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MISSISSIPPI DELTA CONFERENCE TO BE OFFERED VIA SATELLITE AT SOUTHEAST "Delta Vision, Delta Voices - Mississippi Delta Beyond 2000: A National Conference" will be offered via satellite downlink May 10-11 on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. The teleconference conference runs from 7:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. May 10 and from 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on May 11. The teleconference, which is free and open to the public, will be broadcast both days in Glenn Auditorium of Robert A. Dempster Hall. The conference will celebrate the progress, examine the challenges, and address the future of this Mississippi Delta region. While the program will address accomplishments in the Delta, it primarily will focus on the future of the region. The conference promises to be the largest, most significant gathering on the Delta's future ever held. The final report and action plan, titled "Delta Vision, Delta Voices - Mississippi Delta Beyond 2000," which is a follow-up to the 10-year plan that the Lower Mississippi Delta Development Commission presented in 1990 by then Gov. Bill Clinton, will be unveiled at the conference. The conference is designed to focus national attention on the Mississippi Delta region's progress and economic and social needs. The conference also is to provide the forum for establishing the framework for implementation of the action plan and related activities concerning the Delta's needs through meaningful federal action and a strong partnership among the federal government, other levels of government, and all segments of the private sector. Throughout the conference, participants will consider new ways to work together to reach even more Delta communities and organizations - to encourage their participation in improving life in the Delta. Participants are being invited from a wide array of organizations, including Delta regional leaders, legislators, non-profits, cultural and community representatives, public-private partnerships, state and local government officials, federal officials, business people, academics and youth. top of page OMICRON DELTA KAPPA CHAPTER CHARTERED AT SOUTHEAST A chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa, the national leadership honor society for college students, faculty, staff, administrators and alumni, was chartered on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University April 29. In addition, 32 students, along with Dr. Kenneth W. Dobbins, president of Southeast, his wife, Jeanine Larson Dobbins, and Michelle Irby, assistant director of student involvement at Southeast, were initiated as members in the honor society. Irby is serving on the chapter's executive board as faculty secretary. Assisting with the ceremony was Art Wallhausen, assistant to the president at Southeast and a member of Omicron Delta Kappa. Holley Hargraves of Belleville, Ill., was elected president of the chapter; Helen Baltz of St. Peters, Mo., was elected vice president; and Ryan Rhodes of Monett, Mo., was elected treasurer. Those eligible for initiation at Southeast are juniors and seniors in the top 35th percentile of their class who also have demonstrated achievement in one of the following areas: scholarship; athletics; campus and community service, social and religious activities, and campus government; journalism, speech and the mass media; and creative and performing arts. Irby said seed for the chapter was planted in fall 1998 when University officials discussed the need to formally recognize student leadership across the campus. During this school year, interested University students and officials drafted a constitution and by-laws and petitioned the national Omicron Delta Kappa organization to charter a chapter at Southeast. An area Omicron Delta Kappa province director conducted a site visit shortly thereafter. The official charter soon will be displayed in Academic Hall. Irby says the new chapter will induct new members during a ceremony twice a year, both in the spring and fall. Omicron Delta Kappa recognizes superior scholarship, leadership and exemplary character. Membership in the organization is a mark of the highest distinction and honor. The society is designed to recognize those who have exhibited a high standard of