Ceremony unveils bronze bust of pioneering alumna Georgiana Simpson CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2017 By: Tracey Robinson-English The late Georgiana Rose Simpson, who in 1921 became the first African-American woman to earn a PhD from the University of Chicago and one of the first black women to receive a PhD in the[Read More…]
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Attorney General Madigan Files Lawsuit Against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for Halting Debt Relief Promised to Defrauded Students
Multistate Lawsuit Filed Against U.S. Department of Education for Failing to Discharge Student Loans, Engaging in Illegal Debt Collection Against Former Corinthian Students CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2017 By: Rosemary Piser Attorney General Lisa Madigan, along with the Attorneys General of Massachusetts and New York, filed a lawsuit yesterday against the Department[Read More…]
Prairie State College Student Spotlight: Park Forest’s Lamarr Stringfellow, Nursing Club Freshman Class President
CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—December 12, 2017. Prairie State College (PSC) nursing student Lamarr Stringfellow believes that with perseverance comes personal and academic success, a lesson he has learned from life experiences. Recently named PSC Nursing Club freshman class president, Stringfellow is an outstanding student, and, while he is proud of his academic[Read More…]
DePaul Art Museum Turns Spotlight on Printmaking in 3 Winter Exhibitions
Diverse works include lithographs, linocuts, woodcuts and screen prints CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—December 12, 2017 By: Julie Rodrigues Widholm and Mia Lopez Printed works from various artists will be on display at DePaul Art Museum this winter. Three exhibitions will include works by lithographers Clinton Adams and June Wayne of the Tamarind Institute,[Read More…]
Valerie Jarrett, Former Senior Adviser to President Obama, to Join University of Chicago Law School
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—December 11, 2017. Valerie Jarrett, who served in a leadership role in the Obama administration as senior adviser to the President, will join the University of Chicago Law School as a distinguished senior fellow. Jarrett’s appointment begins Jan. 1, 2018. Jarrett will bring deep and wide-ranging experience in the legal[Read More…]
South Suburban College Paralegal Program Open House Coming to Oak Forest Center on Jan. 6
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –-(ENEWSPF)—December 11, 2017 By: Jason Cieslik South Suburban College will be hosting an Open House for its Paralegal Program on Saturday, January 6, 2018 from 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m., at the college’s Oak Forest Center in Room 5190. Information will be provided about SSC’s Paralegal/Legal Assistant[Read More…]
Illinois EPA Announces Annual Environmental Education Competition for Fifth & Sixth Grade Students
2018 Program Encourages Youth Creativity to Protect Environment and Honoring the State’s Bicentennial SPRINGFIELD—(ENEWSPF)—December 7, 2017 By: Kristi Morris, Environmental Education Coordinator for the Illinois EPA Fifth and sixth grade writers and artists from around Illinois are invited to compete in this year’s Poster, Poetry and Prose Contest sponsored by[Read More…]
Southland College Prep Visits University of Notre Dame
Hosts Scores of Top College and University Admissions Representatives RICHTON PARK, ILL—(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2017 By: Richard Barry For members of Southland College Prep Charter High School’s junior class the charter bus ride to South Bend, Indiana wasn’t your typical high school field trip. “Annually, our entire junior class has the[Read More…]
South Suburban College Bulldog’s Baseball Program Hosting Catching Camp December 26 and 27
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)—December 5, 2017 South Suburban College Head Baseball Coach Steve Ruzich will be directing a two-day Catching Camp on Tuesday, December 26th and Wednesday, December 27th from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Coach Ruzich has directed youth camps for the past 32 years and has taught baseball[Read More…]
Prairie State College Board of Trustee Full-Tuition Scholarship Recipients Announced
Jamie L. Flores, Samuel Alexander Tijerina and Haoran Zhang of Park Forest among recipients of PSC Board of Trustees Scholarship CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2017 Recipients of the fall 2017 Prairie State College (PSC) Board of Trustees Scholarship were recognized at a recent Board of Trustees meeting held at the college’s[Read More…]
