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…]
Month: May 2017
Rep. Jan Schakowsky Statement on the Equality Act
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL09) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2017. Today, Rep. Jan Schakowsky joined Rep. David Cicilline and 192 of their House colleagues in reintroducing the Equality Act, which would provide explicit, permanent protections against discrimination for LGBTQ people in matters of employment, housing, access to public places, federal funding, credit,[Read More…]
Senators Warren and Carper Receive Response from OGE on Ethical Concerns Raised by Ivanka Trump’s White House Role
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2017. U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.) released a new letter from the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) clarifying that at least six separate ethics laws and rules will apply to Ivanka Trump in her role as a White House employee. The letter[Read More…]
Durbin, Madigan: In First 100 Days Trump, DeVos get “F” on Protecting Students
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2017. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan today discussed how, since President Trump took office, the U.S. Department of Education has delayed or ignored several Obama-era rules to increase consumer protections in student loan servicing and protect students from unscrupulous for-profit colleges. In[Read More…]
Following Fatal House Fire, CPSC Warns Consumers To Stop Using LayZ Board Hoverboards
Harrisburg, Pa. LayZ Board Fire WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2017. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging consumers to immediately stop using LayZ Board self-balancing scooters (known as hoverboards). CPSC has evidence that LayZ Board was the hoverboard involved in the tragic fire on March 10, 2017, in[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…]
Duckworth to Trump: Selective Service Director Makes Life & Death Decisions for Our Children, Appointment Shouldn’t Be Given to Unqualified Political Patrons
WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2017. Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) wrote to President Trump today expressing concern that patronage played a role in his recent appointment of Mr. Donald Benton to be the Director of the Selective Service System. Duckworth highlighted Mr. Benton’s lack of qualifications for[Read More…]
Senators Duckworth, Durbin Announce More Than $2.4 Million For Head Start Programs In Central And Southern Illinois
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2017. U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Administration for Children and Families has awarded a total of $2,477,422 to support Head Start and Early Head Start programs at Decatur-Macon County Opportunities Corporation[Read More…]
