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South Suburban College’s Business & Career Institute to Offer Free Small Business SCORE Workshop on Jan. 21 and 28

SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)—January 15, 2015. South Suburban College’s Business & Career Institute and SCORE have once again partnered to bring free business workshops geared for small business developers and owners.  The upcoming two-part workshop–Taking Your Business Idea from Concept to Reality–will be offered January 21st and January 28th at[Read More…]

Prairie State College Nursing Professor Selected for Illinois Board of Higher Education Fellowship

CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—January 15, 2015. Prairie State College (PSC) Assistant Professor of Nursing Tina Parks recently was named a 2015 Nurse Educator Fellow by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.  The purpose of the Nurse Educator Fellowship Program is to ensure the retention of well-qualified nursing faculty at institutions of higher[Read More…]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Releases Safe Student Account Scorecard

Bureau Seeks Comment on Scorecard to Help Schools Avoid Promoting Products with Tricks and Traps WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–January 14, 2015.  Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is seeking input on a “Safe Student Account Scorecard” that would help colleges to avoid partnering with financial institutions that offer checking and[Read More…]

Mayor Emanuel Announces Illinois Institute Of Technology, Exelon And Von Steuben High School Partnership For College Success In STEM

Exelon and IIT Support Valued at $2.6 Million, STEM Partnership Part of City-Wide Goal for Increasing Postsecondary Success in STEM Education and Careers CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2015.  Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced a new partnership today between Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Exelon Corporation and Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center, a Chicago[Read More…]

Urban Education and Social Justice Expert to Keynote MLK Day Breakfast at DePaul University

Award-winning author Bettina L. Love will discuss the hip-hop generation’s role in closing the gap between the civil rights and millennial generations during DePaul University’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day prayer breakfast on Jan. 19. Photo courtesy of Bettina L. Love. CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—January 13, 2015. Award-winning author Bettina L.[Read More…]

New Photo Exhibit on Crime in Chicago Opens Jan. 22 at Roosevelt University’s Gage Gallery

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 13, 2015.  Compelling photos related to crime in Chicago since the 1920s will be on display for the first time beginning Jan. 22 as Roosevelt University’s Gage Gallery, 18 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, continues the Above the Fold: 10 Decades of Chicago Photojournalism series. Running through April 11, “Crime[Read More…]

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