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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Unveils Youth Financial Initiatives

Bureau Releases Report on Teaching Financial Fundamentals and Offers a Tool for Educators Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 7, 2016.  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today unveiled new resources for financial educators including Building Blocks to Help Youth Achieve Financial Capability, a report that presents a new financial capability developmental model[Read More…]

Senator Durbin Statement on Closure of ITT Tech

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–September 6, 2016.  U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statement after ITT Tech announced it will close. The company announced last week that it was no longer enrolling new students. “Every time I looked up at the ITT sign on the side of White Oaks Mall in Springfield[Read More…]

Governors State University to Close its Illinois SBDC and International Trade Center

University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)–September 6, 2016.  As a result of the ongoing Illinois budget crisis, Governors State University will be closing its Illinois Small Business Development Center and its Illinois SBDC International Trade Center effective December 31, 2016. Clients of the SBDC will be notified immediately and referred to other no-cost[Read More…]

Georgetown University Shares Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation Report, Racial Justice Steps

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2016.  Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia announced next steps in the university’s ongoing process to acknowledge and respond to its historical ties to the institution of slavery. In sharing the report and recommendations of the Working Group on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation, DeGioia said that the[Read More…]

Senator Durbin, Rep. Jan Schakowsky Call for Increased Resources for Mental Health Services on College Campuses

CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016.   As students head back to school at colleges and universities across the country, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09) today discussed their legislation to improve mental health services on college campuses. The Mental Health on Campus Improvement Act would make[Read More…]

Donald Trump will Require Patriotism be Taught in Schools. ‘We will Stop Apologizing for America’

OHIO–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016 By Hunter Always saluting. You’ll be saluting so much you’ll be sick of saluting. Donald Trump rolls out his plan for molding the kids today into proper Americans. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump today told veterans from across country that he would require patriotism to be taught[Read More…]

‘Beastly’ Casting Call at South Suburban College on September 29 & 30

SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2016.   The Children’s Theatre Company of South Suburban College will hold open auditions for Michele L. Vacca’s unique adaptation of the classic fairy tale, Beauty and the Beast. The auditions will take place on September 29 and 30, beginning at 7:00 p.m. Readings will[Read More…]

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