CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–November 2, 2015.  Prairie State College (PSC) has several events planned on campus in recognition of Veterans Day next month. Most events are taking place on the college’s main campus at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. The first event is at 8:30 a.m., Wednesday, November 11, with[Read More…]

University Park, IL—(ENEWSPF)– November 2, 2015 – On November 21 at 8 p.m., the Center for Performing Arts will be ‘en fuego’ when composer, virtuoso pianist and master harmonica player, Howard Levy, his long-time comrades in the Latin/jazz/funk/blues band, Chévere de Chicago for a night filled with Latin inspiration. The[Read More…]

            CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–November 2, 2015. Prairie State College is hosting “Action/Reaction,” works by a collective of veteran artists who call themselves Dirty Canteen, Monday, November 2 through Thursday, December 3, in the Christopher Art Gallery, located on the college’s main campus at 202 S. Halsted St.[Read More…]

University Park, Illinois –(ENEWSPF)—October 30, 2015. Making a difference can begin locally and result in broader positive results. Governors State University is celebrating the determination of local people to have a global impact at the ‘Start Something that Matters’ Summit on Friday, November 20, from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., in[Read More…]

Senator joins 54 others in letter urging Senate leadership to take up and pass bill to reauthorize Perkins Loan Program WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—October 29, 2015. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) joined U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Susan Collins (R-ME), Robert Casey (D-PA) and Rob Portman (R-OH) in a bipartisan letter,[Read More…]

Duckworth-Franken CC2C Act will help promote partnerships between businesses and community colleges to close the skills gap Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 29, 2015.  Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) and Senator Al Franken (D-MN) today introduced legislation aimed at closing the “skills gap,” which makes it difficult for small businesses and other employers to[Read More…]

Operation Ripped Off Students and Families Applying for College Financial Aid WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 29, 2015.  Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced it is taking action to halt a nationwide student financial aid scam that allegedly ripped off tens of thousands of students and families across the country[Read More…]

University Park, Illinois –(ENEWSPF)—October 29, 2015. Get an early start on your holiday shopping at the Governors State University Annual Fall Vendor and Craft Fair. Shoppers can beat the Black Friday crowds and shop for one-of-a-kind gifts, arts and crafts, and unique creations on Thursday, November 19, from 10 a.m.[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 29, 2015.  Roosevelt University will host the opening of Mostra VI:  Brazilian Film Series, a 17-day event that screens some of the best in new Brazilian films that have strong social themes in venues around the Midwest. The festival’s opening night gala and the premiere of Getúlio, a film[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 29, 2015. Roosevelt University student composer Heidi Joosten, who is a native of Cameron, Wis., will premiere her first opera, Connla and the Fairy Maiden, on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 in downtown Chicago during Roosevelt’s annual OperaFest celebration. A rising young talent in music composition, Joosten graduated from[Read More…]