SOUTH HOLLAND, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 16, 2013. South Suburban College (formerly Thornton Community College) is looking for alumni of the ADN/LPN Nursing programs to participate in their 5th annual Alumni Association Banquet on Tuesday, May 7, 2013, in the Heritage Room at SSC’s Main Campus. The cost of attending the banquet[Read More…]
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Parents to United Airlines: No Media Violence on Overhead Screens
Boston-(ENEWSPF)- The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood is calling on United Airlines to stop showing PG-13 movies on its overhead in-flight monitors. Earlier this year, parents on a United flight from Denver to Baltimore asked the flight crew to turn off a nearby monitor because they didn’t want their sons—ages[Read More…]
District 162 Crowns Math Olympians
Matteson, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Matteson Elementary School District 162 recently conducted Math Olympics, which featured 70 students from first through eighth grades in the District’s schools. The schools include Arcadia, Matteson, Indiana, Sauk, Illinois and Huth Middle School. The math event required the students to take a mental math test without the aid[Read More…]
Six PSC Students Inducted into National Nursing Honor Society
The newest members of the National Organization of Associate Degree Nursing Alpha Delta Nu Nursing Honor Society Alpha Chapter at PSC are (from left) Darrell Hartmann, Jasmine McDonald, Nichole McDonald, Louis Wortel, Molly McMann, and Gregory Taylor (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Six Prairie State College (PSC) nursing students recently[Read More…]
GSU Celebrates Official Start of First Student Housing Complex at Groundbreaking Ceremony
GSU Prairie Place Groundbreaking (Photography by Leathem Photography) University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Under bright spring skies, Governors State University Friday celebrated the official launch of its first-ever student housing at a groundbreaking ceremony that drew students, faculty, staff, and community leaders. At the groundbreaking site, 19 3- and 4-year-olds from GSU’s Family[Read More…]
Meet Jessica Adney, Rich East Stellar Student
Rich East Stellar Student Jessica Adney. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)- eNews Park Forest continues with our series of stellar students from Rich East High School. Mr. Kevin Kredens, the school’s publicity liaison, provides each student a series of the same questions. All responses are in the students’ exact words,[Read More…]
In and Around Park Forest Week of April 15, 2013
Retiring Village Trustees Ken Kramer and Bonita Dillard were honored Sunday for their combined 42 of service to the residents of Park Forest: 28 years for Trustee Kramer and 14 for Trustee Dillard. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 15, 2013. Prairie State College is inviting job seekers to attend[Read More…]
Julie Fowlis In Concert At Freedom Hall
Julie Fowlist. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- You might recognize Julie Fowlis from Disney-Pixar film "Brave”, or as a performer at the Ryder Cup, or you may have seen her featured on a few PBS specials. It is little wonder that when Disney-Pixar were searching for the perfect, authentic singing[Read More…]
‘Bible and Bagels’ at Temple B’nai Yehuda Beth Sholom
Rabbi Ellen Dreyfus (second from right) discusses the Torah with members of her congregation. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Homewood, IL-(ENEWSPF)- After Shabbat services Saturday morning, Rabbi Ellen Dreyfus engaged members of the congregation of Temple B’nai Yehuda Beth Sholom in a discussion of the Torah. The discussions, dubbed "Bible and Bagels,"[Read More…]
Congresswoman Robin Kelly Swearing-in Remarks
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2013. Congresswoman Robin Kelly gave the following remarks today after being sworn in as a member of Congress. “It is truly an honor to be standing here and humbling to have been chosen to represent the families of the 2nd Congressional District. I thank the entire Illinois[Read More…]
