Richton Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Southland College Prep Charter High School’s Group Interpretation team placed first in the IHSA State tournament today at the University of Illinois Springfield. Southland’s 10-person ensemble earned the state title with its performance of an original 30-minute interpretation of “Hidden Figures,” based on Margot Lee Shetterly’s book[Read More…]
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Prairie State College Chamber Music and Wind Ensemble Concert on Monday, March 27
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2017. The Prairie State College (PSC) Chamber Music and Wind Ensemble concert will be held from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Monday, March 27, in the Barnes & Noble College Auditorium in the Conference Center of the PSC main campus, located at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago[Read More…]
South Suburban College ESL Class Helps the Homeless
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL – (ENEWSPF)–March 23, 2017. South Suburban College’s English as a Second Language (ESL) class once again participated in a “Mats for the Homeless” Workshop Service Learning project. The mats are created with plastic bags from the SSC Recycling Center. The students cut the bags into strips and[Read More…]
6 Business Leaders Join DePaul University Board of Trustees
Six business leaders have joined the DePaul University board of trustees. They are, top row from left, Therese Fauerbach, Ezequiel “Zeke” Flores, Demetrios “Jim” Logothetis, and bottom row from left, Jessica Sarowitz, John Sheehy, Renee Velasquez Togher. (DePaul University composite photo) CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–March 23, 2017. DePaul University has elected six[Read More…]
Pilot Program To Provide Paid Internships for Youth in High-Growth Industries In Cook County
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Cook County Commissioners approved an agreement championed by President Toni Preckwinkle that will create a pilot program to provide paid internships in high-growth industries and a career pathway for young adults. The agreement creates a formal structure between the Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership (The Partnership) and the County’s[Read More…]
Who Will Be NINA’s 2017 High School Journalist of the Year?
Calling all high school journalists in Northern Illinois! Yorkiville, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Know any high school seniors who have done outstanding work in the past year on a student newspaper, as a freelancer for a professional publication or as a contributor to a high school yearbook or literary magazine? The Northern Illinois[Read More…]
IL Community Colleges Sign Agreement Expanding Opportunities in Career and Tech Education
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) announces that all 39 community college districts across the state have signed on to participate in the Comprehensive Agreement Regarding the Expansion of Educational Resources (CAREER Agreement). This agreement allows community colleges to share the career and technical education (CTE) programs of[Read More…]
Lester Holt to Receive Distinguished Journalist Award from DePaul University
Anchor and reporter Lester Holt of NBC News will receive an award from DePaul University this spring for his journalistic ‘insight, dignity and authority.’ (Mary Ellen Matthews/NBC) Center for Journalism Integrity and Excellence also honors alumnus Ben Welsh CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2017. Lester Holt, anchor of “NBC Nightly News” and[Read More…]
Papers of Nobel Laureate Saul Bellow Open for Research at University of Chicago Library
A carbon copy of a typescript fragment of The Adventures of Augie March, ca. 1952-53, titled The Life of Augie March Among the Machiavellians. The manuscript is part of a new archive at the University of Chicago’s Special Collections Research Center documenting the Nobel-winning author’s creative process. Courtesy of: University[Read More…]
Governors State University to Present Shakespeare’s The Tempest to be Staged in Unlikely Setting
University Park, IL—(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2017 – Theatre and Performance Studies students at Governors State University present Shakespeare’s The Tempest on a stage of epic proportions. Instead of a remote island, patrons will witness a tale of magic, love, and revenge in the renowned Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park on the campus of[Read More…]
