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GRAND NAMED DIRECTOR OF UNIVERSITY MUSEUM
Dr. Stanley Grand has been named the new director of the Southeast Missouri State University Musuem. He began his new position in August.
Grand received his doctoral degree in art history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He came to Southeast after working as director of the Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University in Pennsylvania. He is best known for his work in arranging collections and writing catalogs for several contemporary artists.
Grand says the impending development of the River Campus attracted him to Southeast. He says he plans to improve the quality of the Museum and refine the overall collection while planning to move into a new building. Grand says he also would like to create a Museum "friends" organization to raise funds and create interest for the Museum at the University and in the community.
"I have every confidence that I have a real opportunity to make a contribution and impact through the Museum," Grand said.
Grand will also serve as associate professor of art at Southeast. He also is teaching "Survey of American Art History."
D. STEVE WRIGHT CAPE GIRARDEAU NOON OPTIMIST CLUB RESTRICTED SCHOLARSHIP ESTABLISHED
The D. Steve Wright Cape Girardeau Noon Optimist Club Restricted Scholarship has been established through the Southeast Missouri University Foundation.
The Cape Girardeau Noon Optimist Club has made a gift of $500 to establish the scholarship in memory of D. Steve Wright who passed away April 1, 1999. It will be awarded for the first time this fall.
The scholarship is open to students who attend Southeast Missouri State University and maintain a grade point average of at least 2.5 to receive the second semester portion of the scholarship. The student must maintain a minimum of 12 credit hours. The recipient must be a person of high moral character and a law-abiding citizen. Two letters of recommendation from non-family members is required. The student must meet three additional criteria to be selected: students must have graduated from a Cape Girardeau County High School, must be a Cape Girardeau County resident with a valid High School Equivalency Diploma, and must be a son or daughter of a current Cape Girardeau Noon Optimist member.
The recipient will be asked to submit a photo of himself to the Cape Girardeau Noon Optimist Club and must attend one Cape Girardeau Noon Optimist meeting each semester, where they must submit an oral progress report. Deadline to submit applications to Southeast Missouri State University Financial Aid Office is March 15.
ACT TO BE ADMINISTERED AT SOUTHEAST
The ACT, which is required for admission to many area colleges, will be administered on Oct. 28 at Southeast Missouri State University.
Registration for this test must be postmarked by Sept. 22 in Iowa City, Iowa. Registration fee is $23. Late registration will be accepted in Iowa City postmarked by Oct. 6 with an additional $15 late fee ($38.00 total).
Applications and information packets for the ACT are available at Testing Services (MS 3970), Southeast Missouri State University, Room 347 Academic Hall, One University Plaza, Cape Girardeau, Mo. 63701. For more information, please call (573) 651-2836.
SEMINAR TO FOCUS ON ESTATE PLANNING FOR FAMILY BUSINESSES
A seminar focusing on estate planning for family businesses will be held Sept. 28 at Southeast Missouri State University. The seminar will be held in Glenn Auditorium of Robert A. Dempster Hall.
The one-day seminar co-sponsored by the Donald L. Harrison College of Business and the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and Small Business Management is designed specifically to provide members and key employees of closely-held, family businesses with information and techniques to assist them in perpetuating the growth of their business.
"The small business community has indicated interest in programming that focuses on this topic," said Dr. Jack Sterrett, chair of the Department of Marketing and director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and Small Business Management at Southeast Missouri State University.
"Most of our business constituents in Southeast Missouri are small family-owned businesses and many are becoming more proactive in terms of planning for the future; and estate planning is key in terms of being able to successfully pass on a business to other family members."
The morning session will address such topics as how to avoid living and death probate, wills, exemptions from the Federal Estate Tax, living trusts, protecting inheritance, the Capital Gains Tax, reasons why most estate plans do not work and how to make sure your estate plan does work, and questions you should ask an attorney before engaging them to do your estate plan. The afternoon session will deal specifically with Family Limited Partnerships, the sale of Defective Grantor Trust, and estate and income tax consequences of the sale, retirement accounts, and buy/sell agreements. The seminar will conclude with a round-table question and answer session. Lunch will be provided between the two sessions.
There is no charge for the seminar, however those planning to attend must register because space is limited. For more information, please contact Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and Small Business Management at (573) 651-2112 or (573) 651-2915.
Professional co-sponsors of the event include the Law Offices of Newman, Freyman, Klein & Gamache, P.C., and the Certified Public Accounting Business Consulting firm of Rubin, Brown, Gornstein, and Company, LLP, of St. Louis, Mo., and MetLife.
