Southeast Missouri State University

Alumna Crystal Lewis of Sikeston, Mo., is the founder and director of the Conversion Dance Project in Phoenix, Ariz. On June 21, she will present a solo work at the BETA Dance Festival in Phoenix, Ariz.

Southeast alumnus Chance Hill of Saint Robert, Mo., is flying high with Royal Caribbean Cruise line.

Alumna Laura Roth of Jacksonville, Ill., is the founder and artistic director for the Dance on Film Project in St. Louis.

Kristen Schulte of O'Fallon, Mo., has recently begun work as the State Parks Youth Corps coordinator.

Southeast Missouri State University alumna Kelcey Matheny of Bradford, Tenn., is busy exploring New York City this semester as one of just 16 dancers selected for the Broadway Dance Center's Professional Semester Program.

The Spring 2014 class of Emerging Leaders has been selected at Southeast Missouri State University.Emerging Leaders is a spring semester, University-sponsored student leadership program designed to further the development of the University's future leaders by refining their current leadership abilities and instilling in them a commitment to the campus and community.

Zach Young of Jackson, Mo., who is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in technology management with an emphasis in computer and multimedia graphics from Southeast Missouri State University, won first place in the wheelchair division and fifth place overall in the GO! St. Louis marathon.

Twenty-six students at Southeast Missouri State University have completed the Emerging Leaders Program.

Shawn Huering, raised on a farm in New Hamburg, Mo., recently qualified as an individual for the National Collegiate Club Golf Association tournament in Myrtle Beach, S.C. While he did not win, he shot 84-85 and placed in 126 out of 208 competitors.