Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Fighting for the rights of her students. That’s just one of the goals that drives Mrs. Debra Thomas, a Special Education teacher at Rich East High School who was recently named a Golden Apple recipient. In a statement, Golden Apple refers to Mrs. Thomas as “… an[Read More…]
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Fall 2016 Registration Open at Prairie State College
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2016. Registration for fall 2016 is open at Prairie State College (PSC). Priority registration for current students began Monday, April 18. Open registration for all students begins Monday, April 25. Credit courses begin Monday, Aug. 22. Non-credit courses include a variety of single-day and multiple-session offerings that[Read More…]
IL House Speaker Madigan: Constitutional Amendment will Help Strengthen State Support for Education
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2016. Speaker of the Illinois House Michael J. Madigan on Monday issued the following statement regarding a constitutional amendment to strengthen education throughout Illinois: “Every student in Illinois deserves an excellent education. By helping our schools deliver a world-class education to our children, we are helping[Read More…]
Higher Education Coalition to Make Funding Push with Springfield Rally on April 20
Group Unites to Urge Lawmakers, Governor to Solve Months-Long Funding Stalemate SPRINGFIELD –(ENEWSPF)—April 18, 2016. Legislators and the governor need to recognize the serious consequences 10 months without state funding is causing for Illinois colleges and universities and end the stalemate now, a higher ed coalition will call for at[Read More…]
Award-winning Author for Immigrants’ Fights to Give Freeman Lecture on April 25 at Roosevelt University
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2016. Margaret Regan, an award-winning journalist and author whose life’s work has been to raise awareness and make change to draconian U.S. immigration practices, will deliver a lecture on the horrors that growing numbers of immigrants and their families face at 12:30 p.m. Monday, April 25 in Roosevelt’s[Read More…]
Roosevelt University’s Mansfield Institute to be Player in Cook County’s First Restorative Justice Court
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2016. Roosevelt University’s Mansfield Institute for Social Justice and Transformation is celebrating a decision by the Cook County Circuit Court to create the county’s first Restorative Justice Community Court in Chicago. An advocate for community solutions, justice reform and a leader in moving restorative justice forward in the[Read More…]
Local Law Firms Support Student Legal Services at DePaul University
Endowment campaign raises more than $100,000 The Rev. Thomas M. Croak, C.M., founding director of Croak Student Legal Services, and current director Sarah Baum at the program’s Lincoln Park office. A recent endowment campaign has raised more than $100,000 to support the program. (DePaul University/Jeff Carrion) CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2016. [Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel and City Colleges of Chicago Announce Three More Universities Join Chicago Star Partnership; Star Applications Up 20 Percent for Fall 2016
Fifteen Chicago universities committed to providing scholarships and transfer assistance for Chicago Star Scholars CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—April 14, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and City Colleges of Chicago Chancellor Cheryl Hyman today announced three additional colleges have joined the Chicago Star Partnership, a group of four-year colleges and universities who have committed to[Read More…]
Roosevelt University’s Israel Vargas honored for Promoting College to Inner City Youths
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2016. Israel Vargas, director of community outreach at Roosevelt University, has been honored as education leader of the year by Minds Matter Chicago, a nonprofit that runs a significant tutoring program for disadvantaged youths. A mentor to Minds Matter Chicago teens, Vargas is responsible for growing a partnership[Read More…]
Latent Demand Shows Intercity Passenger Rail Can Be a Critical Resource for Governors State University Students
University Park, Illinois –(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2016. More than one of every four have taken Amtrak to/from school, almost six of every 10 who have taken the train say passenger rail service is a very or extremely important resource to attend school, and almost all respondents say they would be more[Read More…]
