Emanuel Administration Will Triple Full-Day Pre-K Classrooms by 2019 CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 6, 2015. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced today that the City of Chicago has been awarded $600 million for early childhood education programming over the next five years. While peer cities such as New York and Los Angeles were asked to[Read More…]
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‘Rooted in Soil’ Connects Art, Environmental Science
DePaul Art Museum exhibition features 15 artists, debuts January 29 Photographer Jane Fulton Alt’s series “The Burn” includes this photo, “March 19, 2009, 4:29pm,” and shows destruction and new growth fueled by fire. Alt’s work will be on display and she will lead two photography workshops as part of the[Read More…]
Lincoln University of Missouri Announces Fall 2014 Dean’s List
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.–(ENEWSPF)–January 5, 2015 – Lincoln University of Missouri is pleased to release the names of students who qualified for the Fall 2014 Dean’s List. In order to qualify for the Dean’s List a student must acquire at least a 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale, with[Read More…]
The Children’s Theatre Company of South Suburban College to Present ‘Sleeping Beauty’
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL–(ENEWSPF)—January 5, 2015. The Children’s Theatre Company of South Suburban College (SSC) is producing a play geared for young audiences in January. ‘Sleeping Beauty’ will run on Saturdays, January 10 and 17, 2015, at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., and Monday through Friday, January 12th through January 16th at[Read More…]
Rich East Speech Team Tones its Oratory Skills
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Rich East Rocket Speech team has kicked off its 2014-2015 impressively. At the season-opening recently at the prestigious Reavis High Tournament, the Rockets soared. Among the competitors who scored high were: Christian Williams represented the team in Informational Speaking and earned a "five" in one of the[Read More…]
Rich East Business Professionals of America Scored High In Area Competition
The 2014-2015 Rich East High School Business Professionals of America Team. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Picking up where they left off last year, the Rich East High School Business Professionals of America scored high at last week’s PBA sectional competition meet. Out of the 26 who competed, 14 qualified[Read More…]
Professor Salaita’s Attorneys Praise Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee Findings
New York –(ENEWSPF)—December 26, 2014. In response to findings and recommendations released today by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Senate Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure (CAFT) with respect to our client Steve Salaita, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement: The Committee on Academic[Read More…]
Roosevelt University and Mikva Challenge Partner to Help Teens Succeed
(Pictured above are representatives from the two institutions including, from left: Israel Vargas, assistant provost for college access and targeted recruitment programs; June Lapidus, Roosevelt associate professor of economics; Brian Brady, executive director of Mikva Challenge; Douglas Knerr, executive vice president and provost at Roosevelt University; Cynthia Barron, former principal[Read More…]
Prairie State College Delivers Handmade Gifts to Manteno Veterans Home
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2014. Dr. Loretta Kucharczyk, director of the first year experience at Prairie State College (PSC), helps load a college vehicle with the items made during the yearlong PSC Knits for Vets project. The goal of the project was to provide a handmade gift for each of[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Says ECMC’s Push For Mandatory Arbitration Is Straight From For-Profit College Industry Playbook
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—December 19, 2014. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today said that the Department of Education should not allow ECMC Group to include mandatory arbitration agreements in student enrollment documents. In his letter to ECMC, Durbin called the tactic “alarmingly similar” to those used by the for-profit college industry[Read More…]
