Oak Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—November 27, 2013. The South Suburban College Business & Career Institute (BCI), funded by the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity, presents a free workshop for developing and reviewing performance-based submittals for IECC code compliance. The workshop will provide an introductory understanding of the home energy[Read More…]
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DePaul MBA Students Bring Business Tools to Rebuild New Orleans Economy
Kellstadt Graduate School of Business service trip grows in its 7th year Continuing an annual tradition, 29 members of DePaul’s full-time MBA class of 2015 will volunteer this December to be pro-bono consultants for small businesses still rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—November 25, 2013. Rebuilding a business[Read More…]
Prairie State College Professor Elighie Wilson Named Sandford Presidential Award Recipient
Chicago Heights, IL—(ENEWSPF)—November 25, 2013. Prairie State College (PSC) Communications Professor Elighie Wilson was named the 2013 recipient of the W.P. Sandford Presidential Award given out by the Illinois Communication and Theatre Association (ICTA). Wilson received the award during the 2013 ICTA conference. The award is the highest award presented[Read More…]
Celebrate the Holidays with the Music of South Suburban College
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL—(ENEWSPF)—November 22, 2013. South Suburban College is hosting a series of holiday performances in the Kindig Performing Arts Center (unless otherwise noted) at the college’s Main Campus at 15800 State Street, South Holland, Illinois. All of the following events are free of charge; donations to the Music Scholarship[Read More…]
GSU: Walgreen’s Healthcare Clinic Offering a $7,000 Student Scholarship
(Left and right) Wyvon Blackwell, Lecturer, Department of Nursing; Cathy Moynihan, Market Manager, Chicago South/Walgreen’s Healthcare Clinic; Nancy MacMullen, Nursing Department Chair; Elizabeth Cada, Dean of the College of Health and Human Services; Deborah Bordelon, GSU Provost; Donna Calvin, Assistant Professor, Family Nurse Practitioner Coordinator. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)-[Read More…]
University of Oregon Receives Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for Research in Global Health and Development
EUGENE, Oregon–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2013 — The University of Oregon announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Richard Chartoff, research professor in the University of Oregon Department of Chemistry and director of the Polymer Characterization and Thermal Analysis[Read More…]
Salt Creek Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’ ushers in the Holiday Season at GSU Center for Performing Arts
Images of the Salt Creek Ballet’s "The Nutcracker." (IMAGE SUPPLIED) University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A beloved holiday classic is returning to Governors State University on Saturday, December 7, “The Nutcracker,” performed by Salt Creek Ballet, returns to the Center for Performing Arts for two shows, at 1 and 5 p.m. “The Nutcracker” is[Read More…]
White House Fact Sheet: Youth CareerConnect Grants
Building America’s Next Generation Workforce Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 19, 2013. To compete in today’s global economy, America’s students need deep knowledge and skills that will prepare them for college and the jobs of the future. Yet far too many of America’s students are not meaningfully engaged or motivated in their academic[Read More…]
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Celebrates 286 Schools as 2013 National Blue Ribbon Schools
Seven principals honored with Terrel H. Bell Awards for outstanding leadership Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 19, 2013. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today honors 286 schools as the 2013 National Blue Ribbon Schools at an awards luncheon at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. The award honors public and private[Read More…]
The Reading Express Pulls Into Park Forest Library
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- As the Beacon Hill Primary Center first graders entered “The Village of Dancing Fire” their eyes were drawn to the lone teepee that stood before them and the small campfire flickering beside the teepee. With a little make believe, the staff at the Park Forest Library had[Read More…]
