INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Sept. 10 -- The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association issued the following news: The Top 30 honorees for the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year Award were named by the Woman of the Year selection committee earlier today with Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Woman of the Year Christine-Evette Ngeve of Shaw University being among those honored. Ngeve, a Greensboro, NC native, was a Psychology major with a minor in Social Work at Shaw University, making t  more

ELKHART, Indiana, Sept. 11 -- The Church World Service issued the following statement by President and CEO John L. McCullough in response to the reports that the Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to implement its asylum ban while litigation continues: * * * - Faith community demands restoration of asylum protections for the vulnerable at our doorstep * * * "The administration's cruel and immoral asylum ban violates U.S. law and international obligations and threatens countles  more

MUMBAI, India, Sept. 12 -- National Basketball Association issued the following news release: NBA India today announced that the first-ever NBA game in India will be played in front of 3,000 boys and girls from more than 70 schools under the Reliance Foundation Jr. NBA program. Reliance Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports various philanthropic initiatives of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and has partnered with the NBA on the Reliance Foundation Jr. NBA program in India si  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Sept. 12 -- The Lilly Endowment issued the following news release: Since 1998, more than 4,600 Indiana students have received full-tuition scholarships to earn bachelor's degrees from Indiana's four-year colleges and universities through the Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Program (LECSP). Now, a $1.05 million Endowment grant to Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI) will help Lilly scholars alumni and those Lilly scholars currently in college enhance their ability a  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Sept. 11 -- The Indiana Electric Cooperatives issued the following news release: Indiana Electric Cooperatives named Jeremy Montgomery the recipient of the 2019 Tom Taylor Award. Montgomery, energy advisor at Parke County REMC, was presented the award during the Marketing, Member Services and Communicators (MMSC) professional section fall meeting Sept. 6. "Not only does Jeremy have an infectiously positive attitude, he is willing to lend a hand. He is a trusted peer who   more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Sept. 13 -- The Journal of Nursing Scholarship, a journal that says it focuses on health of people from the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, published 11 research articles on the following topics in its September 2019 edition: * Appropriate Nursing Home Nurse Hours per Resident Day in Korea: A Secondary Analysis of Longitudinal Data * Difficult Peripheral Venous Access in Children: An International Survey and Critical Appraisal of Assessment Tools   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The Military Officers Association of America issued the following news: By: Amanda Dolasinski * * * - Is your state still fully taxing retirement pay? MOAA National serves in an advisory capacity for state-specific issues such as income tax exemption. Please contact your local MOAA council as state legislation must originate at the state level. * * * North Dakota and Indiana are the latest to join the list of states that have approved at least a partial exemption on t  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Sept. 9 -- Project Lead The Way issued the following news release: Project Lead The Way (PLTW) today announced Judi Holler as the keynote speaker for the 2019-20 PLTW Summit experiences. Holler's book titled "Fear Is My Homeboy: How to Slay Doubt, Boss Up, and Succeed on Your Own Terms" helps readers transform fear into a powerful secret weapon to fear less and succeed on their own terms. At PLTW Summit, she'll share with the PLTW network how to overcome fear and use it   more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Sept. 13 -- The Society of Professional Journalists issued the following news: Results of a six-month media trust project confirm that while it's difficult - if not impossible - to sway people's opinions surrounding news, explaining the process of news gathering and decision making is beneficial. Findings from the project, "Media Trust & Democracy: The Casper Project," were announced last week during Excellence in Journalism 2019 in San Antonio. The Society of Profession  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Sept. 13 -- The Society of Professional Journalists issued the following news: The Society of Professional Journalists calls on the Trump administration to immediately allow unconditional media access to immigration courts in two Texas border cities, Laredo and Brownsville, for asylum seekers waiting in Mexico. A policy known officially as "Migrant Protection Protocols" and colloquially as "Remain in Mexico" was introduced earlier this year to make asylum seekers wait in  more

FORT WAYNE, Indiana, Sept. 9 -- Greater Fort Wayne issued the following news: A national name is cleared to land in Fort Wayne. The city's first Wingstop location is set to open at 407 W. Coliseum Blvd., Suite 111, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony slated for 11 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 16. Owner Mark McLaurine says the restaurant is the product of entrepreneurship meeting great flavors. "I've always wanted to be an entrepreneur," McLaurine said. "Wingstop has a simplified menu that's customer-frie  more