Calling all high school journalists in Northern Illinois! Yorkiville, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Know any high school seniors who have done outstanding work in the past year on a student newspaper, as a freelancer for a professional publication or as a contributor to a high school yearbook or literary magazine? The Northern Illinois[Read More…]
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IL Community Colleges Sign Agreement Expanding Opportunities in Career and Tech Education
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) announces that all 39 community college districts across the state have signed on to participate in the Comprehensive Agreement Regarding the Expansion of Educational Resources (CAREER Agreement). This agreement allows community colleges to share the career and technical education (CTE) programs of[Read More…]
WATCH: Park Forest Village Trustee Forum March 19, 2017
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Candidates for the office of Village Trustee in Park Forest gathered for their third and last public forum prior to the April 4 Consolidated Election. The Village Trustee forum was sponsored by the Park Forest Non-Partisan Committee and the Park Forest Cooperatives (Areas A, B, C, E, and[Read More…]
Knights of Columbus Nina Council 3602 Lenten Fish Fry Fridays are Back
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 21, 2017. The Knights of Columbus Nina Council 3602 will be again having their Lenten Fish Fry Fridays at St. Irenaeus Parish Gym, 78 Cherry Street in Part Forest. The event will take place each Friday through April 1 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Menu All[Read More…]
Park Forest Public Library to Host Community Gardening Festival on Saturday, March 25
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 21, 2017. Do you like to garden? Do you want to know more about gardening? Do you love free stuff? Come to the Park Forest Library, 400 Lakewood Boulevard, on Saturday, March 25 from 1 p.m. 3 p.m. and pick up free gardening resources, sign up to start[Read More…]
Lester Holt to Receive Distinguished Journalist Award from DePaul University
Anchor and reporter Lester Holt of NBC News will receive an award from DePaul University this spring for his journalistic ‘insight, dignity and authority.’ (Mary Ellen Matthews/NBC) Center for Journalism Integrity and Excellence also honors alumnus Ben Welsh CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2017. Lester Holt, anchor of “NBC Nightly News” and[Read More…]
Unitarian Universalist Community Church to Screen Documentary Film ‘Children of Syria’ on Friday, March 24
Helen, left, and Sara, right — two of the “Children of Syria” Source: pbs.org Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 21, 2017. The Unitarian Universalist Community Church (UUCC), 70 Sycamore Drive in Park Forest will screen the documentary film ‘Children of Syria – How Four Child Refugees Said Goodbye to Syria’ on Friday,[Read More…]
Papers of Nobel Laureate Saul Bellow Open for Research at University of Chicago Library
A carbon copy of a typescript fragment of The Adventures of Augie March, ca. 1952-53, titled The Life of Augie March Among the Machiavellians. The manuscript is part of a new archive at the University of Chicago’s Special Collections Research Center documenting the Nobel-winning author’s creative process. Courtesy of: University[Read More…]
Governors State University to Present Shakespeare’s The Tempest to be Staged in Unlikely Setting
University Park, IL—(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2017 – Theatre and Performance Studies students at Governors State University present Shakespeare’s The Tempest on a stage of epic proportions. Instead of a remote island, patrons will witness a tale of magic, love, and revenge in the renowned Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park on the campus of[Read More…]
Governors State Hosts Undergraduate Open House Saturday, March 25
University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Governors State University will host an undergraduate Open House on Saturday, March 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Information on admission requirements, financial aid, campus life, and student housing, as well as undergraduate degree programs, will be presented. Prospective freshmen and transfer students will be able to meet[Read More…]
