Southeast Missouri State University

Seven Southeast Missouri State University hospitality management majors recently participated in the HX: Hotel Experience 2018 Convention in New York City attending educational sessions, networking with hotel industry professionals and touring the iconic Knickerbocker Hotel. Three of the students competed in the Smith Travel Research (STR) Market Study Competition and earned honorable mention in the undergraduate category.

Two Southeast Missouri State University horticulture students have been selected to serve on the 2019 Student Advisory Committee of the Western Nursery and Landscape Association (WNLA). Leah Schumacher, a senior from Bridgeton, Missouri, and Kelly Hurley, a sophomore from De Soto, Missouri, will join a group of 20 of the most outstanding agriculture students from institutions and colleges across the Midwest to serve on the 2019 board.

As the only adult day program in the greater Cape Girardeau area, Southeast Missouri State University's Horizons Enrichment Center serves a need for developmentally disabled adults, their families and students in the southeast Missouri area.

Southeast Missouri State University sophomore Adam Schween told the University's Board of Regents that the River Campus provides some of the best facilities in the country and has afforded him a fantastic educational experience.

Southeast Missouri State University historic preservation program students put their knowledge of artifact handling and storage as part of two classes addressing museum and artifact management. The classes are a collaborative effort with the Cape River Heritage Museum (CRHM) to allow students the opportunity to put theory into practice by using the CRHM's resources, while the museum benefits from the additional manpower and knowledge.

On her first day in a hospital, Southeast Missouri State University senior Madeline Rosenquist knew she was where she was meant to be.

Southeast Missouri State University's Department of Agriculture recently recognized 19 students with outstanding achievement awards for the 2017-2018 academic year during an honors banquet.

Ten Southeast Missouri State University Harrison College of Business students visited Boeing and explored careers April 6 in St. Louis as part of an Externship Day experience.

Southeast Missouri State University student David Rook won a second-place $500 cash prize in the Economic and Business Engagement Center's pitch competition component of the LaunchU entrepreneurship training course.

Southeast Missouri State University students Branson Cusack and Spencer McGruder will join the ranks of notable photojournalists when their work is featured in ABC's upcoming episode of 20/20.

Southeast Missouri State University advertising students are taking an in-depth look this spring at the multi-million dollar wedding industry, and they're learning there's more to saying "yes to the dress" than what meets the eye.

Southeast Missouri State University nursing students complete about 860 hours of clinical requirements during their junior and senior years, but none may be more pivotal than their obstetrics (OB) rotation.

In the pre-dawn hours of early morning while most students are still snoozing, Southeast Missouri State University student Lindsey Grojean has already started her work day as host and producer at KRCU, southeast Missouri's NPR station broadcasting from Southeast's campus. Grojean, of New Hamburg, Missouri, is a senior majoring in music with a minor in mass communication. She is usually up by 5 a.m., grabbing a banana and a smoothie on the way to the radio station, a job she's had for almost three years. Her position allows her to combine her interests in reporting and music. When not hosting or preparing content for "Morning Edition," she conducts interviews, reports on events, fills in for other hosts and many other projects. She hopes the experiences and skills she's gained at her local station can lead her to new opportunities with NPR when she graduates.

As editor of the Arrow, the student newspaper at Southeast Missouri State University, senior Kara Hartnett gets to call the shots and have her voice heard. As a freshman, she began developing an understanding of the importance of journalism and the impact journalism and mass media have on society. She knew she wanted to be a part of that and make sure people were sharing honest, objective news, and telling the community's stories. A Metamora, Illinois, native, Hartnett has served as the editor of the Arrow this school year. She is a double major in multimedia journalism and global cultures and languages, global studies option, Latin American civilization track.