University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Governors State University is hosting Veterans Appreciation Day on Thursday, September 6 at its main campus in University Park. All events are free and open to the public. A Veterans Employment Workshop will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Room D1246. Veterans will get[Read More…]
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PSC Graduate Wins Community Service Award
May 2012 graduate Kelly Mendez (center) recently was honored with the Dr. James H. Griffith Community Service Award from Prairie State College (PSC). She is congratulated by Brunetta Hill-Corley (left), vice chair of the PSC Board of Trustees, and Helen Manley (right), coordinator of student and campus life at PSC,[Read More…]
Marian Catholic Endowment Golf Classic Exceeds Goal – Tops $109,000
Barb Gallagher, Patrice Hanser, Connie Hochstetler and Susan Van Etten ’80 (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– It started with a light, consistent mist as golfers prepared for the 23rd Annual Marian Catholic Endowment Golf Classic on August 13, 2012 at Flossmoor Country Club and Idlewild Country Club. As the day progressed, the[Read More…]
Governors State University Doctorate in Interdisciplinary Leadership Begins Classes in Spring, 2013
University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Governors State University is poised to begin offering its fifth doctoral program, an innovative Doctorate in Education (Ed.D.) in Interdisciplinary Leadership. Classes will begin in Spring, 2013 for doctoral students aspiring to leadership positions in four areas of concentration: school superintendent in preschool to 12th grade; higher[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Announces New Advanced Science Building at University of Illinois at Chicago
Project Expected to Create Nearly 300 Jobs and Boost Illinois Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing and Research CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2012. As part of his commitment to putting people back to work and fueling economic growth, Governor Quinn today announced the construction of the Advanced Chemical Technology Building (ACTB) at the University of Illinois[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Breaks Ground on “Phase Two” of WIU Riverfront Campus
$42 Million in Capital Funding to Add New Classroom Building on the Moline Campus and Create Nearly 300 Construction Jobs MOLINE–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today was joined by Western Illinois University President Jack Thomas, Moline Mayor Don Welvaert, and several state and community leaders to break ground on[Read More…]
NEW VIDEO: Looming Automatic Spending Cuts Threaten Head Start
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2012. As children across the country head back to school this week, the Center for American Progress released a new video highlighting one way looming automatic cuts will impact future school children. With sequestration pending, funding for Head Start, a program of the Department of Health and[Read More…]
Chicago Sky Staff Puts Huth School Students Through Their Paces During Clinic
MATTESON, IL–(ENEWSPF)–August 28, 2012—Led by Julie Bielawski, Chicago Sky youth basketball coordinator, members of the WNBA team’s staff drilled 25 O. W. Huth Middle School students, ages 7- 14, on the game’s fundamentals during a recent clinic at the school. “We focus on helping students build on the basics—ball handling[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel CTA and CPS Announce Free Fare Card Pilot Program
Pilot Program Grew Out of Idea Presented to Mayor By Chicago Youth Commission; Students at Five Different High Schools Will Participate In the Program CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 27, 2012. Mayor Emanuel today announced a new Free Fare Card Pilot program for students in five Chicago public high schools. The Mayor was joined[Read More…]
Governors State Offers Computer Networking Series
University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Computer Network training is now available at Governors State University. The Computer Networking Series offered this fall enables participants to gain career enhancing skills through non-credit courses. Students will receive training preparing them for certifications in Comptia’a A+ and Cisco’s Certified Network Administration. Courses may be taken[Read More…]
