Optimum Employment Pilot Program Creates Groundbreaking Full-Year Employment Opportunity for Unemployed Talent in Chicagoland by Linking Seasonal Jobs CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. Skills for Chicagoland’s Future—a public-private partnership working to match businesses that have current, unmet hiring needs with qualified, unemployed job seekers—announced today a new partnership with Divvy, operated by[Read More…]
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New Art Exhibition on Display at South Suburban College Through April 21
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 28, 2014. The Art & Design Department of South Suburban College (SSC) is pleased to present a new exhibition titled “News That Stays News” in the Dorothea Thiel Gallery on SSC’s Main Campus in South Holland. The art works–created separately by Burleigh Kronquist and Jenny Roberts–are on[Read More…]
Sexting, Shapchat and Sating in a Digital World: Teatro Luna brings ‘Generation Sex to Governors State University’s Center for Performing Arts
University Park, Ill.—(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014 – Technology has significantly changed the dating scene. Chicago’s Teatro Luna theater company explores the subject with their latest show, “Generation Sex,” which comes to the stage at Governors State University’s Center for Performing Arts April 11 at 8 p.m. With “Generation Sex,” Teatro Luna[Read More…]
Roosevelt University English Professor Receives Fulbright to Teach in Denmark
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. Roosevelt University professor Lawrence Howe has been selected by the Fulbright Scholars Program to teach American Studies during the coming academic year in Denmark. Howe, professor of English and chair of the Department of Literature and Languages in Roosevelt’s College of Arts and Sciences, will be Distinguished[Read More…]
Lincoln Trio to Perform Works by Students on April 6 in Roosevelt University’s Ganz Hall
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. One of Chicago’s most celebrated music ensembles, the Lincoln Trio, will perform works for violin, cello and piano written by composition students at Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts (CCPA) at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 6 in the University’s seventh-floor Ganz Hall, 430 S. Michigan Ave.,[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel More Than Doubles Jobs And Training For Formerly Incarcerated Individuals Since Taking Office
City will provide critical jobs, training and support to nearly 2200 formerly incarcerated individuals in 2014 CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced today that the City is making significant investments in programs that serve formerly incarcerated individuals, providing critical jobs, training, and support to nearly 2,200 individuals, more than[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Celebrates Life of César Chávez as Biographical Film Opens
New Movie Highlights Chávez’s Fight for Fair Wages CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn today honored the life of César Chávez as millions of moviegoers across the nation prepare see the film biography of the legendary activist. The Governor also proclaimed March 31 as César Chávez day in Illinois, and[Read More…]
Voices of Triumph Concert on April 19 to Benefit Leukemia Research Foundation
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 28, 2014. The Voices of Triumph of the First Baptist Church will host a benefit concert in honor of Phillip “Poppie” Gaston on Saturday, April 19, at 4 p.m., at First Baptist Church, 80 N. Orchard in Park Forest, Illinois. Admission is free for the concert. A[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, March 28, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. Doc Fix Prevents Cuts to Medicare Providers for a Year On Thursday, the House approved a so-called “doc fix” bill that serves as a temporary solution to an ongoing structural problem in the formula used to determine Medicare funding levels. After hours of uncertainty over whether[Read More…]
Education Official: Profits from Student Loan Program ‘Are Used To Fund Government Generally’
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. At a Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing yesterday on strengthening the federal student loan program for borrowers, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren questioned witnesses about the profits the government makes off the student loan program and the Department of Education’s lax[Read More…]
