Week of October 25, 1999



KATHLEEN MALZ NAMED 1999 WOMAN OF THE YEAR HARRISON COLLEGE OF BUSINESS RECEIVES KAUFFMAN CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP GRANT
BRIAN COCHRAN NAMED 1999 MAN OF THE YEAR MUSIC THEATRE WORKSHOP TO PRESENT 'A NIGHT ON BROADWAY'
RIVER CAMPUS BOARD OF MANAGERS TO MEET OCT. 25 SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR TO VISIT CAMPUS
SILVER FEATHER FESTIVAL COMES TO SOUTHEAST NOV. 7. SOUTHEAST NAMED ONE OF NATION'S LEADING COLLEGES THAT ENCOURAGE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY, SWING DANCE SLATED FOR OCT. 30

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KATHLEEN MALZ NAMED 1999 WOMAN OF THE YEAR

Kathleen Malz was named the 1999 Southeast Missouri State University Woman of the Year during Homecoming weekend Oct 9-10.

Malz is a senior from St. Louis, majoring in public relations at Southeast. She graduated from Parkway North High School in 1996.

Malz is the president of the Panhellenic Council. She is also an active member of Alpha Delta Pi, Order of Omega and Rho Lambda. Past honors include Outstanding Greek Sophomore of the Year, Outstanding Greek Junior of the Year and Panhellenic Delegate of the Year. She also has been named to the Dean's List every semester since her freshman year.

Malz is the daughter of Max and Marilyn Malz of St. Louis.

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HARRISON COLLEGE OF BUSINESS RECEIVES KAUFFMAN CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP GRANT

The Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and Small Business Management in the Donald L. Harrison College of Business at Southeast Missouri State University has been awarded a 1999 Kauffman Entrepreneur Internship Program (KEIP) grant provided by the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

The grant paves the way for 10 M.B.A. students and 20 undergraduate students to be placed in entrepreneurial internships during the 1999-2000 academic year. Students who participate will each earn three credit hours as part of the Kaufman Entrepreneur Internship program and will be paid directly from the grant in the form of a scholarship or stipend.

Dr. Gerald McDougall, dean of the Donald L. Harrison College of Business, and Dr. Jack Sterrett, director of the program at Southeast and the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and Small Business Management, and chair of the Department of Marketing at Southeast, received the award in April at the third annual KEIP Conference in Kansas City. "Until recently, American business has never really encouraged the entrepreneurial spirit," Sterrett said. "Yet, it's entrepreneurial small businesses that are claiming most of the new-to-the-world innovations in business today, and most of the changes in the labor force, including job creation, are coming from entrepreneurial small businesses as well."

Sterrett said that entrepreneurial studies is one of the fastest growing disciplines in higher education today. He says the internship program will be invaluable both to the students and the businesses participating.

"They (the students) bring a lot of talent to the table," he said. "Our students are well qualified for a variety of different types of placements/responsibilities with entrepreneurial small business firms. This program/grant opens up opportunities for students with entrepreneurial businesses that perhaps otherwise would not be available."

Students participating in the KEIP grant spend a minimum of 150 hours in the internship over the course of the semester, during which time they are expect to have great accessibility to the entrepreneur/owner. Companies participating in the program must be for-profit businesses with 250 or fewer employees and have annual revenues of $25 million or less. For more information and to learn if your business qualifies for an intern under the grant, contact Dr. Sterrett at Southeast Missouri State University at (573) 651-2915.

The Harrison College of Business began placement of entrepreneurial interns during the summer 1999. Placements will continue to be made this fall and during the Spring 2000 semester.

Southeast's Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and Small Business Management applied for a KEIP grant after the Kauffman Center mailed 2,270 requests for proposals nationwide to a variety of institutions, including public and private graduate and undergraduate business schools in the United States, women's college and universities, incubators, members of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Public Policy Schools. Of these, only 19 new programs nationwide received KEIP grants in 1999. In addition to Southeast, other new schools awarded KEIP grants are Alabama A&M University, Babson College, Carnegie Mellon University, Michigan State University, University of Pittsburgh and Wells College.

The Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership was established in 1992 by a truly remarkable entrepreneur, Ewing Marion Kauffman. Mr. Kauffman built a small pharmaceutical firm into a major health care company with more than $1 billion in sales at the time of its merger with Merrell Dow. The Kauffman Center, in Kansas City, Mo., is an independent 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit educational organization funded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. It pursues a vision of accelerating entrepreneurship in America.

The Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and Small Business Management at Southeast is supporting the Kauffman Entrepreneurial Internship Program. Southeast's Center is designed to provide relevant and high-quality business education, research and information services, and outreach initiatives focused on entrepreneurship and small business management that enables students, faculty, business people and enterprises to participate, contribute and compete in an expanding global economy and in business innovation.

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BRIAN COCHRAN NAMED 1999 MAN OF THE YEAR

Brian Cochran was named the 1999 Southeast Missouri State University Man of the Year during Homecoming weekend Oct. 9-10.

Cochran is a senior from Des Peres, majoring in marketing at Southeast. He graduated from Christian Brothers College High School in 1996.

Cochran serves as Delta Epsilon Chi president, Student Government executive, Phi Delta Theta executive, a Presidential Ambassador, and a member of the Dean's Advisory Council. He has also participated in the Emerging Leader program at Southeast.

Cochran is the son of Jerome and Eileen Cochran of Des Peres, Mo.

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MUSIC THEATRE WORKSHOP TO PRESENT 'A NIGHT ON BROADWAY'

The Department of Music at Southeast Missouri State University will present the fall 1999 Music Theatre Workshop program, "A Night On Broadway," Nov. 11 on the Southeast campus.

"A Night On Broadway" will feature 17 scenes from 11 different Broadway musicals. The program is directed by Dr. Christopher Goeke, Dr. Leslie Jones and student director Bria Nicholson. The Southeast Jazz Combo will provide accompaniment.

The excerpts represent newer works, as well as some lesser-known ones.

"You'll experience the collision of multiple fairy tales in Sondheim's 'Into the Woods," the macabre but touching humor of his 'Sweeney Todd,' and the social commentary of 'Follies' and 'Company,'" Goeke said. "You'll see new treatments of families tales in 'Titanic,' in 'Jekyll & Hyde' and in 'Rent,' which is based on the same story as opera's 'LaBoheme.' You'll hear of ambition in 'Chorus Line,' of the bittersweet woes of love in 'Miss Saigon,' of finding happiness in the newly-revived 'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown,' and of the world of speakeasies and jazz in 'Chicago.'"

The program is offered for one night only at 8 p.m. in Academic Auditorium. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for children and free for Southeast faculty, staff and students with a Southeast I.D.

For more information, call (573) 651-2141.

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RIVER CAMPUS BOARD OF MANAGERS TO MEET OCT. 25

The River Campus Board of Managers is scheduled to meet at 4 p.m. Oct. 25 on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University.

The meeting will be held in Robert A. Dempster Hall Room 102.

City representatives on the Board are Ruth Knote, Dennis Vollink and Jerry Ford. University representatives are Dr. Pauline Fox, vice president for administration and enrollment management; Thomas Swayne Bird, architect from Charleston, Mo.; and Jerrianne Wyman, Southeast alumna and member of the Old Town Cape Committee.

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SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR TO VISIT CAMPUS

Those that hear his story are inspired. He's a business entrepreneur who has a story of entrepreneurial passion. He's one of the country's most inspirational speakers, and he's visiting Southeast Missouri State University to speak out.

Tom Ryan will visit campus on Wednesday, Nov. 10 to tell his story.

A street-born entrepreneur Ryan decided at 18 years of age that he would never work for anyone but himself. His roller coaster life took him from a self-employed door-to-door salesman at age 18 to the president of his own multi-million dollar apparel company by age 26. Presented the Nebraska Business of the Year award at age 28, the youngest in Nebraska state history, Ryan suffered through the loss of his marriage, all of his money, and his business by age 30. Forced to live out of the back of his pick-up truck and sell sweatshirts at flea markets, he never gave up his dreams of success.

With a $5,000 investment from a friend's father, he built another multi-million dollar company. His life is now documented in the wildly successful book, One More Try, a Story of Entrepreneurial Passion. His second book, How to Kick Butt in Your Career, Cracking the Code for Professional Excellence, will be published later this year.

