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'JUGGLING LIFE SUCCESSFULLY' 12TH ANNUAL COMMUNITY CARING CONFERENCE PLANNED FOR FEB. 2
The 12th Annual Community Caring Conference "Juggling Life Successfully" will be held Feb. 2 at Southeast Missouri State University.
The conference is planned for 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the University Center Party Room/Ballroom.
The conference is sponsored by the Community Caring Council and Southeast Missouri State University Community 2000, which is funded by the Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Missouri Department of Mental Health.
All three presenters are known nationally for their powerful and motivational presentations. Ken Davis is humorous and inspirational. He will offer ways to assist us in our everyday everyway world in which we live. Peter Jenkins, author of Walk Across America, will give his insights for managing our lives. Karen Kolberg's playful style will show why optimism and coping positively is a healthy choice.
Cost is $60, which includes lunch. The full-time student discount is $30. A copy of your transcript is requested with registration. Registration is requested by Jan. 26. A Sweetheart special -- send five and the next one is free - is available.
This event will not be cancelled due to inclement weather. CEU's have been applied for in conjunction with the conference.
Table space will be available and may be reserved to display organizational materials. Please call Tonya Fambro, (573)290-5788, for more information and registration. Exhibits may be set up between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m. on Feb.2.
Call (573) 651-2099 for registration information or send name, title, organization, address, purchase order number or check to: Community Caring Conference, PO Box 552, MS 9300, Cape Girardeau, MO 63702-0552.
YOUTH ANTI-DRUG RALLY 2001 PLANNED FOR FEB. 2
A free Youth Anti-Drug Rally 2001 for area sixth and seventh graders is being planned for Feb. 2 in the Student Recreation Center at Southeast Missouri State University.
The event is scheduled for 5:30 to 9 p.m.
Youth will laugh and enjoy Karen Kolberg's interactive presentation, eat pizza, play games and learn something new about alcohol, tobacco and drugs through interactive stations.
This event is sponsored by the Southeast Missouri State University Community 2000 Program, Cape Community Caring Council, Cape Safe and Drug Free Schools, Area Wide United Way and Weed & Seed.
To register youth or if you are interested in volunteering, call (573) 651-5153.
SOUTHEAST PROFESSOR OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE RECEIVES GOVERNOR'S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING
Dr. Michael Brown, professor of criminal justice at Southeast Missouri State University, recently received the Governor's Award for Excellence in Teaching at the 2000 Governor's Conference on Higher Education.
Gov. Roger Wilson honored 63 outstanding faculty members from postsecondary schools, colleges and universities in Missouri during the conference held in December at the Holiday Inn Select Executive Center in Columbia, Mo. The awards ceremony was dedicated to the late Gov. Mel Carnahan, who always supported the recognition of exceptional teachers and was committed to improving educational opportunities for Missourians.
The Governor's Award for Excellence in Teaching honors faculty selected by their respective institutions for their effective teaching and advising, service to the school community, commitment to high standards of excellence and success in nurturing student achievement. Wilson presented the awards following his keynote address during the luncheon session.
Brown was presented with the University's prestigious Faculty Merit Award during Homecoming festivities at Southeast in October. The Faculty Merit Award is presented for excellence and distinction in teaching.
Brown holds a bachelor of arts degree in sociology with an emphasis in criminology from the University of Kansas, a master of administration of justice degree with an emphasis in education from Wichita State University and a doctoral degree in criminal justice with a concentration in administration and management from Sam Houston State University. He joined the faculty of Southeast in 1976.
During his 12 years as chairman of the Department of Criminal Justice, Brown built the department to more than 400 majors and more than 100 minors, implemented an internship program that places interns in federal, state and local agencies and helped develop the curriculum for the current criminal justice program. In 1987, he initiated the master's degree program that currently has over 40 students enrolled. He both created and directs the Law Enforcement Training Academy, which trains more than 150 police officers each year. Recently, he aided in the development of the nationally recognized Proctor Care Program that allows students to supervise juvenile offenders.
SOUTHEAST PROFESSOR PLAYS KEY ROLE IN DOCUMENTARY WINNING EMMY AWARD
Dr. Frank Nickell, director of the Center for Regional History at Southeast Missouri State University, played a key role in the historical development of a film that recently won an Emmy award at an awards program in St. Louis held in conjunction with the Mid-America Chapter of the National Academy of Television.
