University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Dr. Katie Wix, Assistant Professor of Counseling, has only been an educator at Governors State University since last August, but she has already earned recognition for her work as an educator of school counselors. Dr. Wix was recently awarded the 2016 Illinois School Counselor Educator of the Year[Read More…]
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Senators Urge Dept. of Education to Clarify Legal Protections for LGBT Students
Senators Call for Education Department to Release Comprehensive Non-Discrimination Guidelines to Better Protect Transgender Students in Middle School, High School, and in College Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–May 3, 2016. Today, Oregon’s U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley joined 38 other Democratic senators in urging the Department of Education to release[Read More…]
Senators Urge Education Department to Fully Enforce Key Funding Accountability Provision in ‘Every Student Succeeds Act’
“Supplement, Not Supplant” Provision Ensures Federal Education Funding Provides Additional Programs, Supports, and Services to Help Schools and Students Most in Need” Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–May 3, 2016. United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), along with seven other senators, urged the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to[Read More…]
South Suburban College Students Honored at Phi Theta Kappa Banquet in Springfield
Pictured: Joan Rosen, Brandon Lipkowski, Stuti Sharma, Don Manning SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–May 3, 2016. South Suburban College (SSC) students Stuti Sharma and Brandon Lipkowski were honored at the Annual Phi Theta Kappa Banquet in Springfield on Tuesday, April 19, 2016. Ms. Sharma and Mr. Lipkowski were chosen to represent[Read More…]
The 2016 Prairie State College Community Garden Program
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–May 3, 2016. In 2012, Prairie State College (PSC), 202 South Halsted in Chicago Heights, launched a community garden on campus bringing together students, faculty, staff, and local organizations. Together, the PSC community learned basic gardening skills, including seeding, planting, and harvesting. The community garden was offered in coordination[Read More…]
2016 Governors State University’s Community Garden Plots Now Available
University Park, IL –(ENEWSPF)–May 3, 2016. Gather up all your gardening tools and put them to good use in a plot at the University Sustainable Garden hosted by Governors State University. The sustainable garden gives the university community and area residents a chance to use organic methods to grow[Read More…]
Riverdale Resident Ronnell Tatum Takes His Seat as New Student Trustee at South Suburban College
Songie Adebiyi, VP of Student Development; Ronnell Tatum, Student Trustee; and Frank Zuccarelli, Board Chairman, SSC. SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–May 3, 2016. South Suburban College student Ronnell Art Tatum was sworn in by Marty Lareau, SSC Vice President and Board Secretary, for his first term as the new Student[Read More…]
Roosevelt University Journalism Students to Present Original Reporting on Flint Water Crisis on May 5
Above, Fountain, at right, and his students interview Michigan State Rep. Sheldon Neeley who represents the city of Flint in the Michigan state legislature. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 3, 2016. Eight journalism students who went to Flint, Mich. earlier this year to report on the impact of Flint’s water crisis will share their experiences[Read More…]
Members of United Nations Student Chapter Counting Steps to End Child Hunger
(Pictured above are members of the group. From left, they are: Amanda Hong, Yamna Oussir, Shani Patel, David Combs and LaVonne Downey). CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2016. More than 2,715, 000 steps – some of them routine but all of them meaningful – have been taken since early March by a Roosevelt University[Read More…]
Roosevelt University Psychology Student Wins Social Justice Award for Community Building Efforts
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2016. Psychology major Ashanti McCall believes there is no good story without a struggle, which is why her efforts as a Roosevelt University student have been geared toward helping others. McCall, a resident of Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood, is a peer mentor who works with fellow students having a[Read More…]
