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HENRY SESSOMS SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWED THROUGH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
The Dr. Henry Sessoms Scholarship recently has been endowed through the Southeast Missouri University Foundation.
Friends of Sessoms provided $10,000 to endow the scholarship in his name. Sessoms was a long-time professor of English at Southeast Missouri State University, who retired at the close of the spring 1999 semester. He came to Southeast in 1961 and became chair of the Department of English in 1968, a capacity in which he served until 1993. He has taught a number of courses at Southeast, including Middle English Literature, History of the English Language, Chaucer, English Satire, 18th Century British Literature, and British Literature I and II.
Sessoms earned his doctoral degree in English literature from Vanderbilt University. He has served as director of the Missouri London Program at Southeast since its inception in 1982. He also served as the director of the University’s then Center of International Studies from 1984 to 1986.
“I think it’s very desirable to assist students in getting an international perspective,” he said. “Anything to boost that is good for the academic community. I’m glad to see a reemphasis on international concerns at Southeast.”
The scholarship will help support students participating in the Missouri London Program. The recipient of the award must be a currently enrolled full-time student with a minimum 3.0 grade point average who wishes to participate in the Missouri London Program. The scholarship award will be used to help pay expenses of the trip.
125TH ANNIVERSARY QUILT NOW ON PERMANENT DISPLAY AT UNIVERSITY
A hand-made quilt commemorating Southeast Missouri State University’s 125th anniversary is now on permanent display in the University Center.
The quilt, made by the River Heritage Quilt Guild, can now be viewed on the third floor of the University Center, on the north wall of the Program Lounge.
The 95-by-125-inch size quilt was officially presented to the University during a special ceremony April 5, during Southeast’s 125th anniversary Showcase Month. Since that time, a special case has been made for displaying the quilt.
The 125th anniversary quilt, made by the River Heritage Quilt Guild, is a dedication to the many past and present buildings on the University campus. The centerpiece of the quilt depicts Academic Hall and each of the 14 surrounding perimeter blocks represent each of the other buildings on campus, including the original Normal School Building. An appliqued border frames the entire quilt.
University representatives first contacted the River Heritage Quilt Guild in April 1998 about making the quilt. The Guild agreed to take on the project and formed a committee to spearhead the work. Committee members were Tenna Henning, Judy Robinson, Mary K. Reed, Betty Cord, Jewel Eggley, Madeline Gieselman, Cookie Little, Glenda Nations and Vonda Slinkard. Robinson and Reed have served as designers. In total, 41 quilters worked on the project.
From the initial contact by the University to the finished product, the quilt took about a year to complete, and Guild members invested about 1,000 hours in putting it together. The Guild met at the Sewing Basket in Cape Girardeau, however, most of the actual quilting took place in the homes of Guild members.
The River Heritage Quilters Guild began in March 1988 with 25 members and has since grown to 100 members. The Guild is designed to bring together everyone who shares a love of quilts and quilting.
“We come together willing to share our knowledge,” member Tenna Henning has said. “We compare ideas and inspirations, build friendships and participate in projects through social, educational and community activities.”
Robinson said the Guild makes a full-sized “opportunity” quilt each year for fund-raising purposes. The Guild’s “opportunity” quilts are about the same size as the University quilt.
“However, none have been this magnificent,” she said. “We are very proud of this quilt. It has been enjoyable.”
SIKESTON COUPLE DONATES FORMER CONVENIENCE STORE, PROPERTY TO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
A Sikeston, Mo., couple recently donated a former convenience store and property near Houck Stadium to the Southeast Missouri University Foundation.
Robert and Dana Jenkins donated the building and site at 1116 Broadway in Cape Girardeau. The gift is valued at $170,000.
“We express our heartfelt thanks to the Jenkins for their generous gift-in-king,” said Dr. Kenneth Dobbins, president of Southeast Missouri State University. “This property will help the University in enhancing the look of Houck Stadium and Fieldhouse. We will use this site to landscape around the entrance to Houck and to showcase the stadium and its south entrance.”
Plans call for razing the former convenience store in the fall and converting the site into a landscaped parking area.
WERNER’S MARKET DONATED TO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
Kenneth Werner of Cape Girardeau has donated the former Werner’s CGA Super Market and an accompanying home at 1192 Broadway in Cape Girardeau to the Southeast Missouri University Foundation.
Werner donated the property in return for establishing a $150,000 gift annuity with the Foundation. Proceeds from the annuity, at the time of Werner’s death, will benefit athletic scholarships at Southeast Missouri State University.
“We express our sincere thanks to Mr. Werner for his generosity,” said Southeast President Kenneth W. Dobbins. “Mr. Werner’s gift will immediately benefit our current Southeast students with the expansion of parking at Houck Stadium and our future student athletes who will benefit from athletic scholarships.”
Plans call for razing the former Werner’s CGA Super Market and the accompanying home in the fall, and converting the site into an enhanced landscaped parking area that will better showcase the south entrance to Southeast’s Houck Stadium and the University.
NEW FACULTY MEMBERS TO ATTEND WORKSHOP IN AUGUST
Twenty-four new faculty members will take part in five-day workshop intended to acquaint them with Southeast Missouri State University and the Southeast Missouri community.
The 1999 Teaching Enhancement Workshop will be held Aug. 9-13 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The purpose of the workshop is to provide new faculty with an opportunity to meet and work with each other, to facilitate orientation to the university and regional community, to provide a setting where new faculty can explore and discuss teaching and learning issues, and to introduce the teacher-scholar model.
“Through the Teaching Enhancement Workshop, we hope to teach new faculty about excellence in teaching at the university level and we hope that the faculty will be able to learn from each other,” said Dr. Martha Zlokovich, coordinator of the Teaching Enhancement Workshop.
As part of the Teaching Enhancement Workshop, new faculty members will take a narrated bus tour of the Southeast Missouri region. Leading the tour will be Dr. Pat Lipetzky, dean of Extended Learning; Dr. Frank Nickell, director of the Center for Regional History; and Dr. Joseph Lanni, director of institutional research. Lipetzky, Nickell, and Lanni will provide the new faculty members with information about the region’s history, the characteristics of Southeast’s student body and the importance of Southeast’s extended learning program in the Bootheel.
The group will visit the Harry L. Crisp Bootheel Education Center in Malden. The tour includes lunch at Rebecca Sharp’s restaurant in New Madrid.
In addition to the bus tour, faculty members will engage in several interactive seminars during the five-day period. Seminars will be held on student-centered teaching, the design of effective learning experience, and integration of technology with learning. An extensive tour of Kent Library will be given by library staff. A quick bus tour of the campus also will be given.
The Teaching Enhancement Workshop began in 1986 to serve new faculty. Past participants in the workshop have said that the tour was the highlight of the workshop. The Teaching Enhancement Workshop has proven to be a “rich, rewarding experience,” they say.
The workshop will conclude on Friday, Aug. 13. A reception and dinner will be held by President Kenneth W. Dobbins on Friday, Aug. 27 at Wildwood.
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