University Park, IL—(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2017–Governors State University students are inspired by the music of Prince and others, and celebrating with a variety of dance disciplines including jazz, contemporary, African, modern, and hip-hop. The GSU Dance Company’s annual Dance Festival takes the stage March 4 at 7:30 p.m. with ’Inspired by[Read More…]
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Park Forest Resident Named to Missouri Science and Technology Fall 2016 Honor List
ROLLA, Mo.—(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2017 – Missouri University of Science and Technology announces the names of students who made the honor list for the Fall 2016 semester. To be included on the honor list, students must have carried a minimum of 12 hours and had grade point averages of 3.2 or[Read More…]
‘Lake Calumet Then & Now’ Presentation on Thursday, March 2
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—February 24, 2017. The Calumet Heritage Partnership and Calumet Ecological Park Association will host a presentation ‘Lake Calumet Than & Now’ on Thursday, March 2 at 7 p.m. The event will be held at the Chicago Police 5th District Station Community Room, 727 East 111th Street in Chicago. Safe, free[Read More…]
Rugby Illinois Partners with Bernie’s Book Bank for ‘Battle of the Books’
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 24, 2017. Rugby Illinois is challenging youth athletes to make a difference in their local community and give back to those in need. Local rugby clubs across the Chicagoland area and state will come together, collecting books to be donated to Bernie’s Book Bank. Battle of the Books, challenge[Read More…]
Tom Sharpe Ensemble In Concert At Freedom Hall
Award winning composer and artist Tom Sharpe and Ensemble Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- On Friday, March 10 at 7:30 p.m., the 2017 Freedom Hall Series will present the Tom Sharpe Ensemble. Tom Sharpe is an internationally recognized, award-winning composer, performer, and recording artist. He is a sought out clinician and performer of[Read More…]
‘Salt of the Earth’ Art Exhibition Coming to South Suburban College’s Thiel Gallery in March
Pictured: “Pendulum” by Artist Margie Glass Sula SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2017. In celebration of Women’s History Month, the Art & Design Department of South Suburban College is pleased to present a solo exhibition entitled Salt of the Earth by Margie Glass Sula. The exhibition will be on display[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Urges Education Secretary and Congressional Leaders to Maintain Federal Protections for Higher Education Students
Madigan Leads Effort to Reinforce Need for Protections Against Worst Actors in For-Profit School Industry Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2017. Attorney General Lisa Madigan yesterday sent a letter urging the U.S. Department of Education Secretary and Congressional leaders to express their support for recent federal protections for students in higher education[Read More…]
‘Flight of Obscurity X’ Exhibit Opens at Tall Grass Arts Association on March 11
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—February 23, 2017. Tall Grass Arts Association, 367 Artists Walk in DownTown Park Forest, will host a very different kind of exhibit in its Gallery from March 11 through April 15. ‘Flight of Obscurity X’ is an imposing solo show of sculptures and various installation elements created by Ohio artist Nathaniel[Read More…]
IL House Speaker Madigan Appoints Task Force to Continue Work on Education Funding Reform
IL House Speaker Michael Madigan SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2017. Speaker Michael J. Madigan is forming a bipartisan House task force to continue working on an equitable education funding formula and address questions a state commission recently left unanswered. “The question of how Illinois funds our public schools is[Read More…]
Statement by Attorney General Jeff Sessions on the Withdrawal of Title IX Guidance for Transgender Students
Attorney General Jeff Sessions Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 22, 2017. The Department of Justice and the Department of Education today withdrew guidance for educational institutions, issued in 2015 and 2016, that took the position that the prohibitions in Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and implementing regulations against discrimination on[Read More…]
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