“Be Creative: The Campaign for Creative Schools” to Raise $38 Million to Ensure Arts Education Reaches “Every Student in Every Grade in Every School” CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Board of Education President David Vitale and Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett today announced a transformative $38 million arts[Read More…]
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel Announces Results Of City’s Online Community Forum
City Will Implement Three Ideas Submitted by Residents to Support Early Learners and Expand Chicago Public Library Resources; Four New Discussion Topics Launched CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced the results of the first round of CHIdeas, the online community forum launched last month to engage Chicago residents[Read More…]
Freedom Hall Welcomes Steel Guitar Legends ‘The Slide Brothers’ on November 7
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 21, 2014. On Friday, November 7 at 7:30 p.m., Freedom Hall in Park Forest will welcome the critically acclaimed steel guitar legends The Slide Brothers to perform their unique blend of sacred steel, rock and blues. Musicians Calvin Cooke, Chuck Campbell, Darick Campbell and Aubrey Ghent are[Read More…]
Congresswoman Duckworth Announces HUD Grants for Hoffman Estates, Schaumburg and Mount Prospect
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2014. Today, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) announced that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) to Hoffman Estates, Schaumburg and Mount Prospect in the amounts of $251,367.00, $307,536.00 and $271,504.00 respectively. The Community Development Block Grant program provides funding[Read More…]
New Gage Gallery Exhibit Attracts International Visitors
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2014. When five U.S. State Department-sponsored photographers from Jordan visited Chicago in October, one of the places they stopped was Roosevelt University’s Gage Gallery. Members of the Jordanian delegation toured the gallery’s new “Faith, Focus, Flight: A John H. White Retrospective” exhibition, which closes Dec. 20. They learned[Read More…]
Roosevelt University Theatre Alumnus to Lead Steppenwolf Theatre Company
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2014. A graduate of Roosevelt University’s Theatre Conservatory has been named as the principal financial and administrative officer in charge of operations at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company. David Schmitz, a 2001 Master of Fine Arts in Theatre graduate who also has a certificate in Nonprofit Management from Roosevelt[Read More…]
Thomas Philion Appointed Dean of Roosevelt University’s College of Education
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2014. Thomas Philion has been appointed dean of Roosevelt University’s College of Education. An accomplished scholar, professor and academic leader, Philion, 52, joined Roosevelt in 1999 and has been interim dean of the College of Education since July 2013. “Tom Philion is a thoughtful and strategic leader who[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Statement on Positive Economic News
Illinois Led the Midwest in Job Creation in September and Had Second Best Growth in Nation; Unemployment Rate Has Dropped More Than Any Other State in the Last Year CHICAGO –-(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn today issued a statement regarding the latest economic information released by the U.S. Bureau[Read More…]
Spring 2015 Registration Now Open at South Suburban College
South Holland, IL–(ENEWSPF)—October 21, 2014. General Registration for the Spring 2015 Semester at South Suburban College (SSC) is now in progress. Spring classes begin Monday, January 12, 2015, at the college’s Main Campus and Oak Forest Center. Students are encouraged to register as early as possible to secure their seat[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel, Speaker Madigan, Labor and Community Leaders Join ComEd to Break Ground on New Chicago Training Facility
New Site Will Bring Jobs, Train Next Generation of Utility Workers; Facility Will Also Provide Afterschool Career and Technical Training for Chicago Public School Students CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, joined ComEd president and CEO Anne Pramaggiore, Speaker Michael Madigan, State Senator Antonio Munoz, Representative Edward Acevado, IBEW Local[Read More…]
