Tag: "East St. Louis"

Best-selling author to read from novel depicting East St. Louis

Best-selling author to read from novel depicting East St. Louis

Michael Datcher, a New York and Los Angeles Times Bestselling author, will read from his new novel, “Americus” Monday, Feb. 16, at 12:30 p.m. in The Friends Room of the Lovejoy Library. The book depicts East St. Louis from a historical perspective.
Michael Datcher photo courtesy of Redmond
According to SIUE Emeritus professor Eugene B. Redmond, who […]

IDOT archaeologist speaks Thursday about Mississippi River Bridge Project

IDOT archaeologist speaks Thursday about Mississippi River Bridge Project

An ancient city unearthed in present-day East St. Louis during the Mississippi River Bridge Project will be the topic of discussion for the first of two Native American Studies minor events held this month.
Brad Koldehoff, chief archaeologist of the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), will speak to students at 7 p.m., Nov. 7, at Peck […]

Gordon D. Bush: looking at his career as scholarship competition opens

Gordon D. Bush: looking at his career as scholarship competition opens

Gordon Bush with President Barack Obama. Photo courtesy of Gordon Bush.
The competition for the Gordon D. Bush scholarship has opened up for all SIUE junior-level students majoring in Political Science with at least a 3.0 GPA. The scholarship awards one student $500 with a winning essay on a selected political topic.
This year’s topic is about […]

Edna Patterson-Petty: fabric, quilts, community and her creative journey

Edna Patterson-Petty: fabric, quilts, community and her creative journey

One of Edna Patterson-Petty's Fabric Art Pieces, Eye on the Sparrow. "I love it because keeping your eye on the sparrow is about staying focused and not wavering because of many of life's situation," she says about the piece.
Edna Patterson-Petty, a multimedia and fabric artist, art therapist, and SIUE alumna, has recently published a new […]

Images of America "East St. Louis"

Images of America “East St. Louis”

Arcadia Publishing’s latest addition to the “Images of America” series has roots close to home. Dr. Andrew Theising, associate professor of political science at SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS),  collaborated with Bill Nunes, an East St. Louis native, to produce “East St. Louis,” a collection of historical images from the city of the […]

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