Ryan will speak on the topic, "How to Kick Butt in College and Your Career," Wednesday, Nov. 10, at 7 p.m. in Glenn Auditorium. Sponsors of the event are Alpha Kappa Psi, the professional business fraternity, and Student Government.

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SILVER FEATHER FESTIVAL COMES TO SOUTHEAST NOV. 7.

The Silver Feather Festival will bring Native-American music to Southeast Missouri State University on Nov. 7.

The Silver Feather Festival, a celebration of contemporary Native-American women in music, will feature three Native American recording artists, Joanne Shenandoah, vocalist and composer; Joy Harjo, acclaimed poet and saxophonist, and her band, "Poetic Justice;" and Mary Youngblood, flutist. The event starts at 7 p.m. in the University Center Ballroom and is free to the public.

Shenandoah, a Wolf Clan member of the Oneida Nation - Iroquois Confederacy, reflects Native philosophy and culture in her music. Her album, "MATRIARCH," is a collection of complex melodies and chants rooted in the history of Haudenosaunee (People of the Longhouse). Her powerful solos are joined by sounds from the wind, water, fowl, resonating stones, percussion and the Native American flute. Her music celebrates women, the spirits of objects, and the Universal Spirit. Her sound has been described as a moving and emotional experience. Shenandoah has a reputation as being "one of America's foremost Native American recording artists." Shenandoah, an Iroquois singer-songwriter, has received recognition at the 1998 Native American Music Awards as the "Best Female Artist" and the 1997 Indie Award as "Best Native American Recording of the Year" for "MATRIARCH."

She has performed for notables like First Lady Hillary Clinton and Tipper Gore and has been featured on numerous television shows, soundtracks and international events. She also has performed and recorded with accomplished musicians including Neil Young, Willie Nelson and Robbie Robertson.

Joy Harjo and "Poetic Justice" is an upbeat six-piece band with thought- provoking and socially conscious lyrics. The group consists of a dynamic variety of people: a former tribal judge, a Harvard- educated attorney, an educator, and a couple of full-time musicians. Harjo and "Poetic Justice" toured throughout the United States, Europe and India in 1997. They performed as a featured band at the 1996 U.S. Cultural Olympiad in Atlanta and headlined at the 1997 Pow-wow and Heritage Festival in Austin, Texas and at the Vancouver Writers Festival. The band performed with the Indigo Girls as part of their "Honor the Earth Tour" and opened for Bonnie Raitt and Toad the Wet Sprocket. Their only album, "Letter From the End of the Twentieth Century," was honored as the "1998 Record of the Year" for the First Americans in the Arts Award. Harjo is a Native-American Muskogee poet and musician. Harjo, the best-selling author of several books including "The Woman Who Fell From the Sky," plays saxophone and speaks poetic lyrics over a tribal-jazz-reggae backdrop, which also contains elements of rock, blues and prophecy.

Youngblood is one of the first Native-American women to play the flute professionally. The flute is a sacred instrument, which had traditionally been played by men. Youngblood, a Chugach Aleut/Seminole blood Native-American, recorded "The Offering," a traditional solo flute release, in the Moaning Cavern of California. She was featured on a PBS Special, "American Circles of Wisdom" and in Indian Artist Magazine and Aboriginal Voices Magazine.

Songs from "The Offering" will be featured on Heartbeat II, a forthcoming compilation of Native-American artists on Smithsonian Folkways. Her music is also included on "Naturally Native," a feature film produced, written and directed by Native Americans.

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SOUTHEAST NAMED ONE OF NATION'S LEADING COLLEGES THAT ENCOURAGE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

Southeast Missouri State University has been recognized for leadership in the field of student character development in The Templeton Guide: Colleges that Encourage Character Development, a guidebook released nationwide today.

Designed for students, parents and educators who believe that character matters, The Templeton Guide contains profiles of 405 exemplary college programs in 10 categories; 50 college presidents who have exercised leadership in character development; and 100 colleges and universities named to the Templeton Honor Roll for their record of commitment to inspiring students to lead ethical and civic-minded lives.

