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Consistent with its professional teacher-training mission, in 1896 the Third District Normal School opened its first “practice” or “laboratory” school to give prospective educators hands-on classroom experience. What we today at Southeast showcase as experiential learning.

Clayton Eftink is a senior undergraduate student at Southeast double majoring in Finance and Business Administration. He is also triple minoring in Accounting, Entrepreneurship, and Business Law.

“Pressure is a privilege,” tennis legend Billie Jean King observed. And now that the University of Iowa Hawkeyes’ generational superstar Caitlin Clark has become the NCAA Division-I all-time leading scorer in basketball – male or female – it’s fitting to highlight the transformative impact of Title IX on America’s sporting landscape; a landmark law opening doors for untold young female athletes to experience that unique privilege of athletic pressure.

Brady O'Neill is a senior undergraduate student at Southeast. He will graduate with a Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Special Education in May 2024.

Following the May 1954 Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education – which ruled that racial segregation in education was inherently unequal – many America schools began integrating that fall while others stubbornly resisted for years. Southeast fell into the former category, enrolling Roberta Slayton and Helen Carter, our university’s first African American students.

During an interview with Caffe Concerto host Mary Mims, Dr. Sophia Han talks about a unique concert that she'll perform at Scout Hall in Cape Girardeau, which pays tribute to the late David Bowie, with nods to the upcoming 2024 Solar Eclipse activities in the area, and the posthumous album, "WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH)", set for release on record store day, April 20th, 2024.

Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street? Well, as an historian, I’m glad you asked. First, go back to the 1960s until you see President Lyndon Baines Johnson’s Great Society, then turn left at his Project Head Start, past the Public Broadcasting Service, until you come to the Children’s Television Workshop... that’s how we get to Sesame Street.

Jodie Lloyd is a junior at Southeast pursuing a Bachelor's in Fine Arts degree in Musical Theatre. She plays the role of Emily in the upcoming River Campus production 'Our Play'.

Caitlin Dehne is a senior at Southeast Missouri State University majoring in Corporate Communications and Professional Writing. She is also a member of SEMO's DECA organization.

"Celebrate the Arts", showing Friday, May 3rd, is a collaborative event from the Southeast River Campus, featuring theatre, dance, music, and student art. Connor Missey is performing an aria from the W.A. Mozart opera "Le nozze di Figaro" (The Marriage of Figaro) and singing with the Southeast Chamber Choir, conducted by Dr. Barbara Lamont.