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Names in the News: Prairie State Student Inspires Her Roots

Prairie State College submitted a story earlier this week that shows how powerful the desire to be successful can be.

Radiance Walker got her diploma from Prairie State College May 19. With that diploma came a sense of accomplishment, not just for achieving one of her major goals, but for inspiring her mother, sister and brother to do the same. Radiance's time at Prairie State may indirectly spawn a screenwriter, a nurse and a music producer. As for her own success, Radiance said she will always be grateful for her time at Prairie State. "PSC provided me opportunities to meet people and become involved and I have loved my time here. Now, I’m ready to move on to the next step," Radiance said. To read more about the Walkers' story, take a look at the original article from Prairie State College.

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Prairie State Summer Course Registration Starts Soon

New and incoming students will be able to register for summer classes this month.

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Cash for Irons Oaks, Calls for Classic Cars: Announced

Chicago Heights Patch announcements, Aug. 8-12

Prairie State College graduate Adriana Popovich recently was named the 2011 winner of the Dr. James H. Griffith Community Service Award at Prairie State College. The award is named after the former trustee, who served on the PSC Board of Trustees for 25 years.  It is intended to recognize a person or group at PSC who has contributed in an extraordinary way to the community. Find out more about Adriana's big win by reading the announcement from Prairie State College. Irons Oaks Environmental Learning Center recently received a $1,970 Local Tourism Marketing Grant from the Chicago Southland Convention & Visitors Bureau to help develop the center’s corporate outreach program. Find out what they're using the grant by checking out the …

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Prairie State College Suffers Partial Power Outage

The cafeteria at the school was closed Monday.

Prairie State College suffered a partial power outage Monday morning due to two transformers being damaged, according to the school's Facebook page.  While the school remained open, classes in the main building had to be reassigned to different rooms and the cafeteria was closed.  The school provided information about the outage throughout the day via status updates on Facebook. The most recent update was provided around 5 p.m. and said: The outage is affecting the cashier, the bookstore, and some offices and classrooms. We regret any inconvenience. We will keep you updated as we get information on the repairs. The college remains open. The update also said the one of the damaged transformers was repaired but that the other would need to …

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