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"Focus on Southeast" is a program connecting listeners and viewers with the people, events and issues at Southeast Missouri State University and the region. It is recorded at the Rust Center for Media in Downtown Cape Girardeau and produced in collaboration with the Department of Mass Media.

Focus on Southeast: Vargas Discusses New Partnerships and Enrollment at SEMO

SEMO President Dr. Carlos Vargas
SEMO President Dr. Carlos Vargas

On this installment of the show we are are joined by SEMO President Dr. Carlos Vargas. We discuss a new collaboration among Mercy Southeast, Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO) and Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) that will bring medical students to Southeast Missouri and turn Mercy Hospital Southeast into a teaching hospital.

In addition, Dr. Vargas updates us on the SEMO Educators Advantage program that provides access to academic growth and professional development opportunities while reaffirming SEMO’s dedication to strengthening educational opportunities across Southeast Missouri and supporting local school districts.

Plus, we get an update on enrollment, a modern campus update and much more.

Dan is a 1994 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University. He majored in radio and minored in political science. He spent three of his four years at Southeast working as a student announcer at KRCU – the beginning of his radio career.