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[caption id="attachment_33040" align="alignleft" width="300"]. Southeast theatre and dance students performed Mary Poppins in spring 2018.[/caption]Popular theatre website OnStage Blog has recognized Southeast Missouri State University in its 2019 edition for having the best undergraduate theatre program in Missouri.The ranking reflects the mission of The Jeanine Larson Dobbins Conservatory of Theatre and Dance as a professional training and liberal arts program providing diverse technique training, professional quality productions, career preparation and a liberal arts education.OnStage Blog is dedicated to Broadway and Community Theatre Show Reviews and regularly highlights esteemed stage directors, actors and technicians.Southeast was named the top program based on cost and scholarships, selectivity, performance opportunities, faculty with terminal degrees and experience, facilities, post-graduate career support and location resources. Southeast joins the ranks of other renowned theatre programs that are ranked, including Brown University, Florida State University, Carnegie Mellon University, DePaul University and Pace University.Every year, OnStage Blog deep dives into college theatre programs to find what we feel are some of the best in the nation, according to the blog. While the perfect program is the one that fits best with the student, schools can become that fit with fantastic facilities, strong faculty, multiple performance opportunities, among other things. In truth, there are some schools that do that better than others and should be recognized for it. At the end of the summer, we will be publishing our top 25 theatre program rankings. But as we start to close the books on this academic year, we felt its time to name some programs that did exceptional work this year.[caption id="attachment_33037" align="alignright" width="300"]

[caption id="attachment_33679" align="alignleft" width="300"]. From left are Southeast Phi Delts Sam Wright, Justin Tuschhoff, Mitchell Behke and Kaleb Arends; and Moe Stephens, Phi Delta Theta General Council treasurer.[/caption]Southeast Missouri State Universitys Missouri Zeta chapter of Phi Delta Theta fraternity has been honored with this years national Founders Trophy, recognizing it as the top Phi Delta Theta chapter at a medium-sized institution.The award was presented at the 2019 Kleberg Emerging Leaders Institute July 27-30 in Oxford, Ohio.The Founders Trophy was donated by Judge William R. Bayes, Ohio Wesleyan 01, in 1929 and is presented each year to an outstanding chapter.It really shows how much weve grown in such a short time and the work the guys put in before us, the alumni from the past and the precedence theyve set, said James Vance, chapter president and a Southeast senior from Valmeyer, Illinois.Vance credited former chapter president Elwood Voss for compiling a national awards packet that placed the chapter into nomination for the award. The field was narrowed to three finalists before the Phi Delta Theta National Headquarters selected Southeasts Missouri Zeta chapter as this years Founders Trophy recipient.The chapter has done really well that past year and they have certainly earned their recognition, said Dr. Bruce Skinner, associate vice president for student life at Southeast. The men of Phi Delta Theta look for ways to strengthen the people and communities around them, making our University better for everyone.Last year, Southeasts Missouri Zeta Chapter of Phi Delta Theta was honored with the international Phoenix Award for the most improved Phi Delta Theta Chapter.The award was presented at the Phi Delta Theta International Fraternity Convention in San Antonio, Texas, in summer 2018.I am so proud of these young men for proving they are some of the best Phi Delta Theta has to offer, Jeff Davis, former Phi Delta Theta National Headquarters president and a Southeast Missouri State alumnus.

The degree of growth for the Bell City High School baseball program over the past three seasons has been impressive. The Cubs improved from three wins in 2022 to eight a year ago, and this spring they won 13 games, which was the most by the program since the three-year state championship run ended in 2017.

Southeast Missouri State University student Dalton Cowan is applying his mathematics skills this summer as an actuarial intern with Allstate, one of the largest insurance companies in the United States. Cowan, a senior majoring in mathematics, actuarial science option with a minor in finance of Buckley, Illinois, is working at...

More than 70% of first-year students at Southeast Missouri State University this fall are receiving scholarship aid, thanks to the Universitys new Copper Dome Scholarship Program. Thats up from 30% after Southeast reconfigured its scholarship program last fall and rolled out an all new version that offers test optional criteria,...

Five outstanding students have been selected as recipients of Southeast Missouri State Universitys Presidents Scholarship for the 2021-22 academic year. The awardees are Jeanna Brantley of Festus, Missouri; Joshua Nelson of St. Charles, Missouri; Alex Pacheco of Bloomington, Illinois; Ashton Randolph of Marion, Illinois; and Makenna Wessell of Jackson, Missouri.

Ashley Vonder Haar has dreamed of a lifetime working with animals.She inches one step closer to her dream job when she graduates this week from Southeast Missouri State University and moves on to the University of Missouri (UM) College of Veterinary Medicine next fall. There, she will find herself among several familiar faces.After all, five of her fellow Southeast classmates also have been admitted to UM veterinary school next fall, and five others will be attending other vet schools across the country.We had 12 students get into vet school this year! said Dr. Julie Weathers, chair of the Department of Agriculture at Southeast Missouri State University and the pre-vet advisor.Its an amazing feat in one academic year and one Weathers acknowledges is unprecedented at Southeast.[caption id="attachment_35791" align="alignright" width="300"]

Southeast Missouri State University has announced the winners in the 42nd annual Math Field Day competition held April 11 at Southeast. For a complete list of winners, visit 42nd Annual Math Field Day results. Five hundred ninety-five students from 28 area high schools competed in this years Math Field Day.

The day didn’t go exactly how Saxony Lutheran baseball had planned. Meadow Heights jumped on the top seed Crusaders from the start and rode that momentum to hand Saxony a 10-3 loss on May 11 in the Class 2, District 3 tournament. “You have to give Meadow Heights credit,...

College students are gaining weight. The phenomenon is so prevalent that it is known as the “Freshman Fifteen”. While, according to a study in the College Student Journal, freshmen do not gain fifteen pounds, they do gain between three and five pounds in one year. A study published...

Five members of Southeast Missouri State Universitys Marching Band have been selected to be part of the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) Intercollegiate Marching Band. Nicholas Kenney, assistant professor of horn and assistant director of bands, said, These students have a long history of being high caliber performers and...

FLAT RIVER, Mo. — The Class 3 Sectional Meet at Park Hills Central High School saw New Madrid County Central and Kelly High School athletes deliver standout performances, securing multiple berths at the upcoming Class 3 State Meet. NMCC's Ja'Kwon Jones continued his dominance, leaping to victory in the...

The Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents Tuesday, June 12, appointed two new representatives to the River Campus Board of Managers. Dr. Trudy Lee, interim vice president for University Advancement and executive director of the Southeast Missouri University Foundation, was appointed to a term expiring Dec. 1, 2019. She replaces Bill Holland, who previously served as vice president for University Advancement and executive director of the University Foundation, who retired in March.

The Cape Central Tigers and Notre Dame Bulldogs won their Class 3 District 1 semi-final games to earn their place in the district championship. Notre Dame started the afternoon by defeating Sikeston 4-0 and Cape Central finished the night with an overtime victory over St. Vincent 2-1. Notre Dame struck...

Three Southeast Missouri State University students from the Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation won the Student Quiz Bowl at the Central States Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Conference Oct. 18 in Kansas City, Missouri. The annual quiz bowl is an opportunity for students to...