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PSC Awards Inaugural Hall of Honor Recognition

From left to right: Jim Troutman, Sally Haywood, Glen Stehr (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- In its 52-year history, Prairie State College (PSC) has employed many individuals who have committed time and energy to help shape its mission, values, and reputation throughout the community. In order to pay tribute to[Read More…]

GSU Offers a Variety of Free Counseling Services

University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Free individual, couples, family, and career counseling is available at Governors State University (GSU). The Division of Psychology and Counseling at GSU offers free, confidential counseling as a service to the community and as part of its training program for advanced graduate counseling students. Counseling services assist[Read More…]

Learning Achievement Center at PSC

Prairie State College Opens New Learning Achievement Center for African American Males

(PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Prairie State College (PSC) president Dr. Eric Radtke (left) and PSC students Delvin Jones (center) and Jawan Savage (right) cut the ribbon on the college’s new Learning Achievement Center (LAC). The 1,874 square-foot space is designed to support the academic achievement and persistence of African[Read More…]

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Photographer of the Year Student Show Opens at PSC

An untitled photograph by Michelle Cox. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– As a photographer, Michelle Cox’s primary goal is to shed light on forgotten places and things and use them as components of stories. Her passion for bringing abandoned places back to life earned her the Prairie State College (PSC)[Read More…]

President Obama Back to School Speech, 2010

Philadelphia, PA–(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2010.   As Prepared for Delivery— Hello Philadelphia! It’s wonderful to be here. Today is about welcoming all of you and all of America’s students back to school – and I can’t think of a better place to do it than Masterman. You’re one of the best schools[Read More…]

Remarks by President Obama to NCAA Champion Student Athletes

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2010 – 5:46 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Hello, everybody.  (Applause.)  Well, it’s good to see — boy, this is a healthy-looking group here.  (Laughter.)  It is wonderful to see you.  Welcome to the White House. I want to thank all the teams that have traveled from all[Read More…]

Reading Tutoring Available at GSU

University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Governors State University’s Graduate Program in Reading is sponsoring The Literacy Zone, a reading tutorial program for students in grades six through high school, on Tuesdays, from September 14 through November 30, from 4:45 to 6:30 p.m. This one-to-one program brings students experiencing reading problems together with[Read More…]

GSU Hosts Student Art Exhibit

University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Visual Arts Gallery at Governors State University is pleased to present “Figures in Abstraction,” an exhibit of oil paintings by Karen Keorpes of Orland Park. This solo exhibit will open on August 31, and run through September 8. An opening reception celebrating the art and the[Read More…]

GSU’s College of Business Welcomes New Faculty

University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The College of Business and Public Administration (CPBA) at Governors State University welcomes six new faculty members. They represent a wide range of experience, both in and out of the classroom, and strong backgrounds in research, management, finance, entrepreneurship, and the law. The new faculty members are:[Read More…]

District 163 Part of South Cook Math Initiative

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Park Forest-Chicago Heights School District 163 is participating in the South Cook Math Initiative with SCISC-IV (South Cook Intermediate Service Center), Rich High School District 227 and a number of the high school feeder school districts to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics in sixth through[Read More…]

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