En Route Joint Base Andrews–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2014 – 2:11 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. Nice to see you. I hope you enjoyed our morning at MacDill Air Force Base. Let me just do two quick announcements and then we’ll get to your questions. This afternoon at CENTCOM, the[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
6th Annual Manufacturing Conference Coming to South Suburban College’s Oak Forest Center October 3rd
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL—(ENEWSPF)—September 18, 2014. South Suburban College’s Business & Career Institute (BCI) will host their sixth annual Manufacturing Conference: Making the Model Work, on Friday, October 3, 2014, from 7:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at the college’s Oak Forest Center. This unique event is a one-day conference featuring breakout[Read More…]
USDA Approves New GE Corn and Soy, Triggering Onslaught of Millions of Pounds More Pesticides
Center for Food Safety announces it will pursue all available legal options to stop commercialization Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2014. Center for Food Safety today condemned the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) decision to fully deregulate Dow Chemical’s Enlist corn and soybeans, genetically engineered to withstand repeated spraying of the herbicide[Read More…]
DoD Identifies Army and DoD Civilian Casualty, Sept. 17, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 17, 2014. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier and a DoD civilian who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died Sept. 16, in Kabul, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered from an enemy attack. Killed were: Maj. Michael J. Donahue, 41, of Columbus, Ohio, assigned[Read More…]
DoD Identifies Marine Casualty, Sept. 17, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 17, 2014. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Sgt. Charles C. Strong, 28, of Suffolk, Virginia, died Sept. 15, in Herat province, Afghanistan while conducting combat operations. He was assigned to 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion, Marine[Read More…]
Former McHenry County Sheriff’s Deputy Sentenced to 50 Years in Federal Prison for Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
ROCKFORD—(ENEWSPF)—September 17, 2014. A former McHenry County sheriff’s deputy who was that department’s representative on the state’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force was sentenced today to 50 years in federal prison for child sexual abuse and exploitation. The defendant, GREGORY M. PYLE, 39, of Crest Hills, Ill., formerly of[Read More…]
Roosevelt University Student Appointed to Illinois State Board of Higher Education
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2014. Sean Anderson, a 22-year-old business management major at Roosevelt University, has been appointed as a student board member on the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE). After his first board meeting last month, Anderson, a native of Naperville, Ill., said his aim as a board member is[Read More…]
New Book Depicts Roosevelt University’s History
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2014. More than 200 vintage and distinctive photographs of Roosevelt University from its pioneering days to the present are featured in a new history book, appropriately titled Roosevelt University. Compiled and written by University Historian Lynn Weiner and Archivist Laura Mills, Roosevelt University is part of a series[Read More…]
DePaul University Earns Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award
DePaul University is a recipient of the 2014 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. Among DePaul’s Vision 2018 goals is to foster diversity and inclusion by strengthening campuswide diversity and building a vibrant university community. Helping in that commitment are college diversity and inclusion[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel To Host Water Quality Summit With Great Lakes Mayors
Mayor Emanuel and Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Cities Initiative will convene Great Lakes Mayors in Chicago on September 24 to discuss the protection, preservation of freshwater resources CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—September 17, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative today announced that they will be hosting[Read More…]
