New Program Will Train and Create Jobs for 100 Minority Women in the Technology Sector; Creating Demand-Driven and Targeted Workforce Development is a Central Piece of the Plan for Economic Growth and Jobs CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 19, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, UST Global, the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce and Skills for Chicagoland’s[Read More…]
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Governor Quinn Announces Welcome Home Illinois Setting All-Time Records
Mortgage Program Has Helped 2,800 First-Time Buyers Purchase Their Dream Home Since Launch in April CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 18, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn today announced that his Welcome Home Illinois program is setting all-time records in homeownership across the state. Since the program’s launch in April, 2,830 homebuyers in 85 counties have[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at a DNC LGBT Gala
New York, New York–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2014 – 7:36 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Edith, Robbie, thanks for the wonderfully brief introduction. (Laughter.) I mean that sincerely. The day that the Supreme Court issued its ruling, United States v. Windsor, was a great day for America, a clear victory for human decency[Read More…]
College for Kids and Day Camp Summer Programs Coming to South Suburban College June 30th
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2014. 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 College for Kids classes will begin the week of June 30th at SSC’s Main Campus in South[Read More…]
Chicago Street Scenes iPhone Photography Exhibit Opens July 8 at Roosevelt University’s Gage Gallery
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2014. Shooting from the Hip, an exhibit of iPhone-photographed Chicago street scenes by award-winning Chicago Tribune photographer Scott Strazzante, will be on display starting July 8 at Roosevelt University’s Gage Gallery, 18 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. The exhibit of 50 black-and-white photographs shot by Strazzante with an iPhone[Read More…]
Four From Roosevelt University Community Receive Jeff Awards
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2014. Roosevelt University had an incredible presence – and showing – at this year’s non-equity Jeff Awards held in June at the Park West in Chicago. A 2013 Theatre Conservatory alumnus, two artist staff members who work with Roosevelt’s musical theatre students and an assistant registrar for the[Read More…]
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chancellor Cheryl Hyman Name Truman College as Seventh City Colleges Institution with a College to Careers Focus
Truman College Will Serve as College to Careers Hub in Education, Human and Natural Sciences CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) Chancellor Cheryl Hyman announced today that Harry S Truman College will serve as the College to Careers (C2C) hub in education, human and[Read More…]
Kirk, Durbin, Davis, Bustos: We Must Work Together To Improve Our Deteriorating Waterways Infrastructure
Members Urge Illinois Government & Industry to Coordinate Efforts to Join Federal Pilot Program That Could Benefit Modernization of Locks and Dams on Mississippi and Illinois Rivers WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2014. U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Representatives Rodney Davis (R-IL) and Cheri Bustos (D-IL)[Read More…]
Governor Quinn and 1871 Announce Major 25,000 Square Foot Expansion
Move Will Grow Chicago’s Digital Entrepreneurship Hub by 50 Percent This Summer CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn today was joined by 1871 CEO Howard A. Tullman and members of the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center board of directors to announce that 1871 will grow by 25,000 square feet this summer. The[Read More…]
Lagunitas Makes it Official: A Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’ for Chicago and Beyond; TapRoom to Open June 25
Craft Brewery Opens its New BrewHouse to Expand Beer Production Chicago—(ENEWSPF)–June 17, 2014 — Officially opening its new 300,000 square foot Chicago BrewHouse & TapRoom, Lagunitas Beer founder Tony Magee was joined by Governor Pat Quinn and Deputy Mayor Steve Koch and other Lagunitas staffers and entertainers at the new[Read More…]