"Oh, Freedom After While: The Missouri Sharecropper Protest of 1939" won the award in the "Best Documentary" category. The Mid-America Chapter of the National Academy of Television encompasses all of Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky and Louisiana.
The documentary, which was shown nationally on the Public Broadcasting System on April 30, 2000, is a documentary coverage of the January 1939 sharecropper protest in the Missouri "bootheel" and the subsequent founding of the sharecropper community known as "Cropperville" near Poplar Bluff, Mo.
The video has been shown at the Dallas Film Festival, the Hot Springs Film Festival and the San Francisco Film Festival, where it received a certificate of merit. The journal Video
Librarian calls the film "well-crafted and a moving look at the plight of the sharecroppers" of Southeast Missouri and highly recommended it for school usage. Pete Daniel, curator of the National Museum of American History calls it a "poignant film" which is "perfect for classroom use" as it brings to life an earlier and important chapter of American history as it was played out in Southeast Missouri in the 1930s.
The video was 10 years in the making, and funded, in part, by the Missouri Humanities Council.
Lynn Rubright and Candace O'Connor of St. Louis were co-producers. Steven Ross of the University of Memphis was the director. Julian Bond was the narrator. The film may be purchased from California Newsreel, distributor of the video, by calling (800) 621-6196.
SOUTHEAST STUDIO JAZZ ENSEMBLE TO PERFORM AT PRE-INAUGURAL SHOW JAN. 7
The Studio Jazz Ensemble at Southeast Missouri State University will perform at a Pre-Inaugural Show Jan. 7 in conjunction with the Inauguration of Missouri Gov.-Elect Bob Holden.
The Ensemble will perform at the event, titled "One Bright Future, One Missouri - A Reflection of Missouri's Rich History," at 7 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium on the campus of Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo.
The two-act, two-hour show will highlight, through music and theatrical vignettes, important events in the history of Missouri. Topics to be covered include the fur trade; slavery; Pony Express; Mark Twain; Ragtime, Blues, Jazz and Bluegrass music; civil rights; river trade; railroad development; women's suffrage; and Harry Truman. The program, which will be narrated by Martin Sheen, will include a video tribute to the late Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan and remarks by Gov.-Elect Bob Holden.
The Southeast Studio Jazz Ensemble will be highlighted in a vignette titled "W.C. Handy and Blues," during which the 20-member group will perform "St. Louis Blues" with Jazz great Clark Terry, who is featured throughout the show. The Ensemble is scheduled to begin playing prelude music at 6:40 p.m., during which the group will perform two selections in conjunction with Terry. The Ensemble also will perform during intermission of the program and will play at the conclusion of the show as the crowd departs.
"It is a nice honor for us," said Barry Bernhardt, director of the Ensemble and director of University bands at Southeast. "It's a big deal. Down the road, this will pay dividends for us."
Bernhardt said the Studio Jazz Ensemble was invited to perform at the event after Holden heard the group perform in conjunction with Clark Terry at Southeast's winter commencement exercises in December. Holden served as the keynote speaker at commencement, and Terry received an honorary degree at the ceremony.
In addition to the performance by the Studio Jazz Ensemble, former Southeast student and vocalist Neal Boyd of Columbia, Mo., and formerly of Sikeston, Mo., will sing "Lift Every Voice" during a vignette on civil rights for African Americans.
KRCU PLANNING VALENTINE'S DAY DINNER AND DANCE
KRCU 90.9 FM Radio will hold its third annual Valentine's Dinner and Dance Feb. 10 at the Osage Center in Cape Girardeau.
The event, titled "The Sweet Sounds of Swing," will include a buffet dinner to be served at 7 p.m. followed by dancing from 8 p.m. to midnight. Music will be provided by the Southeast Jazz Big Band.
Tickets are $25 and may be purchased at KRCU Studios, 338 N. Henderson in Cape Girardeau or charged with a Visa or MasterCard at (573) 651-5070. Proceeds benefit KRCU Southeast Public Radio, a nonprofit station licensed to Southeast Missouri State University.
"The Sweet Sounds of Swing" is made possible with generous support from Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
WEBB TO SPEAK AT COMMUNITY CELEBRATION HONORING KING
The Rev. James Webb of Selma, Ala., will be the guest speaker at the 11th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration at 7 p.m. Jan. 15 in Greater Dimension Church, 725 Hackberry in Cape Girardeau.
Webb has been a civil rights activist for a number of years and appears in "The Eyes on the Prize" video series. The program at Greater Dimension Church also will include the presentation of the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Service Award. The celebration is one of several activities scheduled in January and February to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the renowned leader of the Civil Rights Movement in America.