Southeast is profiled in the First-Year Programs section for its FlighT Program. The First Year Learning Teams (FLighTs), are learning communities which assist freshmen in the academic and social transition to college life at Southeast. The groups consist of about 25 students who are enrolled in courses that center around a particular theme or interest. These clusters of students are small learning communities that, with the help of a peer mentor, assist students in their academic and social development at Southeast. Resident FLighT students are housed together and have a specially selected community advisor. The clusters of students also commit to a service-learning project in an effort to enhance campus community and broaden students' sense of personal and civic responsibility.

"We are very proud of Southeast's work through the FLighT program to help students develop the strong values that will serve them well beyond their college years, said Dr. Kenneth Dobbins, president of Southeast Missouri State University. "Character development is a lifelong process, and we believe that colleges and universities have a very important and unique role to play. We are delighted to be among the institutions profiled in The Templeton Guide."

Dr. Karen Myers, director of New Student Programs at Southeast Missouri State University, said, "We are pleased and proud to be recognized in The Templeton Guide." This is a great honor, and one that we intend to continue to earn in years to come."

Myers says the FLighT program has grown since its inception three years ago. The program was launched at Southeast with four FLight groups. Now, there are 10.

In addition, 87 percent of FLighT students in the fall 1998 semester returned for the spring 1999 semester. Sixty-seven percent of FLighT students also became involved in other campus activities and organizations.

"All of the students said that participation in the FLighT program helped them adjust to college life, and they recommended the program to incoming students," Myers said.

Southeast's FLighT Program also recently was awarded the 1999 Effective Retention Program Award for its First Year Learning Team Programs by the National Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange.

More than 300 four-year public and private colleges across the country are included in The Templeton Guide. Individual programs were selected in the following categories: First-Year Programs; Academic Honesty Programs; Faculty and Curriculum Programs; Volunteer Service Programs; Substance-Abuse Prevention Programs; Student Leadership Programs; Spiritual Growth Programs; Civic Education Programs; Civic Education Programs; Character and Sexuality Programs; and Senior-Year Programs.

"Southeast's strong commitment to character development and the strength of its program make it a model for colleges and universities nationwide," said Arthur Schwartz, director of Character Development Programs at the John Templeton Foundation. "With The Templeton Guide, we hope to help prospective college students and their parents who want to know what colleges are doing to promote the core values of honesty, self-control, respect and service to those less fortunate. The Templeton Guide identifies colleges that encourage students to understand the importance of personal and civic responsibility, which will help them succeed in college and beyond. Southeast Missouri State's work in this area is most impressive."

Intended for high school students, parents, guidance counselors, college administrators, trustees, faculty and alumni, The Templeton Guide recognizes programs that represent the best practices in the field of character development during the college years. The programs were chosen through a highly selective process that considered clarity of vision and statement of purpose; institutional resources; involvement of institutional leaders; impact on students, faculty, campus and community; integration into the core curriculum or academic study; longevity; external awards and recognition; and assessment.

Established in 1987, the John Templeton Foundation works closely with educators, scientists, theologians, medical professionals and other scholars throughout the world to support more than 100 programs serving three chief purposes: to encourage character development in schools and colleges; to encourage an appreciation for the benefits of freedom; and to stimulate serious and scientific research on the relationship between spirituality and health. The Foundation's College and Character Initiative supports national programs that offer meaningful opportunities for college students to learn about, reflect upon and practice the virtues of personal and civic responsibility.

The Foundation has created a College and Character website - www.collegeandcharacter.org -- that provides information on the initiative, links to the home pages of colleges selected for The Templeton Guide, and other features.

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HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY, SWING DANCE SLATED FOR OCT. 30

A Halloween Costume Party and Swing Dance will be held Oct. 30 in the new dance studio located in the Student Recreation Center at Southeast Missouri State University.

The Jerry Ford Orchestra will provide entertainment at the event scheduled for 7 to 10 p.m. In addition, Dr. Marc Strauss, assistant professor of dance at Southeast, will teach participants the basics of swing from 7 to 7:30 p.m. and more advanced swing from 8:30 to 9 p.m.

The party is scheduled for 7 to 10 p.m. Those attending are encouraged to come in costume.

Cost at the door is $5 for adults and $3 for students.

For more information, contact Strauss at (573) 651-5157 or e-mail: mstrauss@semovm.semo.edu.

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