CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2015.  The Prairie State College (PSC) Speech Team placed third in the community college division and earned several individual honors during the recent tournament hosted by Moraine Valley Community College. Patrick Sheard of Dolton was named tournament champion in persuasive speaking and received third place in prose.[Read More…]

CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2015. The Automotive Program at Prairie State College (PSC) recently was reaccredited by the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF). NATEF’s mission is to “improve the quality of automotive technician training programs nationwide at secondary and post-secondary, public and proprietary schools.” To be accredited, a school must[Read More…]

Doha, Qatar—(ENEWSPF)—November 4, 2015 – 9:35 A.M. AST MRS. OBAMA:   Thank you so much, Michal.  Good morning, everyone.  It is truly a pleasure and an honor to be here today for this year’s World Innovation Summit for Education. I want to start by congratulating Dr. Yacoobi on winning the[Read More…]

CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2012.   May 2012 Prairie State College (PSC) graduate Kelly Mendez recently was named the 2012 recipient of the Dr. James H. Griffith Community Service Award at PSC. She received the award during the August meeting of the PSC Board of Trustees. The award is named[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2015.  A student debate society with big plans for competing against top college debate teams from around the country has been established and is hitting the ground running this semester at Roosevelt University. The Rooseveltian Debate Society already has won several matches against debate teams from the University[Read More…]

University Park, IL –(ENEWSPF)—November 3, 2015. 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…]

A new School of Music building on DePaul University’s Lincoln Park Campus will include teaching studios, rehearsal space, a concert hall, two recital halls and a jazz hall. The design of the 185,000-square-foot facility by Chicago architectural firm Antunovich Associates, Inc., is dedicated to music teaching and performance. (Architectural rendering[Read More…]

Pictured above, from left, are MPA student James David Combs, MBA student Rachel Dalton, MPA student Mary Andoh and MBA student Amanda Hong. Not pictured but attending the rally is MBA student Shanti Patel. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 2, 2015.  Seventeen universal goals that could make the world a better place for all are uniting a Roosevelt[Read More…]

Pictured above at an ACFE event are: Peg Berezewski, ACFE Chicago Chapter Secretary, Roosevelt students Ewa Anikiej, Aliya Arslanbayeva, Darlene Morris-Fullerton, Guadalupe Cotto, Colin McVisk and Patricia Greenfeld and James Scordo, Jr.,  ACFE Chicago chapter membership director. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 2, 2015.  Roosevelt University forensic accounting students have won eight of nine scholarships[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 2, 2015.  Performing on Broadway always has been a dream for Roosevelt University theatre alumnus J. Michael Finley, who recently joined the cast of Les Miserables and starred last week in a number of performances of the Broadway show. An ensemble member and understudy in the lead role of[Read More…]