"East St. Louis Center" News
15 March 2024, 1:15 PM
Wearing embossed, white-collar sashes and holding white candles, the inductees of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) Chapter of the National Honor Society looked out on a roomful of family, friends and staff. Thunderous applause and shouts were offered in celebration of the inaugural class.
“You are making history today as being the SIUE East St. Louis Charter High School’s very first National Honor Society (NHS) members,” ...
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12 March 2024, 10:25 AM
For 21 high school students, their hard work and perseverance paid off in a big way when they learned they received Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s 2024 Meridian Scholarships.
The Meridian Scholarship is the University’s most prestigious academic award. Designed for exemplary students, it covers four years of tuition, fees, housing, and meal plan. Scholarship awardees also participate in SIUE’s John Martinson Honors Program.
SIUE Chancellor James T. Mi...
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11 March 2024, 1:05 PM
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Head Start/Early Head Start (HS/EHS) program will celebrate the launch of its newest facility, the SIUE New Life Head Start/Early Head Start Center. The grand opening will take place from 1-3 p.m. Wednesday, March 20. The location of the new site is 689 Scott Troy Road in Lebanon.
Featured speakers for the event will include SIUE East St. Louis Center Executive Director Timothy Staples, EdD, and Head Start/Early Head Start Program Director Car...
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1 March 2024, 8:40 AM
Support staff, grow programs and expand impact and exposure are top priorities for the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center (ESLC) Deputy Director Mark Dochterman, PhD.
“I am really excited to jump into this role and help the ESLC thrive,” explained Dochterman. “My past experience has provided me with an ability to manage people and to lead projects aimed at securing the financial resources to support programs, students, and the community. Thes...
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22 February 2024, 10:30 AM
After decades of ensuring program compliance, working with children, families, staff and more, longtime Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Head Start/Early Head Start (HS/EHS) staff member and interim program director Carolyn Jason was named HS/EHS Program Director.
“I am pleased and excited to continue to help the program that I love and that has advanced so many lives over the years,” said Jason. “SIUE Head Start/Early Head Start has a commitment to provid...
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20 February 2024, 1:55 PM
Rebirth is the theme of Nichlas Hart’s pencil drawing, which was one of 100 pieces of art selected to be showcased during Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Annual Regional High School Juried Art Exhibition, Feb. 8-16. A total of 200 pieces were considered for the show.
Hart, a junior at the SIUE East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS), said his piece, “Transfigure of the Shell,” was created out of a sense of him releasing negative emotions.
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15 February 2024, 3:45 PM
“Stretch your arms out wide. Now, take them and wrap them around yourself,” said Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Venessa A. Brown, PhD.
Brown, associate athletics director for diversity, equity and inclusion, athletics chief diversity officer and professor of social work, spoke to a red, pink and white decorated roomful of SIUE East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) female students on Wednesday, Feb. 14 in the Multipurpose Room on the Wyvetter H. Younge Hig...
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8 February 2024, 12:55 PM
The list of accomplishments and contributions of the Hudlin Family from East St. Louis is remarkable. From purchasing their freedom from slavery, to serving as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, to being a tennis coach to the late great Arthur Ashe, to working as Hollywood film producers, the Hudlin family’s legacy is rich and substantial.
Norman Ross, retired executive director of the Greater East St. Louis Chamber of Commerce, will reveal interesting, impressive history abou...
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1 February 2024, 9:20 AM
More than dribbling down the court, laying up a shot or jumping for a rebound, three Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) seniors enjoy being part of their basketball team. The players’ love for the team, in large part, is because it brings them a sense of belonging.
Tra’Veon Dennis, Chross Mister and Lathan Streater talked about their experiences on the CHS team ahead of their Senior Day basketball game with a scheduled tip o...
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29 January 2024, 1:15 PM
The soundtrack for musician Sylvester Donald’s life has been interspersed – and at times heavily so – with the “blues.” However, the 63-year-old gladly shares that the chords now in play are ones that are upbeat and uplifting, thanks in part to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Veterans Upward Bound (VUB).
“Besides my music, I’m interested in going back to college, which is why I was excited to learn about Veterans Upward Bound at the SIUE...
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16 January 2024, 8:25 AM
More than 20 years ago, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumnus Khari M. Garvin worked in the SIUE Head Start/Early Head Start program to help educate, strengthen and advance preschoolers, families and communities. Today, he is still a leader in Head Start – but on a national scale.
Garvin, who earned a master’s in education in 2005 from SIUE, is director of the Office of Head Start (OHS) at the Administration for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Healt...
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21 December 2023, 11:44 AM
The following is an article by SIUE student Winter Racine, second-year mass communications student in the College of Arts of Sciences (CAS), and a Senator for Students with Disabilities
Area high school students got a taste of college life through outreach experiences coordinated by Southern Illinois University Edwardsville English faculty during the fall semester.
Howard Rambsy, PhD, Distinguished Research Professor of English Language and Literature, worked with a select group of stu...
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20 December 2023, 2:45 PM
Members of the East St. Louis Fire Department (ESLFD) Local 23 were excited to respond to a particular call on Tuesday, Dec.19. That is because they delivered bags of wrapped presents to students in the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center’s Project Success program.
