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…]
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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…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes Action Against Student Financial Aid Services, Inc. for Illegal Recurring Billing Scheme
Company to Pay $5.2 Million For Illegally Billing Over 100,000 Consumers WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–July 23, 2015. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a complaint and proposed consent order in federal court against Student Financial Aid Services, Inc. for illegal sales and billing practices. The Bureau alleges that the company,[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Orders Discover Bank to Pay $18.5 Million for Illegal Student Loan Servicing Practices
Discover’s Illegal Servicing Practices Affected Private Student Loan Borrowers Transferred from Citibank WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—July 22, 2015. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took action against Discover Bank and its affiliates for illegal private student loan servicing practices. The CFPB found that Discover overstated the minimum amounts due on[Read More…]
