ORONTO, ON–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2011. Two members of the faculty at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management were named to the list of the top fifty management thinkers in the world at an awards ceremony held on London on Monday. Dean Roger Martin placed sixth on the list while[Read More…]
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FBI and American Football Coaches Association Team Up to Keep Kids Safe
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The FBI has a new tool to help locate missing children. The Child ID App is the FBI’s first mobile application for smart phones. It makes a parent’s iPhone a convenient place to electronically store photos and vital information on their children so that it is literally right[Read More…]
Governors State University Center for Performing Arts Presents Salt Creek Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’
The Nutcracker at GSU. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Sugar Plum Fairy. A dashing Prince. Swirling snowflakes and twirling candy canes. A child’s Nutcracker who comes to life in a night of holiday marvels. All these beloved characters are coming to the Governors State University Center for Performing Arts[Read More…]
Presidential Proclamation — American Education Week, 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2011. Ensuring our future leaders and innovators receive a complete and competitive education is fundamental to our Nation’s economic prosperity and our role as a thriving democracy. During American Education Week, we acknowledge the central role education plays in our society and resolve to make rigorous[Read More…]
Economic Educators Honored for Success in the Classroom
University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Econ Illinois, the state’s Council for Economic Education, recently presented the 3M “Star in the Classroom” award to three area teachers. The teachers began their participation in Econ Illinois through programs offered by the Office of Economic Education at Governors State University. The award winners were Peg[Read More…]
GSU Graduate Student Uses Physics in Artwork
Artist Tim Vitek with his painting, "Additive Versus Additive/Subtractive." (SUPPLIED) University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- On Thursday, November 17, Governors State University graduate student Tim Vitek of Chicago will unveil a collection of new artwork at the university’s Visual Arts Gallery called “Additive / Subtractive; Sensory Interactions Developed By A Geometric Algorithm.”[Read More…]
Occupy Harvard Joins the Occupy Movement
Cambridge, MA–(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2011. At 10:30 pm on Wednesday, November 9, hundreds of Harvard students and affiliates put down tents to begin an occupation of Harvard Yard. Currently, thirty tents occupy the Yard in solidarity with the global Occupy movement. Earlier Wednesday, around 800 Harvard students, faculty, staff, and community[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama on Head Start in Yeadon, Pennsylvania
Yeadon, Pennsylvania–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2011 – 11:43 A.M. EST Thank you, everybody, please have a seat. It is great to be in Yeadon, great to be in the Philly area. I was told not to mention football at all. (Laughter.) So I’m not going to say anything about football while I’m here,[Read More…]
GSU Lincoln Laureate Honored
Darwin Gordon, GSU Student Laureate of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois. (SUPPLIED) University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Each year an outstanding senior from each of the four-year degree granting institutions of higher learning in Illinois is named a Student Laureate of The Lincoln Academy of Illinois. This year’s Lincoln Laureate from Governors[Read More…]
Prairie State College October Grant Awards Exceed $5 Million
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- In October, Prairie State College (PSC) was awarded several grants, totaling $5.1 million. The grants include several from the federal government, intended for use in the degree programs, and one from the state government, intended for use in the non-credit programs. The U.S. Department of Education Predominantly[Read More…]
