Illinois to Use Michigan’s Medicaid Technology as a “Cloud-Based” Service, Saving Taxpayers Millions of Dollars LANSING–(ENEWSPF)–August 2, 2013. The states of Michigan and Illinois today announced the creation of an unprecedented interstate alliance to enable Illinois to access Michigan’s Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS), the technology that supports state Medicaid[Read More…]
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Immigrants Demand Meeting with Northwestern Memorial Hospital CEO, Mr. Dean M Harrison
Chicago IL—(ENEWSPF)—August 2, 2013. Undocumented patients and loved ones continue a hunger strike for Health Care. The group will demand that Northwestern Memorial Hospital CEO speak with them immediately and be held accountable for refusing treatment to undocumented patients in need of organ transplants. Hunger strikers will hold a press[Read More…]
Hollywood Reporter Ranks DePaul Among Top 25 Film Schools
Film students at DePaul University shoot a scene under the direction of Matt Irvine, right, director of the School of Cinema and Interactive Media, which was just ranked by The Hollywood Reporter among the nation’s top 25 film schools. (Photo by Jeff Carrion) CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—August 1, 2013. DePaul University was recognized[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announce the Start of IL Dream Act Training for Counselors at Chicago Public Schools
Training will Insure Immigrant Students Receive Accurate, Helpful Information about Opportunities Available CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. Today, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the Mayor’s Office of New Americans (ONA), and the Chicago Public School (CPS) Office of Pathways to College & Career/K-12 Counseling & Advising announced the start of professional training for school[Read More…]
First Christian Church to Hold its Last Huge Book Sale, Bake Sale and Café
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—August 1, 2013. The First Christian Church, 1045 Dixie Highway, Chicago Heights, will hold its Last Huge Book Sale, Bake Sale and Café. The event will take place: Saturday, August 10, 2013 — 9am – 2pm Saturday, August 17, 2013 — 9am – 2pm Sunday, August 18, 2013[Read More…]
Roosevelt Students Take Pharmacy Practice Into Global Health Arena with Research and Field Experience in Haiti
(PharmD students Gordana Milosevic, left, and Bill Hunyh, right, are pictured above in Haiti). CHICAGo–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. A professor and two students at Roosevelt University’s College of Pharmacy are helping the poor in Haiti to not only obtain medications but also to understand directions that need to be followed when taking prescriptions. The[Read More…]
Gov. Quinn Announces That DePaul is One of the Chicago Area Universities to Receive Capital Grant Funding
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, left, listens to the Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., president of DePaul University; describe the new classroom building on the Lincoln Park Campus that houses the departments of English and history of art and architecture. The building was funded in part by a grant from the[Read More…]
Reps. Schneider, Duckworth, Foster Support Student Loan Deal
Compromise Reverses Doubling of Student Loan Rates WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. U.S. Representatives Brad Schneider (IL-10), Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) and Bill Foster (IL-11) voted in favor of the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act (HR 1911), a bipartisan compromise that reverses the July 1 doubling of student loan rates from 3.4 percent[Read More…]
New Art Exhibition ‘Rinnio Della Vita’ Coming to South Suburban College’s Thiel Gallery
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. The Art & Design Department of South Suburban College (SSC) is pleased to present an exhibition entitled Rinnio Della Vita from Monday, August 19th through Thursday, September 12th in the Dorothea Thiel Gallery. There will also be an Artist Reception for artists Anne Farley[Read More…]
Secretary Duncan Names Five Leaders to National Assessment Governing Board, Overseeing the Nation’s Report Card
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2013. Five education leaders from around the country—including a state legislator, elementary school principal, testing and measurement expert, and two parent/general public members—have been appointed to the National Assessment Governing Board to serve four-year terms, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced today. Four leaders were reappointed[Read More…]
