The SEMO Student Government Association (SGA) plans to create more attainable goals and foster a more collaborative environment between their executive board and senators for the new year. SGA president Joel Philpott said a primary goal is to work with other college representatives on their own goals instead of forcing the executive board’s projects on to the senators...

Towers Landing is now open, providing to-go-style meals for students from homestyle barbecue to ice cream. Previously known as Towers Café, the landing has six main restaurants: Trading Post Smokehouse, Broadway Street Burgers, Cardiac Hill Cantina, The Greenhouse, The Hill Pasta Works and Pure Eats. Between them, students can eat a variety of meals...

According to a SEMO news release, a fight involving SEMO students was reported in Towers East on Thursday, July 21. Witnesses said a handgun was shown. The fight was reported at 3:36 p.m., and University police arrived at the scene at 3:37 p.m. University police identified Taron Woods for the handgun. Woods was arrested and charged with a Class A misdemeanor for unlawful weapon use. Woods is held at Cape Girardeau County Sheriff’s Office with a cash bond of $1,500...

The state of Missouri awarded $11 million to Southeast Missouri State University for the renovation of Houck Stadium on Thursday, July 14. The money will fund demolition, site preparation and planning, design, and construction. The construction project for Houck stadium will start with a bid on Sunday, July 17. The project will have two phases before the stadium’s completion. The University sent out a news release on Thursday, July 14, regarding the stadium...

The Southeast Board of Governors met to discuss SEMO’s budget, a change in fees for international students, and the change or deletion of specific degrees. Other than the overall increase from $145.5 million to $146.3 million, the budget reviewed for the 2023 fiscal year will look very similar to past years...

The use of technology integration in classrooms is growing throughout the world. At Southeast, many instructors use Apple products such as Macbooks or iPads in their curriculum. AR480 Introduction to Virtual Reality (VR) at SEMO is teaching students to create their own VR environments. VR instructor Jeremy Griffin picked up the course when the university sent out an email for professors who were interested in teaching AR480...

Cape Girardeau Regional Airport is planning for a new terminal, a project which could provide SEMO students with hands-on-training. The planning for the terminal is complete and airport manager Katrina Amos has met with designers, financed by the CARES Act. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved the new terminal plan in February 2021, and it is tentatively scheduled to open June 2024...

On May 20, the Board of Governors met to approve a contract with ABM Industries Incorporated, taking the place of the current custodial staff provided from the university and a 4% increase per credit hour on tuition. In closed session, the board moved to approve a new contract with the company ABM, which will take the place of the University’s custodial services. ...

On May 13, Southeast Missouri State University’s Board of Governors met Friday to discuss name changes to curriculums and designs for the new Houck stadium construction. The board also approved a Resolution of Honor for former governor Phillip Britt...

As part of a capstone project, senior computer science major Zachary Locke launched a smartphone application called "SEMO Underground.” The app SEMO Underground supplements applications on SEMO’s portal system and is based on the design of the previous SEMO app.

Take a trip to International Village on SEMO’s campus, and you will find students from all over the world, from India and Ukraine, China and Nepal, Russia and Japan. These countries are familiar to most Americans and have large populations of students attending SEMO. But some countries represented at SEMO are often overlooked.

F-1 visas, OPT and CPT … do these terms look familiar? If you are a working domestic student, probably not. But for international students employed at SEMO, these terms are vital to understand. Director of International Education and Services Kevin Timlin handles international student affairs and shared some insight about the hoops international students must jump through in order to work while studying in America.

Cape Girardeau held its General Municipal Election April 5, 2022. Voters selected the positions of mayor, Ward 1 representative, Ward 2 representative and Ward 6 representative, as well as No. 63 School Board Member and County Public Health Center Board of Trustees.

According to resilienteducator.com, only 27% of first-generation students graduate within four years.

The Show-Me Gold program offers Army National Guard students an opportunity to pursue their degree as they prepare for Officer Candidate School (OCS). In the military, they learn valuable skills that prepare them for college and their professional careers.

Jobs within the humanities and social sciences field deal directly with people, their problems and how to help solve them. The faculty in the Department of Criminal Justice, Social Work and Sociology work to prepare students for success through adjunct faculty, internships, and promoting cultural and self-care.

What is burnout, and how does it relate to stress?

Saxony Lutheran High School senior Hiren Parekh is researching how to synthesize the molecule Pannokin D.

It seems like everyone is on a dating app or in the process of deleting a dating app. Especially on college campuses, apps such as Tinder and Bumble are popular ways to connect with other students, and this popularity only continues to rise.

Have you ever been in a relationship that ended? Was there a moment, maybe a couple weeks after it happened, when you surveyed the wreckage and thought, “What if I missed my soulmate?”

Scroll through the Grindr app in Cape Girardeau, and almost half of the profiles will show dark, faceless screens. Switch the location to Washington D.C., St. Louis or Chicago, and suddenly, faces begin to fill the boxes. It’s a phenomenon two SEMO Grindr users pointed out, and cited as proof of the area being generally less accepting of LGBTQ individuals compared to larger cities.

Many college graduates anticipate leaving their university to start a new life and career. But for one Southeast alumna, college became a forever home away from home, for both herself and many international students she has helped through her work.

A new bath store opened in downtown Cape Girardeau on April 5, only a few blocks from SEMO’s campus. The store offers a new angle on bath and soap.

SEMO students in the Harrison College of Business and Computing have the opportunity to start their own business while pursuing an education.

Redhawks Against Sexual Assault (RASA) hosted a Unity Walk for Sexual Assault Awareness Month on Wednesday, April 27, in front of Kent Library from Noon to 2 p.m. The event began with students making signs and signing poster boards for those joining the walk.