Spring 2012 - Northwest Indiana Business Quarterly Magazine

Cover StoryMerrillville, Griffith, and Hobart;Farm Bureau, locations in 15 communities;and American Family Insurance,locations in eight communities.Best CoMMErcialiNterior DesiGNCoMPANYWinner: HDW Commercial Interiors,Schererville.Runners-up: Design Organization,Valparaiso; Kramer & Leonard,Chesterton; and McShane’s, Munster.Best Universityto Obtain an MBAWinner: Purdue Calumet School ofBusiness, Hammond.Runners-up: Indiana UniversityNorthwest, Gary; Mendoza Schoolof Business, Notre Dame, SouthBend; and Valparaiso University,Valparaiso.Best UniVErsity fora TechnoloGY DegrEEWinner: Purdue Calumet School ofTechnology, Hammond.Runners-up: Ivy Tech CommunityCollege, Gary, Hammond, Valparaiso,and Michigan City; IndianaUniversity Northwest, Gary; andValparaiso University, Valparaiso.Best UniversityBusiness OnlinedEGrEE ProgrAMWinners: University of Phoenix,Merrillville; and Indiana WesleyanUniversity, Merrillville.Runners-up: Purdue Calumet,Hammond; and Indiana UniversityNorthwest, Gary.Best PLACE to PurCHAseoFFiCE EquiPMENtand SuppliesWinner: McShane’s Business Products& Solutions, Munster.Runners-up: Kramer & Leonard,Chesterton; Office Depot, MichiganCity, Merrillville and Highland; andOffice Max, Michigan City, Merrillvilleand Highland.“This is the eighth year in a rowwe’ve won, but we certainly don’ttake it for granted,” says BrianMcShane, president and CEO ofMcShane’s Business Products andSolutions. “This is a great reflectionon our employees and we’re honoredto receive this award. It keepsus on our toes and raises the barfor us each year.”Best PLACE to PurCHAseoFFiCE FurnitureWinner: Kramer & Leonard, Chesterton.Runners-up: McShane’s BusinessProducts & Solutions, Munster;and HDW Commercial Interiors,Schererville.“We are so grateful to our customersfor expressing confidencein us and voting for us,” says Mary24 NORTHWEST INDIANA BUSINESS QUARTERLY SpRINg–SUmmER 2012