SOUTHEAST HORTICULTURE PROGRAM RECEIVES DONATION
Members of the Aid Association for Lutherans (AAL), in conjunction with the organization's Helping Hands project, has made a donation to Southeast Missouri State University's Horticulture Program.
"The Horticulture Program within the Department of Agriculture is self supported, so everything will help us out," said Denise Pingel, manager of the University's horticulture greenhouse.
AAL Branch 1688 from Trinity Lutheran Church of Egypt Mills, Mo., raised funds through a plant and bake sale. The AAL home office in Appleton, Wis., matched the funds from this event. In total, AAL donated $1,168 to be used by the Horticulture program's building fund.
"The donation goes into the agriculture building fund, which is slotted to build a new horticulture greenhouse," said Pingel. "The current structure was built in 1978, so we're due for something new."
The plans for the new greenhouse are currently in development.
In addition to this donation, AAL raises funds for educational programs that help themselves, their community and other people in need.
FORSEE FAMILY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP ESTABLISHED
The Forsee Family Endowed Scholarship has been established through the Southeast Missouri University Foundation.
Gary and Sherry Forsee of Atlanta, Ga., have made a gift of $25,000 to establish the scholarship. It will be awarded for the first time this fall.
The scholarship is open to students who have a 3.0 grade point average and have financial need verified by the FAFSA form in Financial Aid Services. Students must maintain a 3.0 grade point average.
Sherry Forsee, a native of St. Louis, graduated from Southeast in 1972 with a bachelor of science in secondary education. While at Southeast, she was a member of Alpha Chi Omega, Terpsichore and the Student Activities Council. Sherry has been employed by the North Kansas City, Charleston, East Prairie and Hannibal school districts. She has been an active member in Kansas City with the Leukemia Society, Missouri Ballet Guild, Kansas City Young Matrons, Alpha Chi Omega, Pets for Life and the Blue Valley Schools.
Gary Forsee was a 1968 graduate of Cape Central High School in Cape Girardeau and graduated in 1972 from the University of Missouri-Rolla. He has held many positions with Southwestern Bell and AT&T. In 1990 he joined Sprint and was transferred to Kansas City from the Washington D.C. area. His most recent position with Sprint was as CEO of a joint venture GlobalOne in Brussels, Belgium. In 1999 he joined BellSouth in Atlanta as executive vice president and chief staff officer. Gary is a member of the National Board of Directors for the March of Dimes. In Kansas City, he served on the Board of the Kansas City Public Television Station, the Nelson Gallery Foundation's Business Council and the University of Missouri's Board of Curators Telecommunications Advisory Board.
The couple has two daughters, Melanie and Kara.
FEDERAL FUNDS RELEASED FOR POLYTECHNIC BUILDING
Thanks to U.S. Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond and U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, the federal government recently released a $1 million federal appropriation to Southeast Missouri State University that will be used by Southeast to boost technology capabilities in the Otto and Della Seabaugh Polytechnic Building, now under construction on the north campus.
The funds are being used to equip the new building with computer labs and to fund necessary computer networking and technology packages in the facility.
Specifically, the funds are being used to provide selected instructional equipment for several labs in the building, including Industrial Power, Plastics and Composites, Multimedia, Laser/Fiber Optics, Microprocessor Electronics, and Machine Tool and Die. The funds also are being used to provide student lab and instructional stations for all facility classrooms and labs - Electronics Lab, Industrial Power and Control Labs, Manfacturing Labs, Material Testing Lab, Fluid Power Lab and Graphics Labs.
The dollars also are being used to assist with the networking of computers and workstations to connect them into the campus computer network and to remote industrial sites and educational centers. In addition, the funding is assisting with the purchase of computerized instructional technology packages that will allow faculty to access and use a variety of instructional hardware and software, including the Internet, for and during class presentations.
"This funding will allow us to install the latest in computer-based instructional equipment into our new facility," said Dr. Randy Shaw, dean of the School of Polytechnic Studies. "It will allow students and faculty access to computer networked labs and classrooms."
Dr. Dale Nitzschke, chancellor of Southeast Missouri State University, said Southeast is indebted to U.S. Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond and U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson for their assistance in securing the federal funding.
"This really is a watershed event for us," Nitzschke said. "It is really going to set up apart from any other entity in this region in terms of the level and quality of educational services we are able to provide."
Donald L. Dickerson, president of the University's Board of Regents, added, "We are very grateful for the outstanding help we have received from Sen. Bond and Rep. Emerson. This is a tremendous help in our efforts to bring the Polytechnic Building on-line and will enhance the efforts that this University is pursuing."
An announcement that equipment funding for the Polytechnic Building had been specifically earmarked as a line item in the federal budget was made last fall. The funding is part of a $390 billion budget approved by Congress and President Clinton last year.
