University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Governors State University will receive a two year, $1.7 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to establish an Early Head Start Program at the Family Development Center (FDC). According to Carol Morrison, Executive[Read More…]

Richton Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Rich Central and Rich South High School and Brooks Junior High Band Departments will present world renown drummer Lewis Nash with the NIU Jazz Ensemble on Friday, April 9, 2010. The performance will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the Rich South High School Performing Arts Center, 500[Read More…]

University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Office of Career Services at Governors State University is sponsoring a career fair featuring employers in the field of criminal justice. Current students, alumni, and community members interested in finding employment in law enforcement, the criminal justice system, and related fields are encouraged to attend. Potential[Read More…]

University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Governors State University will host Instant Decision Day: An Undergraduate Open House on Saturday, March 27, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The free event is open to all students looking to transfer into one of GSU’s bachelor’s degree completion programs. Prospective students are encouraged to bring[Read More…]

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2010.  The College Illinois! 529 Prepaid Tuition Program has partnered with the Chicago Wolves to put fears about how to pay for college on ice, offering Wolves hockey fans the chance to learn about how to save for college the prepaid way at two upcoming events March 7[Read More…]

Chapel Hill, NC–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2010.  More than one-half of school districts that randomly drug test their students impose punitive punishments for test failures that are contrary to federal advisory guidelines, according to a national study published in the Journal of School Health and summarized in the January 2010 online edition[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2010.  Today the Department of Education announced that 15 states and the District of Columbia will advance as finalists for phase 1 of the Race to the Top competition. Race to the Top is the Department’s $4.35 billion effort to dramatically re-shape America’s educational system to better[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2010.  In response to a recent government investigation that found widespread allegations that children were being abused through misuses of restraint and seclusion in classrooms, the U.S. House of Representatives today approved bipartisan legislation to protect children from inappropriate uses of these practices in schools. The Keeping[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 3, 2010.  Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that the Department of Commerce (DOC) has awarded $22,534,776 through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois to build 187 miles of fiber-optic broadband network in Urbana, Champaign,[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 2, 2010.  With child obesity and child hunger both on the rise, Congress has a critical opportunity to help children be healthy and succeed in school by improving access to and the quality of the U.S. child nutrition programs and the Women Infants and Children (WIC), witnesses told[Read More…]