Project Success held its second annual Holiday Wishes party in the Multipurpose Room on the Wyvetter H. Younge Higher Education Campus.
“This event was given to provide hope ...
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18 December 2023, 10:50 AM
It wasn’t the North Pole. It wasn’t the night before Christmas. And they weren’t Santa’s helpers. But that didn’t keep “elves” from the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) from stuffing holiday swag bags and distributing them to their students.
CHS faculty and staff worked diligently and in secrecy on Monday, Dec. 11 in the Multipurpose Room on the Wyvetter H. Younge Higher Education Campus in East St...
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18 December 2023, 10:20 AM
Practiced feet, hands and voices came together in a rhythmic, melodious and joyful presentation on Thursday, Dec. 14 at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St Louis Center for Performing Arts’ (ESLCPA) annual Holiday Celebration.
ESLCPA students, ages 7-17, performed to a rapt and appreciative audience of family and friends in the Multipurpose Room on the Wyvetter H. Younge Higher Education Campus in East St. Louis.
“During this holiday season, our ...
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4 December 2023, 12:45 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School’s (CHS) Angel Tree Campaign was showcased on KMOV-TV Channel 4’s newscast on Sunday, Dec. 3.
In the segment, CHS Director Gina Jeffries, EdD, explained that the school’s 10-year-old Angel Tree Campaign was created to support scholars in need and to give a gift to each scholar at the holidays.
A few students also talked about the benefits of the gift-giving campaign and t...
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28 November 2023, 9:45 AM
End-of-the-year gifts are needed, valued and provided by real-life “angels,” according to three Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) students.
CHS students A’Khyra Allen, Dannica Davis and Patrick Washington have been recipients of the CHS Angel Tree Campaign and fondly recall presents of yesteryear.
“During the pandemic, we couldn’t go out, and the supplies that the Charter School gave us really helped out...
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20 November 2023, 10:40 AM
Before leaving for their holiday break on Friday, Nov. 17, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) students sat down to a school tradition – a meal of turkey, dressing and all the fixings.
“We are grateful for every one of you. You are valued, and we see each of you,” said CHS Director Gina Jeffries, EdD, to the scholars who had assembled in the Multipurpose Room on the Wyvetter H. Younge Higher Education Campus. “I’...
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9 November 2023, 9:00 AM
Black children are more likely to live in communities with higher-than-normal limits of ambient air pollution and attend schools located near significant environmental pollutants. These bleak statistics were just a few of many shared by Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Jerrica Ampadu, PhD, RN, CCP, associate professor in the SIUE School of Nursing (SON) and director of the SIUE WE CARE Clinic in East St. Louis.
Ampadu and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students Ju...
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7 November 2023, 12:35 PM
More better-paying jobs are needed in the Metro East, according to State Rep. Kevin Schmidt, R-Millstadt. Schmidt’s legislative office held a job fair that was available for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center (ESLC) staff and program participants and the public on Friday, Nov. 3 in Multipurpose Room on the Wyvetter H. Younge Higher Education Campus.
“We need to encourage employers to come to this area, hire local people and pay good wages,” s...
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1 November 2023, 10:00 AM
In an effort to brighten the holidays for some East St. Louis teens, the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) has been raising funds to deliver holiday cheer to its students for the past 15 years through its annual Angel Tree Campaign.
This year’s campaign is in full swing, with a goal of raising $15,000, according to CHS Director Gina Jeffries, EdD.
“The Angel Tree Campaign was created to support our scholars who were in ...
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27 October 2023, 12:50 PM
He was there that horrific night when Emmett Till was kidnapped, resulting in a brutal murder.
The Rev. Wheeler Parker, Jr. was the keynote speaker during the second annual Illinois Higher Education Equity Symposium entitled, “Reclaiming Our Stories: Reimagining Student Success,” presented by the Southern Illinois University (SIU) System.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chancellor
James T. Minor, PhD, welcomed the audience, that included students from the SIUE Ea...
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12 October 2023, 9:30 AM
Out of the artistic strokes of varying browns, the shades of burnt orange, the canary yellows and somber grays, emerges a remarkable, pictorial story and heritage – still unknown to many – that illustrates the history of America’s oldest Black incorporated town.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Duenne Schlarman, a Master of Fine Arts candidate, long-time artist and veteran educator, recently completed a mural inside of the Senior Citizens Center in Brook...
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10 October 2023, 3:00 PM
Left in a hospital to die after being born at 5 ½ months, endured parental abuse and neglect, experienced bouts of homelessness, survived a house fire and an attempted suicide – all before the age 13 – inspirational speaker, author, coach and mentor Trisha R. Gordon shared her story and techniques of resilience during a presentation on Thursday, Oct. 5 at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center (ESLC).
Gordon, who spent 10 years in foster care,...
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5 October 2023, 1:00 PM
It was an up-close, personal sampling of 50 colleges and universities – all under one roof – and students in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s TRIO Upward Bound (UB) EC/MLC Programs had the chance to peruse and talk to school representatives who most captured their interests.
Ten high school juniors and seniors attended the Chicago National College Fair on Saturday, Sept. 30.
“The College Fair was an excellent opportunity for our students to engage...
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