"On behalf of all current and future students of Southeast, I would like to express our sincere gratitude to Sen. Bond and Rep. Emerson for their work in convincing their fellow lawmakers to support this important project," said Dr. Kenneth W. Dobbins, president of
Southeast Missouri State University. "We think it is important to bring these dollars back to Missouri, and to put them to work in preparing students for the workforce of the future."
Work on the Otto and Della Seabaugh Polytechnic Building continues this fall after a full schedule of work over the summer has resulted in nearly all of the structural steel being erected.
John O'Malley, Facilities Management project manager, says nearly 98 percent of the structural steel framework is up on the facility being built on the north campus adjacent to the campus science quadrangle.
"It's really kind of popped out of the ground and is now more visible to people," he said.
Concrete floors on all three floors have been poured, he added.
"We're fairly well on schedule," O'Malley said. "Everything has gone pretty well so far."
The new building will integrate the former Greek dining center, which over the summer saw its interior gutted. New sewer lines on the ground floor of that portion of the building have been laid, new piping has been installed and some studs are up as well. New walls, partitions and doors also are being installed in this portion of the building, he said.
The roof should be on the building by November, O'Malley said, allowing staff to work on the interior of the building through the winter.
BSI Constructors of St. Louis are serving as the construction management firm for the project. William B. Ittner and Associates of St. Louis designed the 60,000-square-foot building.
The $8.8 million building is expected to be complete by May 21, 2001, in time for fall 2001 classes. The Otto and Della Seabaugh Polytechnic Building will house the School of Polytechnic Studies, which includes the University's Department of Industrial and Engineering Technology. The department currently is housed in the aging Serena Building. The new facility will provide space for training for industries and the latest advanced manufacturing technology for students. The building is named for the Seabaughs of Cape Girardeau, who, in 1998, made provisions for a gift of more than $1 million to help fund construction of the new facility.
The building will contain three networked computer labs, five classrooms complete with the latest instructional technology packages, and one interactive television classroom. Dedicated technology labs will include automated manufacturing systems, multimedia, computer-aided drafting and design, industrial power, industrial controls, computer networking, manufacturing, materials testing, and fluid power.
The $1 million appropriation to Southeast is subject to a seven percent executive withholding.
CREDIT BY EXAM, CLEP, DEPARTMENTAL EXAMS TO BE ADMINISTERED AT SOUTHEAST
Southeast Missouri State University will administer Credit by Exam tests, CLEP and Departmental Exams, on Tuesday, Oct. 31 in Academic Hall Room 348 on the University Campus.
Application deadline for all Credit by Exam tests is Oct 2. Applications and specific instructions to register for each test are available from Testing Services, Academic Hall Room 347. Call (573) 651-2836 for information.
CALIFORNIA ACHEIVEMENT TO BE ADMINISTERED AT SOUTHEAST
Southeast Missouri State University will administer the California Achievement Test (CAT) on Thursday, Oct. 12 in Academic Hall 347.
Registration deadline is Oct. 5. Applications are available at Testing Services, Academic Hall 347, or by calling (573) 651-2836.
ASTRONOMY CLUB TO MEET SEPT. 20
The Astronomy Club at Southeast Missouri State University will meet at 7 p.m. Sept. 20 in Magill Hall Room 120.
The meeting is open to the public. Topics to be discussed include fund raisers, field trips, guest speakers and the Messier marathon.
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY RECEIVES THIRD TITLE VII GRANT
The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Language Affairs has awarded Southeast Missouri State University a Title VII training grant to Train All Content Teachers in Interactive Classroom Success (TACTICS).
With the addition of TACTICS, Southeast now offers all three professional training programs for teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL). TACTICS, along with Project INTERACT Goes Bilingual and BASE, provide various levels of training for in-service teachers leading to a Master's degree in TESOL, for language minority teachers leading to the B.S. degree in education, and for mainstream classroom teachers, leading to the TESOL endorsement.
The grant provides $247,842 for one year, and it may be renewed twice.
"The long term goal of TACTICS is to benefit all language minority students in the state of Missouri," said TACTICS director Dr. Adelaide Parsons, who also serves as director of international programs at Southeast.
TACTICS involves two levels of professional training. First, the TACTICS staff helps in-service teachers to enhance their curriculum to meet the needs of all children. As a result school districts across the state will be better able to meet state regulations for teaching all children, regardless of language boundaries. Second, University professors in the College of Education, College of Liberal Arts and School of Graduate Studies will incorporate language minority specialization into the curricula so that pre-service teachers are prepared to work with language minority students.
