Kennedy Meyer
NewsMay 6
Southeast’s enrollment suffers after 18 years of growthFor the last four years, Southeast Missouri State has experienced a decline in its number of students. It comes on the heels of 20 consecutive years of increased enrollment. There are a few things that have led to the decline in enrollment including lower birth rat...
NewsApril 30
Vacant faculty positions and failed job searches root problems for the universityCurrently posted on Southeast’s official website is just under 50 job listings for both faculty and staff — the majority of them being vacant faculty positions. In 2017, and more recently in January 2019, Southeast launched two voluntary retirement buyouts. The Vol...
NewsApril 30
Wood remains popular choice for leadershipDiane Wood has not only spent 16 years at Southeast in the Biology Department, but she has a history of being active in Faculty Senate, both on the executive board and as a representative. People have told her of the impact her voice has on the campus, but she said...
NewsApril 16
When it rains it poursIt seems, hundred-year floods are becoming a common occurrence in Cape Girardeau and other places around the nation. According to Kellerman Foundation for Historic Preservation historian Frank Nickell, a retired professor of history at Southeast, the Mississippi Ri...
NewsApril 2
Second voluntary retirement program underway at SoutheastSoutheast is in the midst of its second Voluntary Retirement Incentive Program (VRIP) in three years after there were no plans for another one in 2017. A plan was originally implemented in 2017 with the intention of it being a one-time program, but similar programs...
NewsApril 1
Faculty Senate discusses 5-Year Academic CalendarFaculty Senate voted to support a proposal from Southeast president Carlos Vargas to shorten Thanksgiving break and add a two-day fall break during its meeting March 27. In 2015, Southeast ended its two-day fall break and added a weeklong Thanksgiving break to acco...
EntertainmentApril 1
Alger Designs: dance instructor doubles as small business ownerBesides being an instructor of dance at the River Campus, Alyssa Alger has a business she owns and operates from her home designing and making leotards. Alger Designs provides numerous vibrant and detailed leotards for dancers locally and internationally. While she...
FeaturesMarch 4
Senior Kaetlin Lamberson aims to lobby for the arts in MissouriSoutheast dance major and political science minor Kaetlin Lamberson has had her mind set on lobbying for the arts in government since she was a senior in high school, and her college years have been devoted to that goal. The Poplar Bluff, Missouri, native has a pas...
NewsFebruary 18
Ready, Set, BuildAfter 16 years on the road with Disney on Ice, Matthew Buttrey returned to Southeast to finish his undergraduate degree in theatre technology, got his master’s from the University of Maryland, and now lives in New York doing freelance set-design work across the nat...
NewsFebruary 18
SupportNET helps strengthen campus communicationSupportNET is a new online program that connects Southeast students with faculty, staff and other services on campus such as the Writing Center and Textbook Rental. Coordinator of online advising Leah Michel said she would describe SupportNET as software that helps...
NewsFebruary 5
Master templates: the expansion of online coursesThe master template program is making waves at Southeast in the psychology and business administration departments, having both supporters and detractors to the structured, team-based approach to expand online courses. The master templated courses are created on a ...
NewsJanuary 26
Faculty Senate discusses hot-button topic ‘master courses’Faculty Senate discussed copyright infringement and the implementation of master courses at Southeast while touching on collegiality at its first meeting of the spring semester in the University Center Redhawks Room on Jan. 23. A master course is a templated course...
OpinionDecember 3
Ariana Grande highlights growth in “thank u, next”I’d be willing to bet that a good amount of young women across the nation have seen Ariana Grande’s newest music video for “thank u, next” at this point, and not many were mentally prepared. The song has been on the charts and breaking records since its release on ...
NewsDecember 1
Resource Center and PRIDE hold candle light vigil for transgender remembranceThe Resource Center and PRIDE held a candle light vigil on Thursday, Nov. 29, at the Center for Student Involvement where they read the stories of those who were killed in 2017 based on their gender identities for International Transgender Day of Remembrance...
EntertainmentNovember 16
“Ivy” wins Best Drama at Fault Line Film FestivalThe short film “Ivy” took just over a month to create from start to finish, it required long nights and hard work and some dangerous and suspenseful moments — and it recently won Best Drama at the Fault Line Film Festival on Nov. 9. The four-day festival gives Mid...
NewsOctober 22
Ruth Ann Dickerson to be the first female sheriff in Cape CountyIn August, Ruth Ann Dickerson was sworn in as the Cape County interim sheriff, and on Nov. 6 she will become the first elected female sheriff for the county as she is running unopposed. Dickerson was sworn in after former sheriff John Jordan resigned over the summe...
OpinionOctober 9
Be mindful: Do not leave remnants of your homecoming activitiesHomecoming is approaching, and in my time here at Southeast I’ve noticed a trend when it comes to this tradition. With tailgating and school spirit, inevitably comes a substantial amount of trash left in the streets of our home away from home. We need to take bette...
SportsSeptember 16
Marquis Terry breaks OVC record in win against SIUSoutheast preseason All-American senior running back Marquis Terry broke the school and Ohio Valley Conference records for most rushing yards in a single game, running for 311 yards in the 48-44 victory over SIU in the inaugural War for the Wheel on Sept. 15...
NewsSeptember 10
Non-Panhellenic sorority comes to campusThe newest sorority on campus, Kappa Beta Gamma, is one “unique” from others given that it is not in the Panhellenic Council, associate vice president for Student Life Bruce Skinner said. That decision is made on a national level, Skinner said. However, the Kappa B...LOAD MORE
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