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Evan Coleman is graduating from Southeast Missouri State University, on Dec. 16, 2023, with a Bachelor's Degree in Art and a Minor in Entrepreneurship. In this episode of 'SEMO Spotlight', he describes the inspiration for his most recent art exhibition at Catapult Creative House and his plans after graduation.

Jaclyn Sexauer is double-majoring in Dance and Exercise Science at Southeast Missouri State University. Athletics have always been important to her, and in this episode, she shares what she has learned from participating in individual and team sports.

Dr. B.F. Johnson came to Southeast in 1897 just as Southeast’s fifth President William Duncan Vandiver, ended his tenure to pursue a career in politics. Working as Chair of the Department of Mathematics, Johnson was its “lone professor” until his retirement in 1940 – a career spanning 43 years!

Leslie Washington recently participated in the 'Take Back the Night' event held on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University on Thurs. Dec. 7th. It was part of the '16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence', which ran from Nov. 25th - Dec. 10th, 2023.

In 2024, National Gun Violence Survivors Week will be observed from Mon. Jan. 22 - Fri. Jan. 26. This will be the sixth annual event, and this year's theme is "Moments That Survive", which will highlight the role of gun violence survivors as 'changemakers who are leading efforts to end gun violence by building, strengthening and unifying their communities'.

Madison Sniegowski is a senior undergraduate student at Southeast majoring in Communication Disorders. In this episode, she shares her experiences with student employment and undergraduate research opportunities in her field of study.

A student production of Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest runs at SEMO's River Campus in the Rust Flexible Theater on December 6th - 10th. In this episode of 'Exposition', hear about the performance with the director Roxanne Wellington, and her student Abby Naden.

Since the end of World War II, the omnipresence of the atomic bomb’s towering purple, orange, and gray mushroom cloud – permeated the nation’s consciousness. How we integrated and synthesized deeply ambivalent, often dichotomous, emotions about the bomb’s extraordinary power shaped early Cold War culture.

“But why, some say, the moon? John F. Kennedy pondered in September 1962. “We choose to go to the moon in this decade, and do other things,” the President answered in that unmistakable, Irish American brogue, “not because they are easy but because they are hard.”

“It’s got a good beat, and you can dance to it.” Magic Words that once upon time transformed boys from Philadelphia’s Italian neighborhoods into Fabian or Frankie Avalon, Teen Idols; transported modest tunes like “At the Hop” all the way to #1 on Billboard’s Top 40, hit records; and conjured up rhythmic rituals whereby seemingly ordinary adolescents flailed about like a Mashed Potato, dance crazes.