University Park, Illinois—(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2013. The College of Education and College of Health and Human Services at Governors State University have joined forces to present an exciting new program, the Mindfulness and Psychotherapy Certificate Program. The first of its kind in the Midwest, the new Mindfulness and Psychotherapy Certificate Program[Read More…]
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South Suburban College Sustainability Committee Tours Quarry
South Holland college is making sustainability a priority. SOUTH HOLLAND, IL–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2013. Members of the South Suburban College (SSC) Sustainability Committee recently participated in the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) Deep Tunnel & Thornton Quarry Tour during Urban Biodiversity Week. One of the Sustainability Committee’s goals[Read More…]
GSU’s Dynamic Leadership Lecture Series with Father Pfleger and Congresswoman Kelly
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…]
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…]
