East St. Louis Center

Free Information, Screenings and Prizes; Fraternity Gives Clinic $7,000  

Metro East residents received valuable information, participated in health screenings, enjoyed free haircuts, beauty services, clothing, lunch, and major door prizes during the Spring Forward Health and Wellness Fair, co-hosted by the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing’s (SON) WE CARE Clinic in East St. Louis. 

The WE CARE Clinic partnered with the East St. Louis (IL) Alumni Cha...

First came the lesson, then the application and the result was freshly brushed and polished teeth. Bright Smiles Mobile Dental, of Swansea, concluded its services to more than 60 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Charter High School (CHS) students on Friday, April 22. 

“We have to report to the state regarding students’ physical, vision and dental exams,” said CHS nurse Marquita Holton, LPN, who contacted and coordinated the dental visits. “We...

A business expo and musical celebration kicked off Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Black Heritage Month on Friday, Feb. 1. 

This year’s theme is “Our Powerful Purpose.” Amelia Williams, a senior majoring in biological sciences, is the Black Heritage Month Campus Activities Board (CAB) chair. Kimberly Pope is the graduate assistant for the SIUE CAB Black Heritage Month committee. 

“I am very excited about all of the events that SIUE has planne...

The breadth and span of African American history is as old as the first civilizations and as current as the young faces listening to Eugene B. Redmond, PhD, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville emeritus professor of English and East St. Louis Poet Laureate. Redmond spoke about the brilliancy, beauty and battles of African Americans during SIUE’s Black Heritage Month Opening Ceremony on Monday, Feb. 4 in the Morris University Center’s Goshen Lounge.

“From Africa to East St...

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville emeritus music professor Johnetta Randolph Haley and one-time SIUE East St. Louis Center (ESLC) for Performing Arts instructor Keith Tyronne Williams will both be honored at the 2018 St. Louis Arts Awards on Jan. 22, 2018 at the Chase Park Plaza in St. Louis. 

Haley, who retired from SIUE as the ESLC executive director and who earned a master’s in music from SIUE in 1972, will receive the Lifetime Achievement in the Arts Award from the Arts a...

A group of female students from the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Upward Bound Math and Science (UBMS) ECM program got to hear honest, frank and uncensored remarks about life’s challenges and self-improvement from one of today’s popular actresses – Gabrielle Union.

Union talked to more than 300 women about her New York Times best-selling book, We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True, on Saturday, Oct. 28 at the St. Louis County ...

For the first time in years, the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center (ESLC) for the Performing Arts Program is functioning predominantly with monies provided by an outside source – the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).

ISBE awarded the performing arts program with a $68,000 Healthy Communities Investment Grant through the spring of 2018, according to SIUE ESLC Executive Director Jesse Dixon.

“The East St. Louis Center for the Performing Arts is e...