Regionally Speaking, Thursday, September 2, 2021

Today:  Ivy Tech Community College Valparaiso campus Chancellor Aco Sikoski is on "Regionally Speaking" to talk about the launch of a broadband SEAL program which will give students an opportunity to learn skills that can lead to new jobs in new technologies in fiber optics and related fields. Indiana state officials are promoting programs like this one, to boost high-tech employment in northwest Indiana.   The state of Indiana's Office of Work-Based Learning and Apprenticeship Certificates is recognizing the Ivy Tech program.  Afghanistan war combat veteran Dan Jarvis talks about his participation in a nonprofit that is dedicated to helping heal PTSD in veterans and first responders. He has personal experience with the disorder, and can relate to what returning Afghanistan veterans might be facing.  Elisabeth Menning with PFLAG Crown Point NWI tells us more about the local branch of the national organzation and the return of in-person "First Thursdays" meetings for families, friends, allies and members of the LGBTQ+ community.