More Than $82 Million Awarded for Arts Projects Nationwide; Includes $20,000 awarded to Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University University Park, IL –(ENEWSPF)—October 12, 2017 By: Governors State University Communications National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $82 million to fund local arts[Read More…]
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Paralegal Program Open House Coming to South Suburban College’s Oak Forest Center on November 4
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)—October 10, 2017 By: South Suburban College Communications South Suburban College will be hosting an Open House for its Paralegal Program on Saturday, November 4, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m., at their Oak Forest Center in Room 5190. Information will be provided about SSC’s Paralegal/Legal[Read More…]
Prairie State College Celebrating 50 Years of Dental Hygiene Program
CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—October 10, 2017 By: Prairie State College Public Relations Prairie State College (PSC) is celebrating 50 years of the Dental Hygiene Program during a special reception from 5 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 25. Alumni and supporters of the program are welcome to join in the celebration. RSVP[Read More…]
Challenges Lead Stay-at-Home Mom Back to College
CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—October 10, 2017 By: Prairie State College Public Relations Prairie State College (PSC) student Jennifer Forbes, of Richton Park, Ill., has always wanted to finish her degree, but her busy life as a wife and stay-at-home mother made it difficult for her to pursue her dream. That all changed[Read More…]
DePaul University Humanities Center Examines What’s Real in Conversation with Rick Jay October 11
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—October 5, 2017 By: DePaul University Newsroom Determining fact from fiction has placed the word “fake” in an even more unflattering spotlight, making it a timely topic for the DePaul University Humanities Center 2017-18 season. “In some ways, the question of what is real and what is fake is[Read More…]
Senators Durbin, Franken Introduce Bill To Expand Public Service Loan Forgiveness To Adjunct Professors
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)—October 5, 2017 By: Office of Senator Dick Durbin At a time when adjunct faculty members now make up a majority of higher education instructors nationwide, U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Al Franken (D-MN) today introduced legislation that would allow part-time faculty at colleges and universities across the[Read More…]
New Logan Center Conference on Oct. 13-19 to Explore Pan-Africanism
Artists and Scholars Convene Oct. 13-19 for Public Discussion CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 5, 2017 Authored by: University of Chicago Communications From October 13-19, the Logan Center at the University of Chicago, 915 East 60th Street in Chicago, host Returns, the first gathering of an extensive multiyear research project on Pan-Africanism. The long and[Read More…]
Starting Over: A Love Story for LGBT History Month at Governors State University
University Park, IL, October 5, 2017 By: GSU Office of Communications On October 21 at 8 p.m., MPAACT Theatre of Chicago presents Starting Over, a story of love, tolerance, and identity. Shown as part of LGBT History Month, this production follows a young biracial couple from an intolerant small town[Read More…]
Solar Summit at PSC Calls for Region to ‘Become Solar Ready’
CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2017 By: Prairie State College Office of Communications Prairie State College (PSC) recently hosted a Solar Summit, “Become Solar Ready,” as part of an ongoing effort on behalf of the campus community, surrounding community members and the South Metropolitan Higher Education Consortium (SMHEC). The goal of the[Read More…]
UChicago Physicist Lauds Nobel Winners Who Led Efforts to Detect Gravitational Waves
LIGO collaborator Daniel Holz credits trio for scientific leadership CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 3, 2017 By: Steve Koppes and Louise Lerner The University of Chicago’s Daniel Holz this morning saluted the three newest Nobel laureates in physics, with whom he worked as a member of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. The Nobel Foundation[Read More…]
