1,500 4-Year Olds Who Qualify for Federal Free or Reduced Lunch Program and are Without Access to Pre-K Will Receive Education Through $9.4 Million Capital Investment CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 7, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced today the City of Chicago and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) have closed the gap on pre-kindergarten education[Read More…]
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Mayor Emanuel Joins Police and Fire Department Officials to Present Carter Harrison and Lambert Tree Awards for Exemplary Service
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 7, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Police Superintendent Garry F. McCarthy and Fire Commissioner Jose Santiago today honored the exemplary service of Chicago Police Department and Chicago Fire Department personnel at the Carter Harrison and Lambert Tree Awards ceremony at City Hall. “Today, we stand together as a City to[Read More…]
Congresswoman Duckworth Calls for Accountability at Hines
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2014. Today, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) released the following statement on the retirement of Joan Ricard, Director of Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital and the need for accountability and changes at Hines. “I thank Joan Ricard for her many years of service. The wait times and scheduling[Read More…]
Representative Jan Schakowsky: Dept. of Labor to Implement Minimum Wage and Overtime Protections for Home Care Workers
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—October 7, 2014. The Department of Labor today announced that it would move forward to implement minimum wage and overtime protections for home care workers on January 1, 2015. Home care workers had previously been exempted from Fair Labor Standards Act protections. Department of Labor enforcement will be delayed[Read More…]
Following Senator Kirk’s Calls for Dismissal, Hines VA Director Ricard Steps Down
Ricard Oversaw Corruption, Mismanagement and Mistreatment of Illinois Veterans; Kirk Met with Whistleblowers and Veterans From Hines in May; Called for Ricard’s Firing CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2014. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today released the following statement after the Hines VA Hospital Director, Joan Ricard, announced that she will be stepping[Read More…]
Roosevelt University Accounting Student Receives National Scholarship
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2014. Guadalupe Cotto, a Master of Science in Accounting student in Roosevelt University’s Heller College of Business, has been awarded a national merit-based scholarship by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) in Washington, D.C. A 2014 graduate of Roosevelt’s Bachelor of Science in Accounting program and a[Read More…]
Roosevelt University Student Shares Music and Culture on CTA
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2014. Roosevelt University student Jonathan Pacheco and his band Buya decided on the spur of the moment recently to share music and culture with Chicago commuters. Now a video of the 19-year-old sophomore and Buya’s music, an African-Puerto Rican blend of sounds known as Bomba – as performed[Read More…]
Black Male Leadership Academy Receives Game Changer Award
Pictured above, Michael Ford, vice provost for academic support and retention at Roosevelt and one of the program organizers, speaks about the success of the new Black Male Leadership Academy at the city of Chicago’s recent One Summer Chicago awards ceremony CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2014. Roosevelt University has received a Game Changer[Read More…]
See It Before It’s Gone: ‘In the Heights’ at DePaul’s Fullerton Stage Theatre Through October 12
Presented by the Theatre School at DePaul University, In the Heights runs through Oct. 12 in the Fullerton Stage Theatre. (Image courtesy of The Theatre School at DePaul University) CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 7, 2014. Now showing in the Fullerton Stage Theatre, The Theatre School at DePaul University presents “In the Heights” with[Read More…]
Children’s Show Opens October 7: The Phantom Tollbooth at the Theatre School at DePaul University
Presented by the Theatre School at DePaul University, The Phantom Tollbooth opens Oct. 7 in the Merle Reskin Theatre. It is the the first production of the 2014-2015 Chicago Playworks for Families and Young Audiences season. (Image courtesy of The Theatre School at DePaul University) CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 7, 2014. The Theatre[Read More…]
