Labor and employment attorney Paulette Brown to address graduating class Paulette Brown, immediate past president of the American Bar Association, will address the graduating class of DePaul University College of Law on May 14, 2017. (Image courtesy of American Bar Association) CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2017. DePaul University College of Law will[Read More…]
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Prairie State College Students Recognized With Top Honors at Skyway STEM Competition
Prairie State College students (from left) Asija Watson, Andrew Severs and Gary Rathbone received top honors during the 2017 Skyway Stem Poster Competition, hosted at Elgin Community College. CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2017. Three Prairie State College students brought home top honors from the 2017 Skyway STEM Poster Competition. This year’s[Read More…]
College for Kids and Day Camp Programs Coming to South Suburban College This Summer
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2017. South Suburban College’s Continuing Education Department is offering courses to help fill the summer days with activities that will entertain and challenge children and young adults. The College for Kids classes scheduled for this summer will begin the week of June 12 at SSC’s[Read More…]
University of Chicago Students, Teachers Craft Software to Make Astronomy Accessible to the Blind
UChicago’s Yerkes Observatory and partners are engaging with blind and visually impaired students to remove barriers to STEM studies. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2017 By: Greg Borzo Today’s astronomers don’t really look at stars or galaxies so much as images produced from data generated by light. If that same data were used[Read More…]
Roosevelt University Announces Best Student Essays for 2017
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2017. A new online journal project highlighting best essays by Roosevelt University undergraduates for 2017 features the work of two sociology students and a music major. Jazzy Celindro, a junior sociology major from Hoffman Estates, Illinois, writes about coming to understand the importance of personal activism during a[Read More…]
‘Vegging Out Pot-Luck Dinner’ at the Unitarian Universalist Community Church on May 15
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—May 2, 2017. The Unitarian Universalist Community Church (UUCC) will host a ‘Vegging Out Vegan Pot-Luck Dinner’ on Monday, May 15, at 6 p.m. UUCC is located at 70 Sycamore Drive in Park Forest. Vegging Out is a South Suburban community initiative in support of a whole-food, plant-based[Read More…]
State Department Issues Europe Travel Alert, May 1, 2017
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2017. The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to the continued threat of terrorist attacks throughout Europe. This Travel Alert expires on September 1, 2017. Recent, widely-reported incidents in France, Russia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom demonstrate that the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS or[Read More…]
Park Forest Farmers’ Market Opens on Saturday, May 6
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—May 1, 2017. The Park Forest Farmers’ Market will open on Saturday, May 6 and every Saturday thereafter through October 28 from 7 a.m. to noon. The Market is located on the corner of Lakewood Boulevard & Cunningham Drive in DownTown Park Forest. Since 1974, the Park Forest[Read More…]
Prairie State College Christopher Art Gallery Presenting 2017 Graduate Exhibition
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2017. Works of art from eight graduating Prairie State College (PSC) students is on display through Thursday, May 18, in the Christopher Art Gallery, located on the PSC main campus at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. A reception with the artists is scheduled from 11[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for April 30, 2017
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other local media. An arrest does not mean[Read More…]
