Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Prairie State College (PSC) Nursing Department is expecting a baby. The baby will breathe, cry, and need its diaper changed often. And, it will simulate a wide variety of diseases and emergency life threatening situations a baby might face. The little bundle of joy, SimBaby, will[Read More…]
Schools
Governors State Announces 5.8% Tuition Increase for Academic Year 2010-2011
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Board of Trustees of Governors State University has approved a 5.8 percent tuition increase for undergraduates entering the university this fall. The Trustees approved the tuition hike Friday, pointing to a continuing decline in state aid at a time when GSU is experiencing sharp enrollment increases.[Read More…]
Illinois High School Student on Her Way to Washington D.C. for Poetry Out Loud National Finals
Illinois–(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2010. On April 26 and 27, 53 student champions from every state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands will gather in Washington, DC, to vie for the title of Poetry Out Loud National Champion and $50,000 in awards. Representing Illinois as our State[Read More…]
Student Group from Wheaton North H.S. Wins Statewide Radon Video Contest
SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2010. A group of teens at Wheaton North High School are helping spread the message about radon’s health hazards across Illinois through a 60-second YouTube video they produced and submitted to the “2010 Illinois High School Radon Video Contest.” On Thursday morning, the students learned their video won[Read More…]
Public Voting Begins Monday for Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2010. The White House and the Department of Education announced today that voting for the winner of the first annual Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge will begin Monday, April 26. From 8 a.m. EDT on Monday, April 26th through 11:59 p.m. EDT on Thursday, April[Read More…]
Remarks by the First Lady at ‘Let’s Move’ School Visit with Olympians
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2010 – 1:3 A.M. EDT MRS. OBAMA: Well, this is pretty cool, don’t you think? AUDIENCE: Yes. MRS. OBAMA: I mean, right here in your school, in your Multipurpose Room, you’ve got Olympians and Paralympians and reporters and teachers. And everybody is here because of you. Isn’t[Read More…]
Vice President Biden Announces Strengthening of Title IX
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010. Today, Vice President Biden announced that the Administration has issued a ‘Dear Colleague’ letter that withdraws a 2005 interpretation of Title IX policy. Enacted in 1972, Title IX mandates that any educational institution receiving federal funding for programs and activities cannot discriminate on the basis of[Read More…]
Marian Catholic High School Presents ‘GODSPELL’
(PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The stage is set in Monsignor Croarkin Auditorium at Marian Catholic High School for the spring musical production of “Godspell.” Lively, colorful, and lyrical, the cast offers the 1970’s-era hit with some new millennium updates. While the message and the music remain the same, “Godspell”[Read More…]
ISAC Announces Monetary Award Program Suspension
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 20, 2010. The Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) has suspended Monetary Award Program (MAP) award announcements for 2010-2011, effective Monday, April 19, based on record need and the assumption of level funding at approximately $400 million. “For those who apply after the suspense date, it’s like being on a[Read More…]
Rich East Book Fair Raises More Than $600
(PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Rich East students (clock-wise starting from left) Melanie Grey, NaReka Webster, Ashauneti Watts, Tamika Young, and Reyna Santiago (laying down in middle), enjoy reading at the recent Rich East Book Fair. More than $600 was raised for the Rocket English/Reading teachers and students, for books and[Read More…]
