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…]
Schools
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…]
Prairie State College Faculty Members to Be Highlighted During ‘Showcase’ Event
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–March 29, 2016. Prairie State College is hosting a Faculty Showcase, featuring outstanding PSC faculty members, from 6 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 5, in the Barnes & Noble College Auditorium on the college’s main campus, located at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. Featured faculty members are[Read More…]
Roosevelt University Computer Science Professor Receives Community Service Award
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2016. Roosevelt University Associate Professor of Computer Science Ray Wright received a community service award in March for supporting an innovative information technology program that regularly brings Chicago youths to Roosevelt for instruction. (He is pictured above, left, receiving the award from the Chicago Chapter of the Black[Read More…]
Roosevelt University’s PsyD Program Recognized for Excellence
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2016. For the fifth year in a row, all of Roosevelt University’s PsyD students applying for competitive internships have received placements. (Many of these students are pictured above with Department of Psychology chair Cami McBride). The continuing success of Roosevelt’s PsyD students in landing prestigious internships accredited by[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Thousands of Illinois Corinthian Students Eligible for Student Loan Relief
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–March 25, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced today that thousands of former Illinois students who attended Everest Colleges are eligible to have their federal student loan debt forgiven by the U.S. Department of Education. The Department of Education announced the relief earlier today for former students of colleges[Read More…]
Governors State University is on the Move with its Dance Company Presenting a Spring Production Dance Festival 2016
UNIVERSITY PARK—(ENEWSPF)–March 25, 2016 – Governors State University students are welcoming spring and getting in the groove with a variety of dance disciplines including contemporary, musical theatre jazz, afro-modern, and hip-hop. The GSU Dance Company’s present’s its second annual spring Dance Festival on April 7 at 7:30 p.m. at GSU’s[Read More…]
Get Ready for Earth Month 2016 at Prairie State College
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2016. Prairie State College, 202 South Halsted Avenue in Chicago Heights, will host the following 2016 Earth Month activities: April 7, 2016 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Atrium Around the World The effects of climate change can be felt around the world. Meet the sustainability club in[Read More…]
Advocate for Music as Change Agent in Prisons and Beyond to Speak April 4 at Roosevelt University
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2016. André de Quadros, an internationally known music professor, conductor and human rights activist who believes music has power to make social change, will speak about the idea of saving the world with music on Monday, April 4 at Roosevelt University in Chicago. A researcher and performer who[Read More…]
String Virtuousos to Perform with Roosevelt University Symphony Orchestra on April 1
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2016. Celebrated musicians Almita Vamos and Richard Hirschl, artist faculty members at Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts (CCPA), will perform with the CCPA Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, on April 1. Vamos (pictured at right), a legendary solo violinist and six-time[Read More…]
