Cybersecurity training offered

First Bank of Berne will host a cybersecurity symposium on Tuesday, July 29, in Wells County.

The event from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Wells County 4-H Park, 1240 4-H Park Road, Bluffton, is aimed at businesses. It will cover a variety of topics regarding fraud and cybercriminals, including ransomware, AI-driven fraud, compromised email, data encryption, profit protection and anti-hacking technology.

For more information, visit firstbankofberne.com/cyber.

Job fairs set

The United States Postal Service will host job fairs on Friday, June 25.

Sessions are scheduled for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the following locations:

•Montpelier — 215 S. Jefferson St.

•Richmond — 400 North A. St.

•Winchester — 130 N. Meridian St.

To offer nursing

Grace College will introduce a bachelor of science in nursing degree in fall 2026.

Students will have access to Grace’s nursing simulation lab. They will have opportunities for clinical placements through Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital, Grace Village, Parkview Kosciusko Hospital and Mason Health and Rehabilitation Center.

“We are thrilled to make this long-awaited transition,” said Dr. Kristen Richmond, director of nursing at Grace, which previously offered nursing degrees in partnership with Bethel University. “Our nursing majors will now be fully Grace students and share the same rhythms and routines as their peers. Since Grace is an institution that highly values Christ-centered community, we are excited for the ways our future nursing students will be able to experience this at a new level and finally complete their studies with a Grace nursing degree.”

For more information, go online to grace.edu/programs/nursing.

Bottles planned

Ardagh Glass Packaging announced last week that it will produce the first emerald green bottles from its new NextGen Furnace for Jägermeister.

Ardagh, which has glass manufacturing facilities in Dunkirk and Winchester, has partnered with Jägermeister for more than 20 years. The NextGen Furnace in Obernkirchen, Germany, began operation in 2023 and has previously produced amber glass bottles.

“Partnering exclusively with Jägermeister, we’re scaling innovation with impact,” said Ardagh research and development project manager Joris Goossens in a press release. “After successfully producing lower-carbon amber glass in our NextGen Furnace, the next step is to use the same groundbreaking technology to produce green glass — aiming to deliver the first lower-carbon emerald glass bottles to the spirits sector.

Program to begin

Indiana Department of Environmental Management is launching the Indiana Pollution Prevention Toolkit Program, a free resource to help businesses implement measures to prevent pollution.

The new program will launch with an information session from noon to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 23. The webinar will cover methods for finding and detecting compressor leaks.

The program offers information sheets, checklists, access to live webinars and confidential compliance assistance.

For more information, or to register for the webinar, visit idem.IN.gov.

Courses available

Indiana Chamber of Commerce is hosting 10- and 30-hour Occupational Safety and Health Administration courses in August.

Courses covering general industry standards will be held Aug. 19 through 22 in the chamber conference center in Indianapolis. It will include sessions regarding inspections, most-cited violations, record keeping, fire protection, personal protective equipment and machine guarding.

To register, or for more information, visit indianachamber.com.

Hosting drive

Menards is hosting a food drive through the end of July.

The company will accept donations of non-perishable food items through July 31. They can be placed in collection boxes near the exit doors to its locations.

Participating locations include stores in Anderson, Fort Wayne, Kokomo, Muncie, Richmond and Celina, Ohio.

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