Duo by Leonard Ferris. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights , IL–(ENEWSPF)– As a photographer, Prairie State College (PSC) student Leonard Ferris loves to capture people in their environment. His passion for his subjects earned him top billing in the college’s annual Photographer of the Year Exhibit. The exhibit will run Monday,[Read More…]
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Marching Spartans to the 2010 Rose Parade
The Marian Catholic High School Marching Band at a summer practice. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Fund Raising events planned for this weekend Chicago Heights , IL–(ENEWSPF)– The 2010 Rose Parade bound Marian Catholic Marching Band will host fun- and fund-raising events on the Marian Catholic campus this Friday, August 28th and Saturday,[Read More…]
PSC Helps Entrepreneurs Find Their Passion
Jan Sabey. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights , IL–(ENEWSPF)– Although she enjoyed her career as a registered nurse, Janice Sabey always dreamed of having her own business. About two years ago, Sabey decided to retire from nursing and chase her dream. Not knowing how to begin, Sabey, of Frankfort, decided to[Read More…]
PSC Awards 19 Full Tuition Scholarships to Area High School Graduates
Several of the Trustee Scholarship winners participate in a welcome reception. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– This fall 19 Prairie State College (PSC) students will begin their college education knowing their tuition is covered. They are recipients of the college’s Trustee Scholarships. These full tuition scholarships are awarded to graduates[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Makes Two Appointments to University of Illinois Board of Trustees
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2009. Governor Pat Quinn appointed two new trustees to the University of Illinois Board of Trustees. Governor Quinn named Christopher G. Kennedy, president of Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc. and Lawrence Oliver II, chief counsel in charge of internal investigations for Chicago-based Boeing Co. to the board of trustees.[Read More…]
Obama Administration Announces Historic Opportunity to Turn Around Nation’s Lowest-Achieving Public Schools
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2009. Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced draft requirements for $3.5 billion in Title I School Improvement grants to turn around the nation’s lowest performing schools. “If we are to put an end to stubborn cycles of poverty and social failure, and put our country[Read More…]
ACLU White Paper Says Guidelines Needed For Police In Schools
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2009. Allowing police officers to patrol school campuses without specific guidelines outlining their roles and responsibilities can create a harmful environment that unnecessarily pushes students out of school and into the criminal justice system, according to a new white paper released today by the American Civil Liberties[Read More…]
Secretary of State Services at GSU
University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Secretary of State’s Mobile Service Unit will be at GSU on Tuesday, September 1, from 1:30 to 7 p.m., in the Hall of Governors. Services available at the mobile service unit include driver’s license renewal, replacement, and corrections; State ID card renewal, replacement, and corrections; vehicle[Read More…]
Former Rockford Mayor John McNamara Named to Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2009. Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced today that John McNamara, former Rockford Mayor and Vice President for College Development at Rockford College, has been named to the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance. The committee is an independent and bipartisan source of advice and[Read More…]
Secretary Duncan Issues Statement on Release of the U.S. Students’ Rankings on International Assessments of Student Achievement
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 18, 2009. Today’s report is another wake-up call that our students are treading the waters of academic achievement while other countries’ students are swimming faster and farther. Our students have stagnated educationally, putting our long-term economic security at risk. In math, our 15-year-olds’ scores now lag behind those[Read More…]
