‘Find a Book’ Search Tool Aims to Fight Summer Learning Loss SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2014.  Governor Pat Quinn, Secretary of State Jesse White and State Superintendent of Education Christopher A. Koch today encouraged all students across Illinois to access free online tools designed to promote reading, maintain math skills and inspire[Read More…]

CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—May 21, 2014. Preventive and Predictive Maintenance Equipment Best Practices MET DEMAND™ will be held on May 29, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Prairie State College, 202 S. Halsted Street, Chicago Heights in Room 1315 of the College’s Conference Center. This training will discuss and demonstrate how[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2014.  Roosevelt University will hold its first graduation ceremony ever in Schaumburg, where its first class of graduates from the University’s new College of Pharmacy will receive doctorate degrees in pharmacy and take the oath of the pharmacist. Nearly 70 percent of the 61 inaugural graduating class members[Read More…]

The College of Communication will welcome a new dean Aug. 4. Salma Ghanem is coming to DePaul University from Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, where she was dean of the College of Communication and Fine Arts. (Photo courtesy of Central Michigan University) CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—May 19, 2014. Salma Ghanem, a communication[Read More…]

SOUTH HOLLAND, IL—(ENEWSPF)—May 19, 2014. South Suburban College (SSC) recently added one more graduation to its list of ceremonies this spring with its new Highway Construction Careers Training Program (HCCTP).  On May 10th, SSC presented certificates of completion to 13 of 15 students who enrolled in the pilot program back[Read More…]

Topeka, Kansas–(ENEWSPF)–May 17, 2014 – 6:33 P.M. CDT MRS. OBAMA:  Thank you, guys.  Thank you so much.  Wow!  (Applause.)  Look at you guys.  (Applause.)  All right, you all rest yourselves.  You’ve got a big day tomorrow.  I want you guys to be ready.  It is beyond a pleasure and an[Read More…]

CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2014.  What an interesting path Carine Bah’s education has taken since starting at Prairie State College (PSC) in 2011. And who knows where her career will go once she completes her chemistry studies. Bah moved to Matteson, Ill from the Ivory Coast in 2011. Since she did[Read More…]

CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—May 16, 2014. Two Prairie State College (PSC) May 2014 graduating students were named Phi Theta Kappa All-Illinois Academic Team members. Community colleges in Illinois select two students yearly for the prestigious honor, in recognition of their outstanding academic performance and service to the college and community. Both Daniel[Read More…]

CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2014.  In 2012, Prairie State College (PSC) student Kurt Stremming was moving to a new city and getting married in less than a year. He had an associate degree and certificate in computer programming from Ivy Tech Community College, but he just couldn’t find a job. Stremming’s[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2014.  Can algebra really be fun, important, engaging – even scintillating? With the help of a new three-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, Roosevelt’s mathematics faculty members are aiming to reshape beginning Algebra into a new kind of course that undergraduates, most of them freshmen, can positively relate[Read More…]