Prairie State College (PSC) honored Maggie Keane, director of the Community Partner Program at Good Shepherd Center, and Kayla Dousias, a community leader in Beecher, Ill., with the 2016 Michael R. Monteleone Community Service Award. The awards were presented at a recent meeting of the PSC Board of Trustees. The[Read More…]
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NIU and South Suburban College Create New Pathway to Degree
NIU President Dr. Doug Baker (left), NIU Trustee Robert Marshall (middle) and SSC President Don Manning (right). SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2016. A new agreement between South Suburban College (SSC) and Northern Illinois University (NIU) will make it easier for SSC students to earn college degrees that will set[Read More…]
University of Chicago Law School Students Deliver Environmental Legal Aid
Abrams clinic provides pro bono legal work, experience for students Law students at the Abrams Environmental Law Clinic are working with Recovery on Water, a group of breast cancer patients and survivors who row as therapy, to improve water quality for the Chicago River. Courtesy of: Recovery on Water CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October[Read More…]
South Suburban Colleges Advises Students to File Early for Financial Aid
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2016. Beginning in October, 2016, financial aid applications (FAFSA.ED.GOV) will be available for the 2017-2018 school year. You will be using tax information from your 2015 tax return rather than 2016 tax information. Because of the change, students and parents will be able to complete[Read More…]
Governors State University to Host Undergraduate Open House Friday, November 11
University Park, IL –(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2016. Governors State University will host an undergraduate Open House Friday, November 11, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Information on admission requirements, financial aid, campus life and student housing, as well as specific undergraduate programs will be available for prospective students and their[Read More…]
University of Chicago Prof. Rocky Kolb to Present Oct. 24 Lecture on ‘Mysterious Dark Universe’
Prof. Rocky Kolb CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2016. Kolb will deliver the annual Leon Lederman Lecture in Physics, named for the 1988 Nobel laureate and former UChicago faculty member and Fermilab director. Kolb will explore the complex question of what constitutes the universe. Astronomical observations indicate that 95 percent of the universe[Read More…]
Nontraditional Student Fulfills Lifelong Dreams Through Community College
SSC graduate Marshneil Gay, 70, of Riverdale, gives a presentation at the annual Study Abroad Student Forum last month. SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2016. For as long as Marshneil Gay can remember, she had two goals she wanted to accomplish with the pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters she deposited[Read More…]
Art Works by Joe Rejholec To Be Shown in South Suburban College’s Thiel Gallery
Untitled, welded steel, circa 2000. Source: ssc.edu SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2016. The Art & Design Department of South Suburban College (SSC) is presenting a memorial exhibition of Art Works by Joseph “Joe” Rejholec – colleague, mentor, friend, artist and faculty member of South Suburban College, in the[Read More…]
Rich Township Senior Center to Hold Holiday Bazaar and Bake Sale on November 18
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2016. The Rich Township, Shirley J. Green, Senior Center, 297 Liberty Drive in DownTown Park Forest, will host a Holiday Craft Bazaar and Bake Sale on Friday, November 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Bazaar will be selling homemade craft items and baked goods[Read More…]
Prairie State College Speech Team Takes Third at Moraine Valley Speech Tournament
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2016. The Prairie State College (PSC) Speech Team brought home third place honors during a recent tournament hosted by Moraine Valley Community College. Team coach, PSC Assistant Professor Joshua Green, says that of the nine students who competed for PSC, eight had never been to a speech[Read More…]
