Scholarship Recipient Overcomes Troubled Youth To Graduate By the time she was 10 years old, Tiffani Stone had been placed in 10 foster homes. “When I was living with my mom, I was beaten repeatedly and abused emotionally and sexually,” she says. At seven, she says she had to steal food and diapers to take [...]
Jay Wolz of Cape Girardeau, who has a 25-year career in marketing and communications along with eight years experience in newspaper and television media, has been named director of alumni relations and annual giving at Southeast Missouri State University. As director of alumni relations and annual giving, he will be responsible for the overall administration [...]
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon announced in February a $170,556 investment to assist flood-impacted Missouri counties recover by providing training and technical assistance to disadvantaged microentrepreneurs. Nixon, who serves as the States’ co-chairman of the Delta Regional Authority (DRA); Chris Masingill, federal co-chair of the Delta Regional Authority; and Kenneth W. Dobbins, president of Southeast Missouri [...]
As 2011 chair of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ (AASCU) Board of Directors, Southeast President Dr. Ken Dobbins presented Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts with the Distinguished Alumnus Award last fall. The Distinguished Alumnus Award is granted to graduates of AASCU institutions who have achieved acclaim within their field and who [...]
Academic Hall is officially vacant except for construction workers who have begun the renovations. The 105-year old building has been fenced off with abatement started. Magill Hall renovations are also underway. Interior demolition and window replacement are in progress. The project includes replacing the HVAC system, improving energy efficiency and complete building renovations. Work to [...]
Two Southeast Missouri State University graduates joined the University’s Board of Regents after being appointed by Gov. Jay Nixon late last year. Kendra Neely-Martin graduated from Southeast in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science in business administration and from Webster University with a Master of Arts in marketing. Currently a pharmaceutical sales specialist with AstraZeneca [...]
The Southeast Missouri State University Wind Symphony was selected to play for the Missouri Music Educators Association state convention in January, marking the first time in almost a decade Southeast has been invited to perform. Dr. Martin Reynolds, director of the Southeast Wind Symphony, says 142 ensembles submitted recordings to be considered for performance at [...]
The doors were officially opened for Business Service Centers at Southeast’s regional campuses in Sikeston, Malden and Kennett last fall. The centers serve aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners in the Bootheel. Small business owners receive one-on-one counseling and technical assistance as well as access to a host of services, including financial analysis and access [...]
The nation’s first elected African-American governor, the grandson of slaves, was this year’s keynote speaker at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Dinner. L. Douglas Wilder was elected to the governorship of Virginia, where African-Americans make up less than 20 percent of the population. Four out of five of his supporters were white in [...]
For the last several years, Southeast has deferred enrollment because it has had more students than space. With residence halls at capacity and students being temporarily housed in a local hotel this academic year, the Board of Regents approved construction of a new 262-bed residence hall on the north end of campus. The suite-style hall [...]