leadership and effectiveness in collegiate activities, to bring together student leaders from all sectors of collegiate life in order to help mold the sentiment of the University for questions of local and collegiate interest; and to bring together members of the faculty and the student body on a basis of mutual interest and understanding. Omicron Delta Kappa was founded Dec. 3, 1914, at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va. The organization was the first college honor society of a national scope to give recognition and honor for meritorious leadership and service in extracurricular activities and to encourage development of general campus citzenship. EDITOR'S NOTE: A list of students inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa is attached. Students are arranged alphabetically by hometown. OMICRON DELTA KAPPA INITIATES ARNOLD- Julie Kelleher BARNHART- Stephanie Winters BENTON- Adam Glueck CAPE GIRARDEAU- Shanna Keel David Light Kirti Patel Sara Steffen Jocelyn Wilson DEXTER- Justin King DITTMER- Steven Sandmeier FREDRICKTOWN- Shawn Haferkamp JACKSON- Anne Branscum KENNETT- Lenell O'Connell MATTHEWS- Jami Geske MONETT- Ryan Rhodes PLATTE WOODS- Erica Silva POPLAR BLUFF- Kathie Kearbey SIKESTON- Carol Marshall Danny Marshall ST. CHARLES- Chelsea Howell ST. PETERS- Helen Baltz David Hartung ST. LOUIS- Richard Harris Jessica Spirk STE. GENEVIEVE- Wayne Dunker TROY- Jenny Reinhold UNIVERSITY CITY- Maureen Murray BELLEVILLE, ILL.- Holley Hargraves DUPO, ILL.- Angela Pechenino NAPERVILLE, ILL.- Bethany DeGeeter FAIRVIEW, MONT.- Kristopher McConnell MEMPHIS, TENN.- Joanna Maybry top of page SOUTHEAST GUITAR ENSEMBLE PRESENTS RECITAL ON MAY 8 The Southeast Guitar Ensemble will present a recital at 8 p.m. May 8 in the Baptist Student Center Chapel. The program will feature performances by classical guitar students from the Department of Music at Southeast Missouri State University. Featured ensemble works include a Sonata for violin and guitar by Niccolo Paganini and a set of flamenco-inspired songs for voice and guitar by Federico Garcia Lorca. Guitar soloists will present a range of pieces from studies by Cuban Leo Brouwer to Spanish standards by Francisco Tarrega and Isaac Albeniz. The recital will conclude with a set of pieces by Isaac. The Southeast Guitar Ensemble is directed by Jeffrey Noonan, instructor ofguitar and musicology in the Department of Music. Earlier this semester, the Ensemble made its first appearance at the Mid-America Guitar Ensemble Festival at Bradley University in Peoria, Ill. Besides participating in workshops for all attendees, the Southeast Guitar Ensemble was selected from all participating groups to perform in a Master Class and coaching session with the Ferrara/Leinz Guitar Duo from San Francisco. The Southeast Guitar Ensemble performed at the closing concert of the Mid-America Guitar Ensemble Festival and has been invited back to the festival next year. In early May, the Southeast Guitar Ensemble appeared at schools in St. Louis, presenting programs to high school and junior high school music students. The recital on May 8 is free and open to the public. The Baptist Student Center Chapel is located at the corner of Normal and Pacific on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University. For more information, call (573) 651-2141 or (573) 651-2706 top of page SOUTHEAST ANNOUNCES 2000 MATH FIELD DAY WINNERS About 700 students from 35 schools competed in the annual Math Field Day April 21 at Southeast Missouri State University. The event, in its 23rd year at Southeast, was sponsored by Southeast's Department of Mathematics and the Southeast Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Students had the opportunity to compete in 22 individual events, five team events and two problem-solving events, including "Mathletics." Mathletics is a fast-paced event in which teams of four students work simultaneously on problems for periods of 15 seconds to two minutes. The students compete to se who can score the most points for correct answers. Members of the Southeast Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics judged the event. First-, second- and third-place winners respectively in this event were Notre Dame High School in Cape Girardeau, Advance High School in Advance, Mo., and Farmington High School in Farmington, Mo. In other