University Park, IL—(ENEWSPF)–May 28, 2013 – Governors State University is sponsoring a Dynamic Leadership Lecture Series that is free and open to the public. The featured speakers will discuss aspects of management and governance related to their own lives as successful leaders. The first speaker in the series is Father[Read More…]
Schools
Chicago Public Schools Students On Track To Set Record Graduation Rate This School Year
District attendance rates also projected to rise this year CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 28, 2013. Chicago Public Schools (CPS) CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett and Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced that CPS students are on track to set the highest high school graduation rate ever, with 63 percent of seniors projected to graduate in school[Read More…]
World Premiere of ‘Aureole’ to be Performed by DePaul Symphony Orchestra
Chicago composer Augusta Read Thomas writes energetic work as prelude for Beethoven’s 9th A “mapping” of “Aureole” by composer Augusta Read Thomas illustrates the colorful music written to precede a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. “Shimmering, sparkling, energized and incandescent” are adjectives used by Thomas to describe the sounds. (Sketch[Read More…]
Immigration’s Impact on Students Topic of DePaul University and Facing History and Ourselves Summer Institute June 26-28
Sonia Nazario, Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and acclaimed author, to speak Sonia Nazario, Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and acclaimed author, will speak about immigration’s impact on students at the second annual DePaul University and Facing History and Ourselves Summer Institute June 26-28. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 28, 2013. DePaul University and the international nonprofit organization[Read More…]
Forest Trail of District 163 Inducts NJHS Students
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Forest Trail School in Park Forest-Chicago Heights School District 163 recently held National Junior Honor Society induction ceremonies for its seventh and eighth grade students. The eighth grade inductees include: Aleigh Crowder Kyara Forte Tori Haynes McNary Kaylynn Stovall Phennise Walker The seventh grade inductees include: Jessie[Read More…]
GSU Chooses Two Graduates as Commencement Speakers
Shaniqua Jones and Michael Griffin. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Governors State University will award bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees to approximately 1,500 graduates at its June 8 Commencement. GSU will host morning and afternoon ceremonies at the Tinley Park Convention Center. Two graduating GSU students have been chosen to give Commencement[Read More…]
GSU Awarding Honorary Doctorate to Journalist Maria Hinojosa
Maria Hinojosa. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Governors State University will award bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees to approximately 1,500 graduates at its June 8 Commencement. GSU will host morning and afternoon ceremonies at the Tinley Park Convention Center. GSU is awarding an honorary doctorate to Maria Hinojosa, an award-winning journalist for[Read More…]
Lt. Gov. Simon Tells Prairie State Graduates They Will Reap the Benefits of Their Education
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Addressing a packed house of Prairie State College (PSC) graduates, family, and friends on Saturday, May 18, 2013, Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon thanked all the graduates for investing in themselves and assured them they would reap the benefits of their education. She also recognized the role families,[Read More…]
Two Prairie State College Graduates Named Jack Kent Cooke Scholars
Cecilia Reyes and Nandjui-Yannick Richard Koutouan. (PHOTOS SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Prairie State College (PSC) graduates Nandjui-Yannick R. Koutouan of Chicago and Cecilia Reyes of Chicago Heights both were named recipients of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship for 2013. They are two of only 73 graduating community college[Read More…]
Students Can Begin Planning for College at June 22 Visit Day at Roosevelt University
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 24, 2013. For students beginning their senior year of high school this fall, college is right around the corner. To help those students and their parents get a head start on college planning, Roosevelt University is holding a visit day on Saturday, June 22. “Our visit day is[Read More…]
