Prairie State College Alumni

05/28/2024

03/22/2023

Congratulations to alum Ruben M Lopez on this exciting achievement! Ruben is someone who definitely StartED Near and is GoING Far!

Start Near! Go Far! 🎉🎉🎉

Congratulations to PSC alum and our 2019-2020 Social Science Academic Achievement Award winner Ruben Lopez for his first publication as a lead author!

Learn more about his and Eman Tadros' research on "Motivational Factors for Undergraduate Students During COVID-19 Remote Learning" by clicking here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10664807231163245.

Ruben is currently pursuing his M.A. in clinical psychology and mental health counseling at Governor's State University. He is also the coordinator of case management services at the YWCA Metropolitan of Chicago in Chicago Heights and Roseland.

12/16/2021

On Thursdays, the library will start highlighting images from the archives. This one is called, "Unidentified Bloom/Prairie State College Student High Jumper with Lee Peterson and another student." It can be found here:
https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/digital/collection/psc_archive/id/154/rec/6288

Are you curious to learn more about the college's history? Contact Alex Altan, [email protected]

12/13/2021

Thanks to all who have donated! If you would like to make a donation we still have need. If you want to make a monetary donation you can Venmo the Foundation and we will send you a receipt.

The Prairie State College Foundation is looking for donations of new or very gently used coats and/or boots for the following male and female students:

Student 1M(ale) boots 11
Student 2M boots 12.5 - 13
Student 5M boots 10.5
Student 6M boots 10
Student 7M boots 10.5
Student 9M boots 7.5, coat S

Student 2F boots 9.5
Student 3F boots 9
Student 4F boots 10, coat XL
Student 5F boots 10
Student 6F boots 9, coat M
Student 7F boots 9
Student 8F boots 9, coat M

If you're interested in donating an item, please indicate the student number and item and contact us at [email protected]. Thank you!