events, ninth grade students completed in the areas of word problems, non-routine problem solving and number bases. Tenth grade students competed in geometry, non-routine problem solving and Algebra I. Eleventh-graders competed in the categories of Algebra II, non-routine problem solving, level two, world problems and exponential and log function. Twelfth-graders competed in the categories of non-routine problem solving, level two, matrices and determinants, analytic geometry and calculus. Open events included history of mathematics, sets and logic, geometry, trigonometry, algebra, probability, mental arithmetic, number theory and hand calculator. Team events were held in algebra I, algebra II, geometry, trigonometry and medley. Schools participating were: Advance High School, Arcadia Valley High School, Bell City High School, Bismarck High School, Bunker High School, Campbell High School, Cape Girardeau Central Junior and High School, Cape Girardeau Notre Dame High School, Caruthersville High School, DeSoto High School, Dexter High School, Doniphan High School, East Carter High School, Farmington High School, Fredericktown High School, Leopold High School, Marquand-Zion High School, Meadow Heights High School, New Madrid County Central High School, North St. Francois County High School, Oak Ridge High School, Potosi High School, Risco High School, Sikeston Senior and Junior High School, South Iron High School, South Pemiscot County High School, Steeleville High School. 2000 MATH FIELD DAY WINNERS INDIVIDUAL OPEN EVENTS SCHOOL LOCATION NAME OF SCHOOL CATEGORY STUDENT'S NAME EVENT PLACE ADVANCE Advance H.S. Small School Galen Cooper Mental Arithmetic First Advance H.S. Small School Andrew Jenkins Non-Routine Problem Solving Level I Third Advance H.S. Small School Chase Robins Algebra Second Advance H.S. Small School Chase Robins Hand Calculators Second ANNAPOLIS South Iron H.S. Small School Destiny Mickan Hand Calculators First BISMARCK Bismarck H.S. Small School Mike Wilson Computational Mathematics Second BONNE TERRE North St. Francois County Large School Josh Fields Mental Arithmetic Second North St. Francois County Large School Morgan Moom Computational Mathematics Second North St. Francois County Large School Amy Smither Number Theory First CAMPBELL Campbell H.S. Small School Ryan Baker Probability Second Campbell H.S. Small School Ryan Baker Non-Routine Problem Solving Level II Third Campbell H.S. Small School Jason Rhody Geometry Second CAPE GIRARDEAU Cape Central Senior H.S. Large School Sara Brown Hand Calculators Third Cape Central Senior H.S. Large School Eric Daume Geometry Second Cape Central Senior H.S. Large School Charles Haughland Non-Routine Problem Solving Level I Second Cape Central Senior H.S. Large School Charles Haughland Sets and Logic Second Cape Central Senior H.S. Large School Sonia Tikoo Geometry First Cape Central Senior H.S. Large School Sonia Tikoo Computational Mathematics First Cape Central Senior H.S. Large School Luke Van Cleve Non-Routine Problem Solving Level II Third Cape Central Junior H.S. Large School Colin McClain Mental Arithmetic Third Notre Dame H.S. Small School Neal Essner Sets and Logic First Notre Dame H.S. Small School Kurt Glastetter Non-Routine Problem Solving Level II Second Notre Dame H.S. Small School Nathan Hirtz Probability First Notre Dame H.S. Small School Nathan Hirtz Non-Routine Problem Solving Level II First Notre Dame H.S. Small School Michelle Hulshof Trigonometry First Notre Dame H.S. Small School Michelle Hulshof Number Theory Third Notre Dame H.S. Small School Casey Janet Computational Mathematics First Notre Dame H.S. Small School Danny Robert Non-Routine Problem Solving Level I First Notre Dame H.S. Small School Geoffrey Seyer Non-Routine Problem Solving Level I Second Notre Dame H.S. Small School Michael Sirimaturos Algebra First CARUTHERSVILLE Caruthersville H.S. Small School Elisha Dudley History of Math First Caruthersville H.S. Small School Ellen Linsman Algebra Third Caruthersville H.S. Small School Ellen Linsman Mental Arithmetic Second Caruthersville H.S. Small School Ellen Linsman Number Theory Second Caruthersville H.S. Small School Rebekah Kirby History of Math Third Caruthersville H.S. Small School Rebekah Kirby Number Theory First Caruthersville H.S. Small School Rebekah Kirby Trigonometry Third Caruthersville