Exclusive Founding Memberships Offered to First 4,000 Registered; System Launches on Friday, June 14th CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2013. Divvy, Chicago’s new bike share system, will open its website to annual membership registration at noon on Wednesday offering two tiers of annual memberships, and the first 4,000 registrants will become “Founding Members”[Read More…]
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New Financial Trading Room coming to Roosevelt University’s Heller College of Business
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2013. Roosevelt University’s Heller College of Business will build a state-of-the art financial trading room so students can have practical, real-time experiences in finance, investing, banking and related markets. The new $200,000 trading room is made possible by a gift from Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation. Located on the[Read More…]
Governors State University Offers New Mindfulness and Psychotherapy Certificate Program
University Park, Illinois—(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2013. The College of Education and College of Health and Human Services at Governors State University have joined forces to present an exciting new program, the Mindfulness and Psychotherapy Certificate Program. The first of its kind in the Midwest, the new Mindfulness and Psychotherapy Certificate Program[Read More…]
South Suburban College Sustainability Committee Tours Quarry
South Holland college is making sustainability a priority. SOUTH HOLLAND, IL–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2013. Members of the South Suburban College (SSC) Sustainability Committee recently participated in the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) Deep Tunnel & Thornton Quarry Tour during Urban Biodiversity Week. One of the Sustainability Committee’s goals[Read More…]
Obama Administration Releases Final Rules on Employment-based Wellness Programs
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2013. The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and the Treasury continued to move forward to implement the health care law today, by issuing final rules on employment-based wellness programs. The final rules support workplace health promotion and prevention as a means to reduce the[Read More…]
GSU’s Dynamic Leadership Lecture Series with Father Pfleger and Congresswoman Kelly
University Park, IL—(ENEWSPF)–May 28, 2013 – Governors State University is sponsoring a Dynamic Leadership Lecture Series that is free and open to the public. The featured speakers will discuss aspects of management and governance related to their own lives as successful leaders. The first speaker in the series is Father[Read More…]
Senator Kirk, Representatives Hultgren, Lipinski: End Great Lakes Sewage Dumping
New Beach Closure Data Highlights Need for Bipartisan Solutions Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 28, 2013. To kick off the 2013 beach season, Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today joined Congressmen Daniel Lipinski (D-Western Springs) and Randy Hultgren (R-Winfield) at the Shedd Aquarium to reveal new beach closure data highlighting the need for swift[Read More…]
Chicago Public Schools Students On Track To Set Record Graduation Rate This School Year
District attendance rates also projected to rise this year CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 28, 2013. Chicago Public Schools (CPS) CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett and Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced that CPS students are on track to set the highest high school graduation rate ever, with 63 percent of seniors projected to graduate in school[Read More…]
Brookings Institute Webcast: The Politics Of Marijuana Legalization on May 29
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 28, 2013. by Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director On Wednesday, May 29 from 2:00-3:30 PM (eastern), the Brookings Institute is holding its second in a series of public policy review panels examining the ever-evolving changes of cannabis laws—mainly at the state level, with little-to-no federal reforms—where state[Read More…]
World Premiere of ‘Aureole’ to be Performed by DePaul Symphony Orchestra
Chicago composer Augusta Read Thomas writes energetic work as prelude for Beethoven’s 9th A “mapping” of “Aureole” by composer Augusta Read Thomas illustrates the colorful music written to precede a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. “Shimmering, sparkling, energized and incandescent” are adjectives used by Thomas to describe the sounds. (Sketch[Read More…]
