Tamara S. Lewis, GSU Student Laureate of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois. (PHOTO 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[Read More…]
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PSC Alumni Featured in Next Art Gallery Exhibit
Untitled by Margaret Patton. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Two Prairie State College (PSC) alumni will be featured in the next Christopher Art Gallery Exhibit, Shifting Paradigms. The exhibit runs November 15- December 15. An artists’ reception is scheduled for Thursday, November 18 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Margaret Patton,[Read More…]
Governors State Wins Governor’s Environmental Sustainability Award
University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Governors State University last week received the 2010 Governor’s Sustainability Award for significant achievements in protecting the environment, helping sustain the future, and improving the economy. GSU was one of 27 Illinois companies and organizations that received the award, but was the only university recognized for its[Read More…]
GSU Hosts Student Regional Table Tennis Tournament
University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Eleven tables, seven teams, 50 competitors, and one day of rapid, high level table tennis competition. It all takes place at Governors State University when the National Collegiate Table Tennis Association Regional Tournament is held on Saturday, November 20. The competition of Midwestern colleges and universities will[Read More…]
St. Lawrence O’Toole Embraces Inclusion Awareness
Kevin Ryan reads to students at St. Lawrence O’Toole on Inclusion Awareness Day. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Matteson, IL–(ENEWSPF)– October 10th was Inclusion Awareness Day. The schools and parishes within the Archdiocese of Chicago were asked to celebrate the inclusion of people of all abilities in fellowship, education, and ministry not just[Read More…]
Rich East Cross Country Ends Season with Strong Showing at Sectionals
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The 2010 Cross Country season came to an end for Rich East Saturday but not without a pair of good runs at the Class 2A Nazareth Academy Sectional meet at Niles West High School. The Rockets’ Dorian Simmons placed 55th, with a time of 18:00.07 and Janiah[Read More…]
Call For Vendors For Arts and Crafts Fair at GSU
University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Governors State University Civil Service Senate is sponsoring a Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair on November 16, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., in the Hall of Governors on the university’s main campus. All proceeds from this event are used for the Civil Service Senate Educational Assistance[Read More…]
Marian Catholic Releases 2010-11 First-Quarter Honor Roll
Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Marian Catholic High School released the first quarter honor roll for the 2010-11 school year. The students honored appear below, beginning with those from Park Forest. Park Forest: Jessica Aguirre, Briana Banks, Lauren Banks, Kyle Brzeszkiewicz, Ashley Cady, Casey Coleman, Alexanna Cox, Holly Dankowski, Timothy Dannels, Amanda Dickman,[Read More…]
Marian Catholic Raises Funds for Breast Cancer
Among the 500 participants in Marian’s “Live Pink, Be Black and Gold” breast cancer fundraiser was Katie Ziltz ’11 (Crete), Jake Lorenz ’12 (Lansing), Jessica Jarosky ’11 (Dyer, IN), Brett Lilek ’12 (South Holland), Uzoma Nwabara ’11 (Olympia Fields), and Chandler Todd ’11 (Crete). (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Roughly[Read More…]
CenterPoint at Governors State University Sponsors Veterans Entrepreneurial Boot Camp
University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- CenterPoint at Governors State University is hosting its semiannual, award winning Veterans Entrepreneurial Boot Camp on Wednesday, November 17, 2010. The event runs from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., with registration beginning at 7:45 a.m. The Veterans Entrepreneurial Boot Camp is offered at no cost to veterans. Families[Read More…]
