WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2011.  In a speech to the National Urban League, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today asked the organization to support the effort by the Obama Administration and members of Congress to protect students and taxpayers from abuses within the for-profit college industry. Acknowledging that many for-profit colleges[Read More…]

Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Marian Catholic High School has announced its Honor Roll for the Third Quarter of the 2010-2011 school year. Along with a full complement of co-curricular activities in athletics, fine arts, student organizations and service, rigorous college-prep academics remain the focus as the following “Scholars with a Soul”are recognized[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Works of art created by talented students from five local high schools are on display at Prairie State College’s juried art exhibition. The annual exhibit, titled "Verge," features young artists from schools across PSC’s district, including Homewood-Flossmoor High School, Marian Catholic High School, Bloom Township High School,[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A number of residents of Park Forest-Chicago Heights School District 163 have become more facile with technology and comfortable with its use thanks to the Adult Technology Literacy courses that the school district recently offered to its community residents. “I really felt illiterate about technology,” said Ira[Read More…]

Trustee Ken Kramer (left) and Health Department Director Jenise Ervin listen as Makayla Binkus (center) and Mia Dzienisiewicz explain their science project. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Students from Mohawk Intermediate School in Park Forest-Chicago Heights School District 163 presented science projects to Mayor John Ostenburg and members of[Read More…]

Team takes home 4 gold medals, finishes 3rd overall Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)– Prairie State College’s Forensics Team scored big at the Phi Rho Pi Region 4 Speech Tournament on March 18 and 19 at Moraine Valley Community College, with three members taking home gold medals and the team finishing third[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- What do Beyoncé, the United States Army, and Disney World have in common? They all have students of John Weber, retired music educator, working for them. Weber was recently honored with the Prairie State College (PSC) Howard Luckey Excellence in Jazz Leadership Award at the 23rd Annual[Read More…]

The students shown were recently inducted into the Alpha Delta Nu Nursing Honor Society at Prairie State College. Left to right: Yesina Dukes, Lisa Fremouw, Robert Marsh, Chiara Freeman, and Gabrielle Lewis. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The inspiration to be a nurse can come in many ways as the[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Illinois State Board of Education has awarded 2010 Illinois Honor Roll and Spotlight School designation to Mohawk Intermediate Center for the sixth consecutive year, Beacon Hill Primary Center for the fifth consecutive year and 21st Century Preparatory Center for the third consecutive year. The Spotlight School[Read More…]