H.S. Small School Catherine Nwora Geometry First DEXTER Dexter H.S. Small School Elizabeth Taylor Probability Third DESOTO DeSoto Small School Krissy Crouch Hand Calculators First Small School Michael Friday Computational Mathematics Third FARMINGTON Farmington Large School James Ginns Probablility First Farmington Large School James Ginns Non-Routine Problem Solving Level II First Farmington Large School Jason Green Trigonometry First Farmington Large School Eric McNeil Algebra First Farmington Large School Eric McNeil Non-Routine Problem Solving Level I First Farmington Large School Jesse Soderlund Non-Routine Problem Solving Level I Third FREDERICKTOWN Fredericktown H.S. Large School Joshua Corey Sets and Logic Third Fredericktown H.S. Large School Jay Kline Non-Routine Problem Solving Level II Second Fredericktown H.S. Large School Lynetta Mier History of Math Third Fredericktown H.S. Large School Zack Moss Sets and Logic First Fredericktown H.S. Large School Tom Tomlinson History of Math First IRONTON Arcadia Valley H.S. Large School Andrew Hitchings Number Theory Second Arcadia Valley H.S. Large School Gary Hodges History of Math Second Arcadia Valley H.S. Large School Seth Stahlheber Geometry Third LEOPOLD Leopold H.S. Small School Gwen Vandeven Mental Arithmetic Third NEW MADRID New Madrid County Central Large School Shawn Comer Probability Second OAK RIDGE Oak Ridge H.S. Small School Lance Morgan Sets and Logic Third POTOSI Potosi H.S. Large School Erik AuBuchon Trigonometry Third Potosi H.S. Large School Stacey Borge Algebra Second Potosi H.S. Large School Karl Gokenbach Algebra Third Potosi H.S. Large School Kim Holman Trigonometry Second PATTON Meadow Heights H.S. Small School Heather Wissore History of Math First SIKESTON Sikeston Senior H.S. Large School Colleen Bates Number Theory Third Sikeston Senior H.S. Large School Patrick Casey Mental Arithmetic First Sikeston Senior H.S. Large School Andrew Hendrick Geometry Third Sikeston Junior H.S. Large School Shane Stricker Hand Calculators Second STEELE South Pemiscot County H.S. Small School Emily Bracklin Hand Calculators Third South Pemiscot County H.S. Small School Emily Bracklin Trigonometry Second South Pemiscot County H.S. Small School Jerry Donner Sets and Logic Second STEELVILLE Steeleville H.S. Small School Tina Goosz Probablity Third Steeleville H.S. Small School Melissa Steber Computational Mathematics Third top of page SOUTHEAST STUDIO JAZZ ENSEMBLE TO PRESENT FINAL SPRING PERFORMANCE The University Jazz Program of the Department of Music at Southeast Missouri State University will present its final concert of the spring semester May 10 at 12:15 p.m. on the steps of the University Center. The concert will feature a performance by the Southeast Studio Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Barry Bernhardt, director of University Bands at Southeast. The concert is free and open to the public. Selections to be performed include "Blues at Drury" and "Festival," both as recorded by the Jim Widner Big Band;" "Matchpoint;" "Decoupage," as recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra; "Neverbird;" "Always and Forever," as recorded by Bob Cornow's L.A. Big Band; "Pegasus," as recorded by the Stan Kenton Orchestra; and "All of Me," as recorded by the Count Basie Orchestra. For further information, contact the University Bands Office at (573) 651-2335. top of page ROBERTS THIRD RECIPIENT OF LORBERG AWARD Rachel Roberts, a Southeast Missouri State Universtiy senior from Cape Girardeau, is the recipient of the third M.G. Lorberg Award for outstanding performances in the areas of speech communication and theatre. "Rachel has demonstrated excellence not only in theatre but also in speech communication," said Dr. Tom Harte, chair of the Department of Speech Communication and Theatre. The Lorberg Award was established by Southeast's Department of Speech Communication and Theatre as a way to honor the late Dr. M.G. Lorberg, who served for many years as chair of the department. "Lorberg was a speech correctionist by training - a generalist," said Harte. "He was comfortable in several facets of our discipline - theatre, debate, public speaking, speech correction. Thus we look for someone who similarly has distinguished himself or herself in a range of activities that encompass the facets of the discipline." top of page