CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2014. Prairie State College (PSC) is celebrating Earth Week from Monday, April 21, through Saturday, April 26. There are several exciting events scheduled during the week that are intended to help PSC students, faculty, and staff, as well as the PSC community, understand about pressures on the[Read More…]
Schools
Matteson School District 162, Southland College Prep Charter High School Awarded Grant to Improve Physical Education, Nutrition and Health Programs
3-Year $ 557,075 U.S. Office of Education Grant to Improve Physical Education, Nutrition and Health Programs; Seven Government Agencies, Higher Education Community Partners to Participate RICHTON PARK, IL.—(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2014—Matteson Elementary School District 162 and Southland College Prep Charter High School, together with seven local government agencies and higher education[Read More…]
Three Roosevelt University Students Awarded for Social Justice Work
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2014. A Roosevelt University graduate elementary education student and two undergraduate students are being recognized by the prestigious Matthew Freeman Social Justice awards program, which annually highlights exemplary work by students who further the University’s social justice mission on campus and in the community. Jenine Wehbeh, 25, of[Read More…]
South Africa’s Ambassador to U.S. is May 2 Commencement Speaker at Roosevelt University
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2014. Roosevelt University announced today that Ebrahim Rasool, South Africa’s Ambassador to the United States, will deliver the Commencement address and receive an honorary doctoral degree at the University’s 2 p.m. Commencement ceremony on May 2. The ceremony is for graduates of Roosevelt’s Walter E. Heller College of[Read More…]
Nation’s First African American Neurosurgeon is Commencement Speaker at Roosevelt University
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2014. Roosevelt University announced today that Alexa Canady, the first African American woman in the United States to become a neurosurgeon, will deliver the Commencement address and receive an honorary doctoral degree at the University’s 10 a.m. Commencement ceremony on May 2. The ceremony is for graduates of[Read More…]
Seeking Employers and Job Seekers for Community Job Fair May 20th at South Suburban College
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 15, 2014. South Suburban College and Thornton Township are partnering to offer a 2014 Community Job Fair on Tuesday, May 20th from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. This free event is open to the public and will be held in the South Suburban College Fitness Center at[Read More…]
Roosevelt University to participate in Bike2Campus Week, April 21-25
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2014. Roosevelt University is one of 10 higher education institutions in the Chicago area that will be participating in the Chicago Network of Sustainability in Higher Education’s first-ever Chicagoland Bike2Campus Week being held April 21-25. Roosevelt students, faculty members, administrators and staff are invited to take part[Read More…]
Video and Story: South Suburban College Men’s Basketball Team Collects Accolades, Visits Board of Trustees
The South Suburban College Men’s Basketball Team presented their team accolades to college Chairman Frank Zuccarelli (center with trophy) and the Board of Trustees at their April meeting. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) South Holland, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The South Suburban College (SSC) Men’s Basketball Team presented the Board of Trustees with trophies the Bulldogs[Read More…]
It’s Not Too Late to Support South Suburban College Foundation Scholarship Fundraiser
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)—April 11, 2014. Each year the South Suburban College Foundation (SSCF) has an annual spring gala from which all proceeds benefit scholarship programs. The SSCF is still seeking support from local partners for Showcase 2014: SSC Global, a dinner-dance-auction fundraiser to be held on April 25, 2014,[Read More…]
Meet Matthew Wagner, Rich East Stellar Student
Matthew Wagner, Rich East Stellar Student. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- This is another in a series of stellar students from "The Class of 2014" at Rich East High School in Park Forest, Ill. All students were given a series of the same questions. All responses are in their exact[Read More…]
