WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2010. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following products. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Rechargeable Batteries sold with Portable DVD/CD/MP3 Players Units: About 32,600; 13,000[Read More…]
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Statewide Nursing Honor Society Modeled After PSC Program
Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Prairie State College (PSC) founded the first nursing honor society for community colleges, and now others are following in the college’s footsteps. The Illinois Organization of Associate Degree Nursing has established a statewide honor society modeled after the PSC Nursing Honorary Society. This is the first statewide[Read More…]
Earth Day at Prairie State
Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Prairie State College Brandon Wood, of Homewood,(left) and Vince Truise, of Sauk Village, (center) work on their wind turbine with Professor Lee Anne Burrough (right) as part of the college’s Earth Day events. (Photo supplied)
Graduate Business Program Information Session at GSU
University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Learn about the many graduate programs offered in the College of Business and Public Administration at Governors State University at an information session on Saturday May 15, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., in the Cafeteria Annex. Faculty members and advisors will be available to discuss the Masters[Read More…]
PSC Forensics Team Closes a Successful Season
Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The last month has been a busy one for the Prairie State College (PSC) Forensics team. The team travelled more than 2,250 miles, competed in three tournaments, and took home nine awards, including two tournament championship wins. "Our team represented PSC very well at the tournaments during[Read More…]
New Addition to Enhance PSC Nursing Students’ Experience
Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Prairie State College (PSC) Nursing Department is expecting a baby. The baby will breathe, cry, and need its diaper changed often. And, it will simulate a wide variety of diseases and emergency life threatening situations a baby might face. The little bundle of joy, SimBaby, will[Read More…]
The Atrazine Cover Up: A 6 Minute Video Worth Watching
Pineland, Maine–(ENEWSPF)–April 26, 2010. Atrazine is a pesticide long associated with causing birth defects in frogs and other amphibians, as well as myriad health impacts to humans and other mammals. The International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health said atrazine’s “alleged endocrine disruptor effects, possible carcinogenic effect, and epidemiological connection[Read More…]
Secretary General Calls for Greater NATO-EU Police Training Synergy
BELGIUM–(ENEWSPF)–26 April 2010. The Secretary General of NATO, Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, took part in the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg on Monday, 26 April 2010. During a session devoted to Afghanistan, chaired by EU High Representative Baroness Catherine Ashton and attended by both Foreign and Defence Ministers, the[Read More…]
Cyber-Age Protection of Intellectual Property Focus of UN Agency
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–26 April 2010 – The global intellectual property system must encourage innovation and creativity around the world and ensure that the benefits are accessible to all while protecting the attendant rights, the top United Nations official in the field said today. “Rapid innovation and its global adoption has transformed[Read More…]
UN Stresses Need to Revive Areas Affected by Chernobyl Disaster on 24th Anniversary
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–26 April 2010 – Marking the 24th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster – which exposed more than 8 million people in Belarus, Ukraine and Russia to radiation – today, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reiterated his commitment to reviving sections of the three nations still coping with the catastrophe. “We[Read More…]
