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Award winner not your traditional historian
November 25, 2016 | Chicago Post-Tribune | Nancy Coltun Webster | Ken Schoon opens the door to his small office on the third floor of the Library Conference Center at Indiana University Northwest and says he’s “absolutely flabbergasted” to have won... read moreIndiana Historical Society honors Schoon, Porter County Museum
November 15, 2016 | NWI Times | By Doug Ross | Historian Kenneth Schoon and the Porter County Museum will be honored Dec. 5 by the Indiana Historical Society. Although Schoon retired from Indiana University Northwest in 2011, he continues to share his research on the... read moreDunes tales get cinematic treatment
November 3, 2016 | Chicago Post-tribune | By Joan Pittman | Home movies are a great way to celebrate a birthday, and the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is doing just that, but with a twist. The Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore turns 50 years old this Saturday,... read moreDunes Lakeshore 50th birthday party ends with film festival November 4-6
November 1, 2016 | Chesterton Tribune | Staff Writer | The National Park Service is hosting an Indiana Dunes Film Festival, Friday through Sunday, Nov. 4-6, in culmination of the year-long celebration of the National Lakeshore’s 50th anniversary. To read more, click... read more
‘Shifting Sands’ documentary nominated for local Emmy
October 22, 2016 | NWI Times | Staff Report | “Shifting Sands: On the Path to Sustainability,” a locally produced documentary about the historical environmental battles along the South Shore of Lake Michigan, has been nominated for a 2016 Chicago/Midwest Regional Emmy... read moreOgden Dunes historical society offers fall programs
October 20, 2016 | NWI Times | Times Staff | The Historical Society of Ogden Dunes is hosting three programs this fall to wrap up the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the State of Indiana, the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service and the 50th... read moreEnvironmental film with HP ties explores sustainability on lakefront
October 19, 2016 | Hyde Park Herald | Allison Matyus | About 40 miles from Hyde Park sits the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore region; an area of both industrial and environmental development. A documentary film called “Shifting Sands” takes a look at this region and... read more‘Shifting Sands’ Producers Nominated for Society of Innovators
By Ericka | October 3, 2016 | The producers for “Shifting Sands: on the Path to Sustainability” have been nominated as finalists for the Society of Innovators, an initiative of Ivy Tech Community College launched in 2005 to recognize innovation in... read more
‘Inspiring Women’ speakers focus on history of conservation movement
September 14, 2016 | Michigan City News Dispatch | Staff Report | Join business and community leaders at the Michigan City Chamber’s “Inspiring Women“ Luncheon & Program on Sept. 29 from noon to 1 p.m. at Blue Chip Casino. Lee Botts, an internationally recognized... read more