Alumnus P.J. Byrne, stage actress Felicia Fields, James and Catherine Denny to receive awards Television and movie actor P.J. Byrne earned his Master of Fine Arts in acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University and will be honored with the 2014 Alumni Award for Excellence in the Arts. CHICAGO[Read More…]

SOUTH HOLLAND, IL–(ENEWSPF)—October 23, 2014. The South Suburban College’s Adult Volunteer Literacy Program is hosting their fifth annual Family Reading Night event on Wednesday, November 19th from 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center.  The public is invited to join SSC to find out about community literacy[Read More…]

CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2014. May 2014 Prairie State College (PSC) graduate Natasha Wallace recently was named the 2014 winner of the Dr. James H. Griffith Community Service Award at PSC. She received the award during the September meeting of the PSC Board of Trustees. The award is named after the[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2014.  A forum exploring the current state of the Middle East and the U.S. response to ISIS will be held at Roosevelt University in Chicago on Tuesday, October 28. A noteworthy panel of political and academic experts from the Chicago area will participate in a discussion on “The U.S.[Read More…]

“Be Creative: The Campaign for Creative Schools” to Raise $38 Million to Ensure Arts Education Reaches “Every Student in Every Grade in Every School” CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Board of Education President David Vitale and Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett today announced a transformative $38 million arts[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2014.  When five U.S. State Department-sponsored photographers from Jordan visited Chicago in October, one of the places they stopped was Roosevelt University’s Gage Gallery. Members of the Jordanian delegation toured the gallery’s new “Faith, Focus, Flight: A John H. White Retrospective” exhibition, which closes Dec. 20. They learned[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2014.  A graduate of Roosevelt University’s Theatre Conservatory has been named as the principal financial and administrative officer in charge of operations at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company. David Schmitz, a 2001 Master of Fine Arts in Theatre graduate who also has a certificate in Nonprofit Management from Roosevelt[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2014.  Thomas Philion has been appointed dean of Roosevelt University’s College of Education. An accomplished scholar, professor and academic leader, Philion, 52, joined Roosevelt in 1999 and has been interim dean of the College of Education since July 2013. “Tom Philion is a thoughtful and strategic leader who[Read More…]

South Holland, IL–(ENEWSPF)—October 21, 2014. General Registration for the Spring 2015 Semester at South Suburban College (SSC) is now in progress.  Spring classes begin Monday, January 12, 2015, at the college’s Main Campus and Oak Forest Center.  Students are encouraged to register as early as possible to secure their seat[Read More…]

Chicago Light Brigade report accuses Chicago Public Schools, the Department of Public Health and Alderman Moore of failing to inform parents of dangerous school conditions and allowing hazards to continue unaddressed for nearly 1,000 school days. CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 21, 2014. Amid growing complaints unsanitary conditions and inadequate maintenance in Chicago’s public schools, Chicago[Read More…]