Currently, TACTICS is working to increase involvement among districts throughout the state. The current practices in teaching language minority children have found to be effective in enhancing learning for all children since the focus is on cognitive content development along with language development.
Over the past seven years, Southeast has been the leader in TESOL training in the state of Missouri. During this time Southeast has trained 275 of the 325 teachers that have received an ESOL endorsement. Southeast serves the entire state of Missouri through the various TESOL training programs.
Parsons leads the administration of TACTICS. John Campbell is the coordinator; Susan Schindler is coordinator of the sites; and Dana Jordan is secretary. For more information contact Campbell at (573) 986-6107.
FAMILY WEEKEND 2000 BRINGS ACTIVITIES AND FUN TO SOUTHEAST
Families can be expected to "monkey" around the campus of Southeast Missouri State University Sept. 22-24 for the annual Family Weekend festivities. The weekend will be highlighted by athletic events, open houses and a special performance by Davy Jones, lead singer of The Monkees.
"The concert following the football game has become such a successful part of Family Weekend," said Diane Sides, the interim director of University Relations. "It's become a tradition that everyone looks forward to. Every family member from grandparents to younger siblings can enjoy the show put on by Davy Jones."
On Friday, Sept. 22, students can take their families to Towers Cafeteria or the University Center's Café Court for dinner from 4:30 to 7 p.m. An information table also will be set up during this time and throughout the weekend at the Towers Residence Halls. Then, the Southeast Otahkian women's soccer team will entertain families as they take on Southwest Missouri State University at 7 p.m at Houck Stadium. At 8 p.m., Phi Beta Sigma is hosting "The Night the Stars Came Out: All Campus/Community Variety Talent Show" in which University students will perform songs, dances, drama and poetry readings at Academic Auditorium.
On Sept. 23, families can stop by Wildwood, the University president's official residence, and enjoy morning coffee with Dr. Kenneth Dobbins, the University's 17th president, and his family. The University Museum, the Scully Education Building, and the Department of Political Science also will be conducting open houses.
"This weekend is a wonderful opportunity for families to spend time with their college students," said Sides. "It's a chance to meet University leaders, learn more about the campus and get younger siblings excited about going to college some day."
Jones will take to the stage on Saturday, Sept. 23 following the football game at Houck Stadium. The Southeast Indians will battle the Hilltoppers of Western Kentucky at 6 p.m. For information on tickets for the game and the concert call (573) 651-2113.
The events will conclude on Sunday, Sept. 24. Dr. Dobbins will host the annual Family Weekend Brunch at the University Center from 9:30 to 11 a.m. The Catholic Campus Ministries and the Lutheran Student Fellowship both will hold services at 11 a.m. Finally, the Southeast Otahkian women's soccer team will host a barbecue fund raiser and an exhibition match at 1p.m. at Houck Stadium.
"This is only the soccer team's second season," said Sides. "We're really excited that families will have the chance to see our newest team as well as a new era in Southeast football."
For more information about any of the Family Weekend activities, contact Sides at (573) 651-5910. All events are open to the public and pre-registration is not necessary. For those events requiring a fee, tickets can be purchased at the door.
STUDENT RECREATION CENTER TURNED INTO CARNIVAL FUN FEST
Families will enjoy the carnival-type atmosphere at Southeast Missouri State University's Family Weekend when the Student Recreation Center Gymnasium is transformed into a family fun-fest on Saturday, Sept. 23 from 1 to 4 p.m.
"We wanted to have something for the students to bring their parents and siblings to before the football game," said Matt Specht, the assistant director of recreation sports in charge of programming. "The students can challenge their parents and siblings in a variety of contests. It's also an opportunity for us to showcase the recreation center."
Participants are invited to test their skills at several carnival games such as tricycle races and football tosses. Prizes will be awarded to the winners. The basketball courts, racquetball courts and the climbing wall also will be open for use.
ANNUAL FAMILY GAME NIGHT SCHEDULED FOR SOUTHEAST FAMILIES
Southeast Missouri State University's non-traditional students will have an opportunity to bring their children, spouses and significant others to the annual Family Game Night at the Johnson Faculty Centre on Friday, Sept. 22 at 6 p.m.
"This is a great opportunity for students and their families to get together," said Lisa Pedan, the coordinator of the Office of Student Life Studies and Commuter Student Services. "All non-traditional students are welcome to bring guests. It should be a good social networking opportunity."
The event, which is being sponsored by the Office of Student Life Services and Commuter Student Services as part of the University's Family Weekend 2000, will be fun for all ages. Families are encouraged to bring their favorite board or card game. A light supper will also be provided.
For more information or to make reservations, call the Office of Student Life Studies at (573) 651-2135. Spots should be reserved by Sept. 19.
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