Extreme Cold and High Winds Force Closure of Schools for a Second Day CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2014.  Chicago Public Schools will be closed for a second day Tuesday due to the extreme cold temperatures and high winds that remain in the area. District officials continue to monitor the weather conditions, but[Read More…]

South Holland, IL—(ENEWSPF)—January 27, 2014. The South Suburban College Business & Career Institute (BCI) presents a Breakfast with BCI Workshop titled “Incorporating Employee Wellness into Your Business,” facilitated by Alexandra Glumac, MS, NCC, LCPC, RDDP, CWA, BCI Client Solutions Specialist.  This event will take place in the Heritage Room on[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 24, 2014.  An exhibition by award-winning photo essayist Matt Eich, who tells the story through his photographs of an Ohio community abandoned by major industry, will be open to the public Feb. 6 through May 10 in Roosevelt University’s Gage Gallery, 18 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. Featuring images of[Read More…]

The annual Chinese New Year gala at DePaul University will be held Jan. 31 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Student Center on the Lincoln Park Campus. (Image courtesy of DePaul Chinese Studies Program) CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 23, 2014.  The annual Chinese New Year gala at DePaul University will be held[Read More…]

All-Year School Study Act Builds on the Success of Alain Locke Charter School in Chicago; Promotes Year-Round Schooling Pilot Programs in Low-Income, Low-Achieving Areas CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 23, 2014.  U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today announced new legislation that would promote year-round elementary and secondary school pilot programs to boost academic achievement[Read More…]

Chicago Heights, IL—(ENEWSPF)—January 23, 2014. Prairie State College (PSC) recently held graduation ceremonies for the Basic Firefighter and Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) programs. The 2013 graduates of the Basic Firefighter program were Chrissy Berrettoni, Brian Hensley, Joseph Hudik, Zachary Chandler, and Stavros Veliotis of Crete; Robert Butterfield, Christian Christmas, Darnell[Read More…]

What will become of the next generation? Is the future fractured? The Healy Theatre will be home to performances of Moth, which premieres Feb. 14. (Photo by Jeff Goldberg) CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2014.  The Theatre School at DePaul University will present “Moth,” as the second production in the Sondra & Denis[Read More…]

University Park—(ENEWSPF)–January 17, 2014 – Good health and useful information are the themes of the panel discussion and community resource fair sponsored by the Southland Human Services Leadership Council at Governors State University, on January 24, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event includes a panel discussion, from 10:30[Read More…]

Ten DePaul law alumni made the Top 100 Illinois Super Lawyers 2014 list: (from top left, clockwise) Miles N. Beermann, Joseph G. Bisceglia, Robert A. Clifford, Philip Harnett Corboy Jr., Kevin P. Durkin, John P. Scanlon, Shawn S. Kasserman, Keith A. Hebeisen, H. Michael Hartmann, Steven B. Towbin and H.[Read More…]