3.6 Million Americans have lost benefits, including more than 195,000 Illinoisans Rep. Jan Schakowsky speaking during Witness Wednesday in June about the need to Renew Unemployment Insurance. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2014. A new report from Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) shows the number of people in each[Read More…]
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Prairie State College Trustee Candidacy Petitions Now Available
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2014. Candidacy petitions for two, six-year, non-compensated terms on the Prairie State College (PSC) Board of Trustees are now available. The petition packages can be picked up from the President’s Office, located in room 2270 on PSC’s main campus at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights.[Read More…]
Prairie State College Job Fair Scheduled for October 15
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2014. Representatives from companies and institutions from across the metropolitan Chicago area will be recruiting for full-time, part-time and internship positions, ranging from entry level to professional and managerial levels, at the Prairie State College (PSC) annual fall job fair. This year’s job fair is being[Read More…]
Ta-Nehesi Coates to Discuss ‘The Case for Reparations’ on October 9
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2014. Ta-Nehesi Coates, senior editor and writer for The Atlantic, and author of the magazine’s recent bombshell cover story, “The Case for Reparations,” will discuss the issue, including Chicago’s central role in the article, at 5 p.m. Oct. 9 in Roosevelt University’s 10th floor library, 430 S. Michigan[Read More…]
Eight Roosevelt University Students Selected for New Four Freedoms Fellowship
Pictured above, the Four Freedoms Fellows are (front row, from left to right): Amelia Enberg, Danielle Cooperstock and Christopher Mich and (back row, from left to right): Roselyn Abassah-Manu, Patricia Mickey, Sean Anderson, Connor Reilly and LeeAnn Revis. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2014. Eight Roosevelt University students have been selected for the[Read More…]
DePaul Law Clinic Aids Chicago Immigrants
DePaul University’s College of Law and its Asylum and Immigration Law Clinic assists individuals and Chicago area community based organizations. The Legal Resources Project, which is staffed by Esmeralda Villela (left), Lorena Hernandez, and attorneys Sarah Diaz, Sioban Albiol and Angelica Lopez, provides legal aid for low-income clients and experiential[Read More…]
What It Takes to Serve on the School Board
University Park, IL –(ENEWSPF)—October 1, 2014. If you are thinking of running for your local school board, and would like to know more about the role of the school board member in governing successful school districts, attend this this free workshop. Sponsored by the Governors State University Metropolitan Institute of[Read More…]
Classic Albums Live to Perform the Beatles’ Abbey Road at the Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University on October 25
University Park, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 1, 2014. It’s been 50 years since the Beatles changed rock ‘n roll forever with their first American TV appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in February, 1964. Join us for a trip back in time to the 1960s to experience a live performance of Abbey Road,[Read More…]
Former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge Being Released From Prison While Those He Tortured Continue to Suffer
When Will Chicago’s City Council Pass the Ordinance Providing Reparations for the Burge Torture Survivors? CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 1, 2014. Tomorrow, October 2, former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge is being released from prison and given the opportunity to begin his life anew with the benefit of his police pension funded by[Read More…]
Governors State Online Master’s Degree in Supply Chain Management Among Top 20 in the Nation
Only Illinois program to make bestschools.org list University Park, IL –(ENEWSPF)—October 1, 2014. The website bestschools.org has released its ranking of the top 20 online graduate degree programs in supply chain management – with Governors State University listed among the best. The discipline of supply chain management is critical to[Read More…]
