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…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2014.  Hardworking students deserve the right at an affordable education and protections that help them pay back their students loans, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) said today during a press conference with Senate Democratic Leadership. Durbin spoke about his recent visit to Augustana College in Rock Island,[Read More…]

SOUTH HOLLAND, IL—(ENEWSPF)—May 15, 2014. South Suburban College (SSC) presented their 2014 Academic Achievement Awards in a ceremony last week at the college’s Performing Arts Center.  The annual event for students features the spring Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) national honors society induction ceremony, SSC Foundation (SSCF) scholarship awards, and departmental[Read More…]

SOUTH HOLLAND, IL—(ENEWSPF)—May 15, 2014. South Suburban College recently hosted their annual Spring Tea Awards to recognize employees’ years of service, retirements, and announce the Faculty Appreciation Awards. This year marks the first time SSC has awarded Faculty Appreciation Awards, something that will now become an annual  tradition under direction[Read More…]

SSC offering 50% discount for summer classes at Oak Forest Center. South Holland, IL—(ENEWSPF)—May 14, 2014. Open Registration for the Summer 2014 Semester at South Suburban College (SSC) remains in progress.  Summer class sessions begin Monday, June 2nd and Monday, June 9th at the college’s Main Campus and Oak Forest[Read More…]

University Park, Ill.—(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2014 – Attorney and award-winning author Scott Turow and jazz musician and composer Orbert Davis will be guest speakers and honorary degree recipients at Governors State University’s commencement ceremonies May 17. Turow is the author of nine best-selling works of fiction, including “Presumed Innocent” and, most[Read More…]

University Park, Ill.—(ENEWSPF)–May 13, 2014 – Author and attorney Scott Turow will deliver a special guest lecture entitled “How I Got to be Two Things,” Friday, May 16 at 3 p.m. in  Governors State University’s Sherman Music Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public and there will[Read More…]

The Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, president of DePaul University, left, met with Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani, chairman and CEO of Al Faisal Holding, in Doha, Qatar, on Dec. 15. DePaul University in Chicago and Al Faisal, recently announced an agreement toward a long-term collaboration that supports entrepreneurship and[Read More…]

University Park, Illinois—(ENEWSPF)—May 13, 2014. The Secretary of State’s Mobile Service Unit will be at Governors State University on Tuesday, May 20, from 1 to 7 p.m., in the Hall of Governors. Services available at the mobile service unit include driver’s license and State ID renewal, replacement, and corrections; vehicle[Read More…]