October / November 2018

Entrepreneurial Spirit

Point of Service

Brenda Wallace had been with Harding, Shymanski & Company as a certified public accountant for nearly 28 years when an opportunity presented itself. Working with local doctors on their accounting brought her into contact with medical billing company Dataco. The

Back Talk

Dan Parod

Hometown: Rockford, Illinois Education: Associate’s degree in liberal arts, Rock Valley College, Rockford, Illinois, 1986; bachelor’s degree in business communication, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois, 1988; master’s degree in labor and industrial relations, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois,

Business Front

In a Word: Tradition

Dr. Daryl Hagan “School is back in session and, along with the homework, clubs, and sporting events, so are the time-honored school traditions. Traditions may be for the entire school or a specific grade level. As I travel and visit Catholic

Sometimes You Just Know

I am confident Darin Ward, head coach of the Boonville Pioneers football team, has no idea of who I am. And frankly I doubt he would care. But I remember him well. I remember shaking his hand and telling him

Patrons of the Arts

The name deJong, for Evansville residents, brings back memories of the former department store founded by the deJong family in 1896, with its last location closing in Evansville in 2003. However, Merritt and Martha Atkinson deJong have greatly influenced the

Escape Pod

Last year, Josh Gray realized he wanted to quit his job as an IT manager and open a float center in Evansville. When he called his wife Andi Hall on a drive home from a float session in Louisville, Kentucky,

The Next Step

After years of research, meetings, studies, surveys, and more, the city of Evansville is set to welcome a new aquatic center and phase out use of the Lloyd Pool complex located on First Avenue. In the April/May 2015 issue of

The Rise of Rochon

Editor's Note: On May 22, 2024, the University of Southern Indiana announced that President Ron Rochon had accepted the presidency at California State University, Fullerton, effective July 22, 2024. As Rochon โ€” who joined USI in 2010 and began his