CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2015. Current Prairie State College (PSC) student and General Education (GED)® graduate Peter Brassea was the guest speaker during the 2015 GED Graduation and Certified Production Technician Safety Certificate Recognition Ceremony recently held on campus. More than 20 students were recognized during the event. PSC offers free[Read More…]
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Prairie State College Offering Free GED® and Spanish GED® Preparation and ESL Classes in Fall Semester
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2015. The Adult Education Program at Prairie State College (PSC) is offering free English as a Second Language (ESL), General Education (GED®) and Spanish GED Preparation, beginning Monday, Aug. 31, at the PSC Adult Training and Outreach Center (ATOC), located on the main campus at 202 S.[Read More…]
Inspirational Roosevelt University Graduate Appointed to Champaign City Council
Photo credit: Robin Scholz/The News-Gazette CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2015. Clarissa Nickerson Fourman overcame incredible obstacles in order to graduate from Roosevelt University’s online Bachelor in Professional Studies degree program in 2012. A ward of the state of Illinois for much of her life, she moved from foster home to foster home[Read More…]
Roosevelt University’s Performing Arts Library Receives Collection for Theatre Students
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—July 30, 2015. Roosevelt University’s Performing Arts Library has received a large collection of theatre-related books, musical scores, CDs and DVDs from the Ray Lonergan Memorial Library of Actor’s Equity Association. Thirty-seven boxes of materials in all were donated. “A lot of this new collection is historical in nature, and[Read More…]
Basic Nurse Assistant Training Classes Starting August 10th at South Suburban College
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL–(ENEWSPF)—July 29, 2015. The South Suburban College (SSC) non-credit Basic Nurse Assistant Training Program (CNA) is running a daytime cohort session from August 10th through October 1st at the Oak Forest Center. Successful completion of this non-credit course is required in order to become eligible to take the[Read More…]
Senator Durbin: We Must Close Loopholes Allowing Millions of Taxpayer Dollars to be Wasted at For-Profit Colleges & Unaccredited Schools
Senator meets with leading advocate for reform of the for-profit college industry WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—July 28, 2015. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today met with Rohit Chopra, former Student Loan Ombudsman at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and current Senior Fellow at Center for American Progress (CAP), to discuss improved[Read More…]
Roosevelt University Professor Named to Juvenile Justice School Board
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 28, 2015. Heather Dalmage, sociology professor and director of Roosevelt’s Mansfield Institute for Social Justice and Transformation, has been appointed to the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice School District 428 Board of Education. An expert on race, education and family and as director of the Mansfield Institute, Dalmage[Read More…]
South Suburban College Bulldogs Student-Athletes Earn Transfer Scholarships
SSC student-athletes sign their commitment letters: Mariah Middleton, Alyssa Gebo, Kelsie Brezinski, Lavell Boyd, Jerry Davis, III, and Tevin Parker are part of at least 16 Bulldogs who will be advancing on to play their respective sports on scholarship in 2015-16. SOUTH HOLLAND, IL–-(ENEWSPF)–July 28, 2015. South Suburban College proudly[Read More…]
Inspired by Student’s Story, Chicago Lawyer Donates Valuable Piano to Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 27, 2015. Nancy Hablutzel was moved to action when she read about violinist Krissy Cooper’s courageous struggle to graduate earlier this year from Roosevelt University in a front-page story in the Chicago Tribune. A lawyer who has practiced and taught disability law in Chicago, Hablutzel understood Cooper’s difficulty in trying[Read More…]
Cook County Sheriff Dart Keynote Speaker for Prairie State College Mental Health Conference on Sept. 17
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–July 24, 2015. Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart will be the keynote presenter during the Prairie State College (PSC) Second Annual Mental Health Conference, “Changing Perspectives and Altering Perceptions: Understanding Mental Health.” The event is scheduled from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 17, in the Conference[Read More…]
