School for New Learning to host film screening, breakfast with commencement speaker Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe, a Ugandan educator who empowers women and girls who survived brutality at the hands of rebels, will give a commencement address for the School for New Learning at DePaul University. (Photo by Jamie Moncrief) CHICAGO[Read More…]
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Waterloo: A defining Battle in Military History
June 18 marks 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo “An Historical Account of the Battle of Waterloo,” written in 1817, gives a detailed narrative of the political events connected to the surrender of Paris and the departure of Bonaparte for St. Helena. (Photo by Jeff Carrion) CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—June 4,[Read More…]
College for Kids and Day Camp Summer Programs coming to South Suburban College in June 2015
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)—June 2, 2015. South Suburban College’s Continuing Education Department is offering courses to help fill the summer days with activities that will entertain and challenge children and young adults. The majority of the College for Kids classes scheduled for this summer will begin the week of June[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Calls on U.S. Dept. of Education to Stop Scammers Targeting Millions of Student Loan Borrowers
Attorney General Urges U.S. Department of Education to Implement Nonprofit Credit Counseling Certification Program to Assist Borrowers Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—June 2, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today called on the U.S. Department of Education to initiate a program to provide certified nonprofit credit counselors for the millions of student loan borrowers[Read More…]
Prairie State College’s Annual Summer Speech Camp Open to High School Speech Team Competitors
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2015. Prairie State College (PSC) is hosting the Seventeenth Annual Summer Speech Camp, Monday, July 6, through Thursday, July 16. The camp meets from 1:15 to 5:15 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays, on the college’s main campus at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights, and is intended[Read More…]
Expansive Visions: Encaustic Works by FUSEDChicago Opening at PSC Christopher Art Gallery June 1
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2015. The Christopher Art Gallery at Prairie State College is hosting “Expansive Visions: encaustic works by FUSEDChicago,” June 1 through July 9, in the gallery, located at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. An artists’ reception is scheduled from 4:30 to 7 p.m., Thursday, June 11,[Read More…]
Southland College Prep Charter High School Holds Second Commencement
Amy Kwarteng of Matteson, the 2015 Southland College Prep Valedictorian. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Become an observer, look at the universe around you instead of focusing on your digital devices, Dr. Mae Jemison, a former NASA astronaut and the first African-American woman to fly into space when she was aboard[Read More…]
Miccosukee Indian School Receives Historic Flexibility to Meet Academic and Cultural Needs of Students
WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2015. U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced today that the Miccosukee Indian School (MIS) has received flexibility from the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), also known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB), to use a different definition of Adequate Yearly[Read More…]
Prairie State College Dental Hygiene Program Promotes ‘Healthy Smiles’ During Annual Event
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 20215. Prairie State College recently hosted the 2015 Healthy Smiles Day on campus. Healthy Smiles Day provides children from a local elementary school with free dental care. During the event, the PSC dental hygiene students and faculty saw 84 children, ranging from first through eighth grade, providing[Read More…]
2015 Bulldogs Baseball and Basketball Camps Coming to South Holland this Summer
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL–(ENEWSPF)—June 1, 2015. The South Suburban College Basketball and Baseball Programs are currently accepting registrations for their summer camps in June. The Bulldogs will host two camps–a Championship Shooting Camp from Monday, June 22nd through Thursday, June 25th from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., and a Championship Basketball[Read More…]
