SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)—June 2, 2015. South Suburban College’s Continuing Education Department is offering courses to help fill the summer days with activities that will entertain and challenge children and young adults. The majority of the College for Kids classes scheduled for this summer will begin the week of June[Read More…]
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#TraumaCenterNow! Activists and U of C Alums Say #NoMoreBusinessAsUsual During Univ. of Chicago Alumni Weekend Celebrations
Organizers say University of Chicago doesn’t care about Black lives. Week of actions aims to educate alumni and calls on them to demand that U of Chicago open an adult Level 1 trauma center. CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—June 2, 2015. This week, a coalition made up of South Side youth, mothers, clergy, doctors,[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Calls on U.S. Dept. of Education to Stop Scammers Targeting Millions of Student Loan Borrowers
Attorney General Urges U.S. Department of Education to Implement Nonprofit Credit Counseling Certification Program to Assist Borrowers Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—June 2, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today called on the U.S. Department of Education to initiate a program to provide certified nonprofit credit counselors for the millions of student loan borrowers[Read More…]
mRelief Launches in Garfield and North Area Community Service Centers
With a fully redesigned site and a host of convenience features, mRelief integrates with centers in the north and west side extending it’s reach to more Chicagoans living in poverty. CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—June 1, 2015. mRelief will launch in community service centers, sites that administer public assistance and economic mobility in[Read More…]
Prairie State College’s Annual Summer Speech Camp Open to High School Speech Team Competitors
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2015. Prairie State College (PSC) is hosting the Seventeenth Annual Summer Speech Camp, Monday, July 6, through Thursday, July 16. The camp meets from 1:15 to 5:15 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays, on the college’s main campus at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights, and is intended[Read More…]
Expansive Visions: Encaustic Works by FUSEDChicago Opening at PSC Christopher Art Gallery June 1
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2015. The Christopher Art Gallery at Prairie State College is hosting “Expansive Visions: encaustic works by FUSEDChicago,” June 1 through July 9, in the gallery, located at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. An artists’ reception is scheduled from 4:30 to 7 p.m., Thursday, June 11,[Read More…]
Mayor Rahm Emanuel Congratulates Chicago Blackhawks
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2015 “Chicagoans could not be more proud of our Blackhawks and the resilience they showed during this incredible NHL playoff series. I want to congratulate the Anaheim Ducks on their outstanding performance and a competitive series. But most importantly, I congratulate our Chicago Blackhawks on another conference championship[Read More…]
Mayor Rahm Emanuel Congratulates Chicago Blackhawks
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2015 “Chicagoans could not be more proud of our Blackhawks and the resilience they showed during this incredible NHL playoff series. I want to congratulate the Anaheim Ducks on their outstanding performance and a competitive series. But most importantly, I congratulate our Chicago Blackhawks on another conference championship[Read More…]
Southland College Prep Charter High School Holds Second Commencement
Amy Kwarteng of Matteson, the 2015 Southland College Prep Valedictorian. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Become an observer, look at the universe around you instead of focusing on your digital devices, Dr. Mae Jemison, a former NASA astronaut and the first African-American woman to fly into space when she was aboard[Read More…]
Miccosukee Indian School Receives Historic Flexibility to Meet Academic and Cultural Needs of Students
WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2015. U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced today that the Miccosukee Indian School (MIS) has received flexibility from the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), also known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB), to use a different definition of Adequate Yearly[Read More…]
