CCC’s Partnership with One Million Degrees is Part of Larger Effort to Ensure Students at All Seven City Colleges Complete and Move on to Further College and Careers CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 30, 2014.  Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced today the expansion of a partnership between City Colleges of Chicago and One Million Degrees[Read More…]

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—May 30, 2014. The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the 2014 & 2015 Intelligence Authorization Act, which included an amendment by Congresswoman Robin Kelly aimed at preparing students at predominately black colleges and universities for careers in national security and intelligence. Kelly’s bipartisan amendment to H.R. 4681 allows the[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2014.  U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has made $3 million in federal funding available to two coalitions – including one led by the University of Illinois – to develop new online tools to inform members[Read More…]

Nesreen Akhtarkhavari, assistant professor and director of Arabic Studies program in the DePaul Department of Modern Languages, helped organize a day-long Arabic Literature conference May 31 on DePaul’s Lincoln Park Campus. CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—May 29, 2014. Poetry, song, film and plays will be among the cultural performances at a teacher conference on[Read More…]

Kayla Randolph-Clark leads first group of Dual Degree students to graduation University Park, Ill.—(ENEWSPF)– May 29, 2014 –The first group of students from Governors State University’s Dual Degree Program received their diplomas May 17 at the Tinley Park Convention Center. The group was led by student trustee and commencement speaker[Read More…]

Grant Will Help Bolster Citywide STEM Strategy to Triple the Number of Students with STEM Credentials by 2018 CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2014.  At the White House Science Fair, Chicago Public Schools today was awarded a competitive grant through the US2020 City Competition, which challenged cities and school districts to develop innovative[Read More…]

Award-winning author Sandra Cisneros to give a presentation titled, My Chicago, at DePaul University on June 13. (Photo by Alan Goldfarb) CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—May 27, 2014. Author Sandra Cisneros will discuss her career and award-winning writings in a presentation titled “My Chicago” on June 13 at DePaul University in Cortelyou Commons, 2324[Read More…]

Visits Schools in Rantoul and DeKalb and Fights Against Classroom Cuts CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 24, 2014.  With one week to go left in the spring legislative session, Governor Pat Quinn today continued to push for a responsible budget that properly funds schools and avoids devastating cuts to the classroom. If the Illinois[Read More…]

Student coalition DePaul Divest declares victory in campaign calling for student support to divest from corporations that profit off of human rights abuses against Palestinians. CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—May 23, 2014. Following two months of campaigning at DePaul University, student coalition DePaul Divest have declared victory in a campaign to divest from corporations[Read More…]