CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2015.  The Prairie State College (PSC) STEM@PSC program, along with the PSC TRiO program, recently presented “iDiscover STEM Fun Day at Prairie State College.” More than 100 students representing area schools and STEM groups came to PSC to participate in hands-on demonstrations and fun labs. Sponsors for[Read More…]

CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2015.  The Prairie State College (PSC) Police Department, along with PSC students, faculty, and staff, is hosting its annual Halloween Family Fun Fest from 4 to 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 30, in the Prairie Center gym, located on the PSC main campus at 202 S. Halsted St.[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2015.  Jon B. DeVries, director of Roosevelt University’s Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate and an advisor to Roosevelt student teams winning the Midwest Real Estate Challenge in 2013-15, has received a 2015 teaching award from the Harold E. Eisenberg Foundation (HEEF). Recognized for outstanding service and dedication[Read More…]

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 15, 2015. A coalition of undergraduates, graduate students, and adjunct professors will assemble on Friday, October 16 at 3 p.m. at the University of Chicago administration office, 5801 S. Ellis Ave. (quadrangle side of Levi Hall) to demand a living wage of at least $15 an hour for all[Read More…]

UNIVERSITY PARK—(ENEWSPF)—October 14, 2015. Priscilla Cordero, Director of the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Governors State University has been named the Illinois “State Star” by the SBDC national organization. Each year, America’s SBDC recognizes a State Star from each SBDC state network who exhibits exemplary performance, makes a[Read More…]

University Park, IL, –(ENEWSPF)—October 14, 2015. For the fifth straight year, The Chicago Community Trust is supporting the work of Governors State University’s Center for Performing Arts. The grant awarded this season for $50,000 will be used towards GSU Center’s “Made in Chicago” series, which brings the best in Chicago-area[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2015.  Roosevelt University’s St. Clair Drake Center for African and African American Studies will host a lecture October 19 by African American media expert Sonja Williams and will give its first-ever teaching award named for founding Roosevelt University professor Frank Untermyer. The event is from 2 to 3:30[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2015.  Choosing the right direction hasn’t always been easy for Roosevelt University Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) major Ermina Veljacic, who frequently has felt confused and disconnected since fleeing war-torn Bosnia as a child with her parents and siblings. A resident of Chicago’s southeast side since eight years of[Read More…]

UNIVERSITY PARK, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 13, 2015. Governors State University (GSU) has been selected to receive a Title III grant of $1.99 million over five years from the U.S. Department of Education’s Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP). The GSU grant will be used to fund a program called “Integrating Pathways: Student Success and Retention[Read More…]

For-profit college is under investigation by at least three State Attorneys General, the SEC, the FTC & the Education Department’s Inspector General WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)—October 9, 2015. Following the decision by the Department of Defense (DOD) to place the University of Phoenix on probation and prohibit the company from enrolling new[Read More…]