CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2016. Spike Lee’s most recent film, Chiraq, continues to be controversial in large part because of its name suggesting Chicago is a warzone, similarly to Iraq. The Rev. Michael Pfleger (above) and Roosevelt University Journalism Professor John Fountain (right) both have frequently spoken publicly about the film and its[Read More…]
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South Suburban College BCI Presents Elevation Leadership Summit on April 25
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL–(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2016. The South Suburban College Business & Career Institute (BCI) presents an Elevation Leadership Summit: Taking Faith-Based and Non-Profit Leadership to Loftier Heights! on Monday, April 25th from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. This conference will be held in the South Suburban College Performing Arts[Read More…]
South Suburban College To Host Art Exhibition Graphic Designers Collaborate: Attention to Detail Featuring the ‘Iowa Insect Series’
SOUTH HOLLAND –(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2016. South Suburban College’s Dorothea Thiel Gallery will host an exhibition of 10 large-scale digital montage images from the “Iowa Insect Series,” a collection of artworks created in collaboration between graphic design professors Roy R. Behrens and David M. Versluis. The exhibit, Graphic Designers Collaborate: Attention[Read More…]
South Suburban College Foundation Seeks Support For Scholarship Fundraiser Gala on April 29
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2016. Each year the South Suburban College Foundation (SSCF) has an annual spring gala from which all proceeds benefit scholarship programs. The SSCF is now seeking support from local residents, friends and partners for Showcase 2016: Dreams & Destinations, to be held on April 29,[Read More…]
South Suburban College to Host Live First District Court Oral Arguments at 3rd Annual Law Day on April 29th
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2016. The South Suburban College Legal Studies Department will host their third annual Law Day on Friday, April 29, 2016. This year’s event will feature a special live court case. Oral arguments for a real criminal First District Appellate Court case will be heard in[Read More…]
Founders of Black Lives Matter to Speak Monday, April 4 at Roosevelt University
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2016. Opal Tometi and Alicia Garza, two of the three women who started the Black Lives Matter Movement, will speak about their experiences in founding and moving the organization forward at 7 p.m. on Monday, April 4 at Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. (They are pictured[Read More…]
Prairie State College Student Honored With National Scholarship Award
Prairie State College student Juan Cazares (left) recently was named one of only 20 high school and college students to receive the 2016 Dr. Juan Andrade Scholarship for Young Hispanic Leaders. He is congratulated by Dr. Andrade (right) during the 2016 United States Hispanic Leadership Institute (USHLI) Conference in Chicago.[Read More…]
The Theatre School at DePaul University Presents ‘Peter Pan and Wendy’
The production of “Peter Pan and Wendy” opens April 21 and runs through May 28 at DePaul’s historic Merle Reskin Theatre. (Grip Design artwork) CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2016. The Theatre School at DePaul University will present “Peter Pan and Wendy,” adapted by Doug Rand from the cherished J.M. Barrie[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Halts Student Loan Debt Relief Scam
Student Aid Institute Illegally Tricked Borrowers Into Paying Fees for Federal Loan Benefits WASHINGTON, D.C. — (ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2016. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today took action to halt a student loan debt relief scam that illegally tricked borrowers into paying fees for federal loan benefits and misrepresented to[Read More…]
DePaul University Names Architect, Urban Planner as Dean for College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
DePaul University names Guillermo Vásquez de Velasco, an international scholar and designer, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. He will assume his new role July 1. (Photo by Christopher Helms) CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–March 29, 2016. DePaul University has selected an architect and urban planner with three[Read More…]