Among the events will be the 16th Annual Memorial Breakfast Buffet at 8 a.m. Jan. 15 in the Show Me Center. The featured speaker will be Donna Cavitte of Jefferson City, Mo., the first African American female director of the Missouri Commission on Human Rights, Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. The breakfast also will feature performances by area choirs.
Admission will be $6.50 for the public, $3 for children ages six to 12, free for children five and under, $3 for University students without a meal plan and free for Southeast students with a University meal plan. Tickets will not be sold at the door but are available in advance at the Southeast Bookstore, located in the University Center, through Jan. 13. Southeast Bookstore hours are 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 8-12, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 13.
At 2 p.m. Jan. 15, "A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr." will be held in the ShopKo Court area foyer in West Park Mall. The program will feature musical, oratorical and theatrical performances by students from area schools and by members of the community.
Webb, who will speak at the Community Celebration, was born in Nashville, Tenn., on May 1, 1948. He attended the public and private schools of the city, graduating from the Nashville Christian Institute. He attended Fisk University and graduated from Windsor University, earning a bachelor of science degree in government and urban studies. New College at Edinburgh University in Scotland awarded him the master's of philosophy degree, and he received both a doctoral degree and a doctor of sacred theology degree from Christ Seminary-Seminex in St. Louis, now Chicago Lutheran School of Religion. His other studies include Harvard-M.T.'s Joint Center for Urban Affairs, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale and the U.S. Diplomatic School in Washington, D.C.
As a minister, Webb has served three denominations - African Methodist Episcopal Church, Church of God-Anderson and National Baptist Convention. These assignments have taken him to cities in Alabama, Indiana, Missouri, California and Georgia. Presently, he serves as senior pastor of Ward Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Selma, Ala.
Webb has served as executive director of the Voting Rights Museum and Institute in Selma, Ala., international vice president of MJ Associates, Ltd. in Capetown, South Africa, special assistant to the president of the United States, and field secretary of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. In these capacities, he was privileged to work for two Nobel Peace Prize winners -- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela - and one president - Ronald Reagan.
Among the numerous awards given to him are the Peter Marshall Fellowship, the Danforth Foundation Fellowship, the White House Fellowship, induction into the National Voting Rights Museum's "Living Legends Hall of Fame" and the Richard Allen Award.
He is married to Myra Fields Webb. They are the parents of Micah, Marcus and Chinaus. He also is the father of Cape Girardeau resident and police officer, Michelle Gray. Webb and his wife reside in Selma, Ala., and Capetown, South Africa.
Other events in celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday are scheduled to begin in January and continue through February, when the University will celebrate Black History Month.
Beginning Jan. 5, seniors at 10 area high schools will participate in an essay contest with the theme, "Renewing Dr. King's Dream in the 21st Century." Each school will select a winner to advance to the University's Essay Contest. Winning essays will be posted in area newspapers. One essay will be chosen as the grand prize winner by University faculty and staff. The contest runs through Jan. 31. For more information on the essay contest, call Dr. Janice Chadha at (573) 651-2004 or Chandra Webb at (573) 651-5186.
Also included in events will be the annual art contest. Cape Girardeau elementary school students will participate, and their artwork will be on display in the University Center Program Lounge and at local businesses. For more information on this contest, call Chandra Webb or Nakima Yokley at (573) 651-5186.
Beginning Jan. 22 and running through Feb. 28, Southeast Missouri State University students will be selected from various academic disciplines to research and make topical presentations in classrooms on significant events and individuals of African-American history.
On Jan. 24, the Black Repertory Co. of St. Louis will present a dramatic portrayal of the
Civil Rights Movement. This Common Hour presentation is slated for 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. in Academic Auditorium. The Company also will perform "King: The Man" for two area schools.
Other events scheduled to continue through February include the Fourth Annual Read-A-Thon, in-service training for area secondary school teachers on the "Teaching Tolerance" curricula, a cultural fair, the Emerging African American Artists Reception and the Michael Davis lecture. Also in February will be the Minority Student Career Exploration Dinner, a presentation by Southeast alumnus Joseph Dunlap, a lip sync/talent show presented by the Association of Black Collegians and a Family Weekend Open Forum for minority students and their families. Late in the month, there will be an open forum titled "African-Americans and the Criminal Justice System - Facts, Myths and Misconceptions," a Black Movie Weekend and a Showcase of Phenomenal Women.
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