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U.S. Troops Unfit for Combat?

by: Dahr Jamail, t r u t h o u t | Perspective This Monday at 2 PM Baghdad time, a US soldier gunned down five fellow soldiers at a stress-counseling center at a US base in Baghdad. Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the US military’s Joint Chiefs of[Read More…]

PSC Graduate Wins Community Service Award

CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2012.   May 2012 Prairie State College (PSC) graduate Kelly Mendez recently was named the 2012 recipient of the Dr. James H. Griffith Community Service Award at PSC. She received the award during the August meeting of the PSC Board of Trustees. The award is named[Read More…]

Roosevelt University Debuts New Debate Society

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2015.  A student debate society with big plans for competing against top college debate teams from around the country has been established and is hitting the ground running this semester at Roosevelt University. The Rooseveltian Debate Society already has won several matches against debate teams from the University[Read More…]

Governors State University to Host Freshman Friday November 13

University Park, IL –(ENEWSPF)—November 3, 2015. Admission to a four-year university for highly qualified students has been streamlined at Governors State University with a program called Freshman Fridays. Attending the session, providing the appropriate documentation and meeting the qualifications enables graduating seniors to apply to GSU and receive an instant[Read More…]

Unitarian Universalist Community Church to Host Special Showing of the Exciting New Documentary ‘This Changes Everything’ on Nov. 13

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—November 3, 2015. The Unitarian Universalist Community Church (UUCC), 70 Sycamore Drive, Park Forest, will host a special showing of the exciting new documentary ‘This Changes Everything’ on Friday, November 13 at 7 p.m. A lively discussion will follow the film. What if confronting the climate crisis is[Read More…]

DePaul University to Begin Construction on New Home for School of Music

A new School of Music building on DePaul University’s Lincoln Park Campus will include teaching studios, rehearsal space, a concert hall, two recital halls and a jazz hall. The design of the 185,000-square-foot facility by Chicago architectural firm Antunovich Associates, Inc., is dedicated to music teaching and performance. (Architectural rendering[Read More…]

Roosevelt University Group Makes Voice Heard in New United Nations Campaign

Pictured above, from left, are MPA student James David Combs, MBA student Rachel Dalton, MPA student Mary Andoh and MBA student Amanda Hong. Not pictured but attending the rally is MBA student Shanti Patel. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 2, 2015.  Seventeen universal goals that could make the world a better place for all are uniting a Roosevelt[Read More…]

Roosevelt University Forensic Accounting Students Receive Scholarships

Pictured above at an ACFE event are: Peg Berezewski, ACFE Chicago Chapter Secretary, Roosevelt students Ewa Anikiej, Aliya Arslanbayeva, Darlene Morris-Fullerton, Guadalupe Cotto, Colin McVisk and Patricia Greenfeld and James Scordo, Jr.,  ACFE Chicago chapter membership director. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 2, 2015.  Roosevelt University forensic accounting students have won eight of nine scholarships[Read More…]

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