“Furthermore, we are grateful to all our generous donors who attended the scholarship gala. We appreciate Governor Holcomb for commending the chancellor’s service to our region and to Indiana. “Chancellor Keon’s mark is evident in the numerous accomplishments of our students, faculty, staff and community partners. “All of us at PNW could not be prouder of Chancellor Keon and his visionary leadership,” said Lisa Goodnight, vice chancellor of Institutional Advancement and professor of Communication at PNW. The gala, hosted at Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana, raised more than $200,000 from generous donors to support scholarships for current and future PNW students. Keon received the prestigious Sagamore of the Wabash award while being recognized for his 10 years of transformational leadership in Northwest Indiana at the 5.75 Roaring Ahead Scholarship Gala on June 10.

Keon honored for decade of leadership during gala supporting student scholarships. Keon, right, is handed his Sagamore of the Wabash award by Chris White, publisher of the Times Media Company and president of Lee Enterprises Western Media Group, on July 10 at Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana. The state got $10.4 million in sports betting taxes.Purdue Northwest Chancellor Thomas L. More than $1.24 billion has been bet on sporting events in New Jersey since such wagering began in mid-June.įor the fewer than six months that sports betting was legal last year, it generated just over $94 million in revenue for casinos and tracks. Supreme Court case in May clearing the way for all 50 states to offer such wagering. Sports betting is off to a fast start in New Jersey, which won a U.S. Caesars does not have it, but its customers are served by the sports book at its neighboring sister property, Bally's. Hard Rock will be the eighth of the city's nine casinos to offer sports betting. It is likely to be the last Atlantic City casino to join the sports book race. Hard Rock hopes to have online and in-person sports betting available before the Feb. Hard Rock plans an announcement within the next few days regarding in-person sports betting at the casino, casino president Joe Lupo said. The casino received permission late Friday from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement to begin so-called 'soft-play' testing of equipment and systems for online sports betting, and did so Saturday. Atlantic City's Hard Rock casino has begun offering online sports betting just over a week before the Super Bowl.

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