, IND. – On Monday, July 15, in a press conference within the Gary Police Department’s Real Time Crime Center, Congressman Frank Mrvan (IN-01) and Chief Derrick Cannon announced GPD will receive $264,000 in Community Project Funding. The funding will allow for the acquisition of stationery and mobile License Plate Reader (LPR) cameras.