SOUTH HOLLAND, IL–(ENEWSPF)–January 11, 2016. The South Suburban College Baseball Program and Head Coach Steve Ruzich will be conducting Adult-Child Baseball Camps in February for boys and girls ages 6 thru 14. The camps will feature sessions for pitching, catching, hitting and fielding while providing adults and children the opportunity[Read More…]
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South Suburban College Readies For Jazz Festival Concert on Jan. 13
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL–(ENEWSPF)–January 11, 2016. South Suburban College will be hosting their Jazz Festival Concert on Saturday, February 13. The concert will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the Kindig Performing Arts Center. Admission to the event is free of charge. This year’s Jazz Festival Concert will feature performances by the[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel and CPS Announce New Summer Transition Program for All Incoming Freshmen; Summer Intensive Program for At-Risk Eighth-Graders
Funds generated by tobacco tax to provide high school preparation for 20,000 incoming freshmen CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 11, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Chief Education Officer Janice K. Jackson today introduced two new programs designed to ensure that all students begin their freshman year of high school prepared[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel and City Colleges of Chicago Chancellor Hyman Mark the Grand Opening of the New Malcolm X College & School of Health Sciences
State-of-the-art campus completed on time and on budget will prepare students for 84,000 healthcare careers coming to the region over the next decade CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and City Colleges Chancellor Cheryl Hyman yesterday marked the grand opening of the new Malcolm X College & School of Health[Read More…]
A Different Kind of Opera at Governors State University’s Center for Performing Arts on Jan. 24
University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Jauary 7, 2016. Artists from just about every genre have been celebrating the seasons in song for decades. Simon and Garfunkel shared their Hazy Shade of Winter in 1966. Kid Rock made summer famous in his 2008 hit All Summer Long. Folk pianist George Winston developed an almost[Read More…]
Governors State University to Host Freshman Friday Program January 29
University Park, IL –(ENEWSPF)–January 6, 2016. Admission to a four-year university for highly qualified students has been streamlined at Governors State University with a program called Freshman Fridays. Attending the session, providing the appropriate documentation and meeting the qualifications enables graduating seniors to apply to GSU and receive an instant[Read More…]
Gigs Graphics! Art Exhibition Opens at Prairie State College Christopher Art Gallery Jan. 4
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–December 28, 2015. Prairie State College is hosting, “Gigs Graphics!” an exhibition of posters of music events from acclaimed Chicago area illustrators, designers and printers, Jan. 4 through 28, in the Christopher Art Gallery. The gallery is located on the college’s main campus at 202 S. Halsted St. in[Read More…]
Chicago Artists Frid, Rezac, Showcase ‘Complementary’ Works in ‘Split Contemporary’ Opening Jan. 28 at DePaul Art Museum
“Prosodies, #2” was made in 2013 by artist Dianna Frid. Comprised of plaster, pigment, fiber, paper and metal, the piece will be on display as part of the “Split Contemporary” exhibition opening at DePaul Art Museum opening Jan. 28. (Photo courtesy of Dianna Frid) CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2015. With refined[Read More…]
Bipartisan Group of Senators Urges Education Department Not to Use Unsolicited Robocalling for Student Loan Debt Collection Without Evidence of Benefits for Borrowers and Taxpayers
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–December 21, 2015. In a bipartisan letter sent to the U.S. Department of Education (ED) today, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) raised concerns about the newly-authorized use of unsolicited “robocalling” to collect student loan debt. Federal law has[Read More…]
Joint Honor Society Induction at Prairie State College Celebrates Many Student Successes
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2015. Prairie State College (PSC) recently held a Joint Honor Society Induction Ceremony on campus. During the event, PSC students were inducted into one of the honor societies with chapters on campus, including Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, PSI Beta, Alpha Beta Gamma and the National Technical[Read More…]
