Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2015.  The U.S. Department of Education announced proposed regulations, available for public inspection today in the Federal Register, aimed at protecting as many as 9 million college students receiving $25 billion in federal student aid by providing tougher standards and greater transparency surrounding agreements between colleges and[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2015.  A Roosevelt University journalism alumna is a member of a reporting team for a South Carolina newspaper that recently won a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for a five-part series on domestic violence called “Till Death Do Us Part.” Jennifer (Berry) Hawes, who graduated from Roosevelt in[Read More…]

South Suburban College students represented one of the largest contingents at Student Advocacy Day in Springfield. Pictured: SSC students Travis Pich, Jaisyn Passmore, Terry Harris and De’Ondre Smith, SSC President Don Manning, SSC student Tony Walker, HCCTP Coordinator Rebecca Garcia, State Senator Napoleon Harris, and SSC students Ryann Williams and[Read More…]

Urban Prep Seniors Admitted to 180 Colleges and Universities and Received More than $11 Million in Total Scholarship Value Mayor Emanuel Celebrates with Urban Prep Academy Class of 2015. Photo credit: Brooke Collins, City of Chicago. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2015.  Mayor Rahm Emanuel visited students at Chicago’s Urban Prep Academy in[Read More…]

SOUTH HOLLAND, IL–(ENEWSPF)—May 14, 2015. The South Suburban College Bulldogs have advanced to the NJCAA Division I Midwest District Tournament Friday, May 15th to play the host team Kaskaskia College at 12 noon. The winner of the four-team, double-elimination tournament advances to the World Series in Grand Junction, Colorado, May[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2015.  A $132,000 gift from the Clearing Corporation Charitable Foundation will enable 20 undergraduate finance students each year in Roosevelt University’s Heller College of Business to participate in a new training and internship program that will prepare them for careers in the finance industry.  The gift also will[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2015.   Sandee Dwire has spent more than a decade teaching high school after receiving both a bachelor’s degree in social science in 2004 and a master’s degree in history in 2011 from Roosevelt University. (Dwire is pictured above at Roosevelt with Chris Chulos, associate dean of the College[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 14, 2015.  A year-long campaign led by Roosevelt University Associate Professor LaVonne Downey and Roosevelt’s United Nations Association (RU-UNA)  student chapter (pictured above) has successfully engaged the Roosevelt community in raising funds and awareness about the need to immunize children against measles, polio and other diseases. “Roosevelt students who[Read More…]

The Theatre School at DePaul University offers outdoor light shows May 20-22 Lighting design students from The Theatre School at DePaul University will illuminate the façade of the St. Vincent de Paul Parish Church using designs inspired by artists including Vincent van Gogh. The events will be held May 20-22,[Read More…]

Bureau Seeks Information On Industry Practices That Can Create Student Debt Stress WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—May 13, 2015. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is launching a public inquiry into student loan servicing practices that can make paying back loans a stressful or harmful process for borrowers. The issues that[Read More…]