HCLA BLOG

The HCLA Blog allows alumni, community partners, and interested applicants to gain a glimpse into the experiences and connectivity HCLA offers.  The HCLA Blog highlights class day experiences, leadership lessons, and Hamilton Connection and alumni spotlights.

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Hamilton Connections Spotlight | Doug Hsu

When our family voluntarily chose to move from central Virginia to central Indiana in 2015, our friends and family asked us a slew of predictable questions. Why Indiana? Why would you leave the East Coast? What’s out there besides corn? Are you out of your mind? While...

Hamilton Connections Spotlight | Ranj Puthran

I began my Allstate career in the fall of October 1995 and this year will be 29 years with Allstate. It started in Southfield, Michigan, a small suburb of Detroit. When I decided to accept a position as an underwriter, I had no idea where it would take me. At the...

Hamilton Connections Spotlight | Sarah Buckner

2024 TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE Hamilton County, Indiana will experience a total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8 at 3:06 p.m. You may recall the partial eclipse in 2017, but the 2024 total eclipse will be complete darkness for more than three minutes. It will draw huge...

Class of 2024 Spotlight | Education Class Day

HCLA Class of 2024 spent our December class at the Westfield Washington School Corporation Administrative Office diving deep into the inner workings of the six school districts in Hamilton County and everything happening behind the scenes to continuously improve...

Hamilton Connections Spotlight | Drew Braley

From Hawaii to Hamilton County When I came to Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana in the summer of 2000 it was to study Landscape Architecture and play on the volleyball team. When asked where I was from, “Hawaii” would get quite the shocked look and standard...

Hamilton Connections Spotlight | Bonnie Riley

I often get asked why I reside in Indiana given my daughter and family reside in sunny Tampa, Florida. I admit there are days I wonder the same (mostly December - March) but I always come back to the life I’ve created personally and professionally in Hamilton County,...