Written by
Beth Farrah, SMT Writer
Springfield, Missouri - For upcoming seniors preparing for college, summer vacation is the best time of the year to check out university campuses and receive excellent tours hosted by the colleges of their choice. Next Friday, on July 26th, Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri will be hosting Summer Visit Day.
Upcoming seniors and/or juniors are able to sign up online to take a full tour of the campus. Sign up for this event is open to anyone who is interested in the university and students are encouraged to invite friends and family members to attend.
The day will begin with check in on Friday morning from 8:30am to 9:30am, where you will be given information packets that will help you decide whether Missouri State is right for you.
Following check in, there will be an hour long admissions presentation, where students will receive important information on scholarships, academic majors and minors, FAFSA, and financial aid. They will also get to hear the perks about the campus, the current students, and the university.
The campus tour will be two hours long and the groups will be lead by University Ambassadors and students that come from all different backgrounds with various majors. The tour will include residence halls, recreational facilities, mess halls, and even the classrooms.
When the tour is finished, students are welcomed to enjoy a cold ice cream treat and get to know the faculty at Missouri State. Students are encouraged to ask questions or express concerns about their college careers so that the faculty can help them make decisions or offer advice.
Missouri State University is currently accepting applications for students who have completed their junior year of high school. If you are interested in attending Missouri State, you can apply online or request more information, including a printed copy of the college application. You may qualify for automatic admissions at Missouri State, which includes: an ACT score higher than 24 (SAT 1090), 3.5 cumulative grade point average (GPA) based on a 4.0 scale, or ranked in the top 25% of your graduating class.
If you are interested in becoming a Missouri State Bear, you should check out the campus on Friday, July 26th. You can sign up to attend Summer Visit Day online at missouristate.edu/admissions/summervisitday and you are encouraged to bring your friends that are of age who are also interested in attending. Make sure to fill out the information online so your friends and parents can be involved with campus tour.
Written by
Dee Loflin SMT Manager/Writer
Dexter, Missouri – Hope International of Bernie would like you to join them Saturday, July 27th from 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. at the Wal-Mart parking lot to STUFF A TRUCK full of back to school supplies.
Each year Hope International hosts Back to School Bashes at Bernie, Dexter and Bloomfield schools. Students and parents are encouraged to attend. You must pre-register between July 1st and July 27th, Monday – Friday between the hours of 9:00 a.m. – 5 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. To register your child to receive a backpack of school supplies or for more information, please call their office at 573-293-HOPE.
The Back to School Bash is a fair like event for children. They can have fun and leave with everything they need to start school. There are many other things to offer the children and parents to help ease the stress of starting a new school year. There will be FREE haircuts, FREE dental screenings, FREE vision screenings, FREE HOPE clothing vouchers, and much much more.
The Bernie Back to School Bash will be held on August 2nd from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., but you must Register.
The Dexter Back to School Bash will be held on August 6th from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., but you must Register.
The Bloomfield Back to School Bash will be held on August 8th from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., but you must Register.
The following items are needed for students preparing for Kindergarten at Dexter:
· 2 Boxes of 24 Crayons
· Plastic school box
· Fiskars Scissors w/blunt end
· 2 Large boxes of tissues (Kleenex)
· 4 Glue sticks (any size)
· 1 Package of wet wipes
· 1 KinderMat (Blue or Red)
· 2 White blue bottles (medium with orange lid)
· 1 Backpack
· 1 Block pink eraser
· 1 Container of Germ-X
The following items are needed for students entering Grade 1 at Dexter:
· #2 Lead pencils
· 2 Large dry erase markers (black)
· Pencil top erasers
· Pencil pouch soft
· 2 Large boxes of Kleenex
· Girls bring 1 box gallon sized Ziploc bags
· Boys bring 1 box quart sized Ziplock bags
· 1 Box of 24 colors
· 1 backpack
· Fiskars Sharp point scissors
· 1 Glue stick
· 1 Package of wet wipes
The following items are needed for students entering Grade 2 at Dexter:
* Plastic pencil box or large pencil pouch
* 2 Boxes of 24 Crayons
* 1 Ruler with inches and centimeters
* 2 Large box of Kleenex
* 1 Backpack
* Fiskars Sharp point scissors
* 24 #2 Wood pencils
* 1 Large bleach free wipes
* Glue (4 oz liquid)
* Pink block eraser
* 2 Dry erase markers (black)
* Glue stick
* 2 Highlighters
* Girls bring 1 box quart size Ziplock bags
* Boys bring 1 box large size Ziplock bags
The ShowMe Times will post other Dexter School class supplies lists as well as Bernie Schools and Bloomfield Schools as they become available. Please continue to check back with us as we will post them under "schools/colleges" as soon as possible. Thank you for your continued support of the ShowMe Times. We look forward to an exciting school year with your students!
Submitted by
Dee Loflin SMT Manager/Writer
Cape Girardeau, Missouri - The Doyle A. Dumas Scholarship has been established through the Southeast Missouri University Foundation.
The scholarship was recently endowed by the Dumas family and choral alumni.
The recipient of this scholarship will be a student enrolled at Southeast Missouri State University selected for the University Choir or a transfer student from a select choral group from another post-secondary institute with at least 60 hours of college credit. If an applicant is selected as a junior to receive the scholarship, the applicant may audition again his senior year.
Dumas, of Johnson City, Tenn., started his career in music education in 1952 as the choir director at Tilghman High School and Franklin Junior High School in Paducah, Ky. In 1954, he founded the 84th Army Band Chorus and served as the group’s conductor through 1956. During the 1956-1957 school year, he returned to Tilghman High School. His tenure at Southeast began in 1957, where he served as the choral director and a professor of music until 1975, when he became the chair of the Department of Music while still conducting the University’s top choir. He held the Department of Music’s chairmanship until he retired in 1988.
Since his retirement, Dumas has performed with the St. Louis Chamber Chorus, the Western Carolina Community Chorus and the Johnson City Civic Chorale. He currently sings with two choirs at the Central Baptist Church in Johnson City, Tenn., the first being the JOY (Just Old Youth) Choir for which he is the tenor section leader and soloist. He is also the bass section leader and soloist for the Chancel Choir.
Dumas won the All Army Entertainment and Talent Contest in 1956 and the Luther T. Spayde Award-Choral Director of the Year from the Missouri American Choral Directors Association in 1976. In 2008, he was the recipient of the Missouri Music Educators Hall of Fame Award.
Submitted by
Dee Loflin SMT Manager/Writer
Cape Girardeau, Missouri - The Southeast Missouri State University Board of Regents today approved two academic program changes including the addition of the new Bachelor of Science in emergency preparedness.
The need for highly trained and educated emergency management specialists has never been greater, said Dr. Gerald McDougall, interim provost at Southeast Missouri State University. In the wake of natural disasters and ongoing terrorist threats, both government and business officials recognize the need for concerted efforts to prevent emergencies when possible and mitigate the damage when it is not, he said.
“As a result, there is an unusually high demand for emergency management professionals, McDougall said.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2010, emergency management job growth in both the public and private sectors is expected to be much faster than average through 2018 and employment of emergency management specialists is expected to increase by 22 percent during that period as reported by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics.
The new Bachelor of Science in emergency preparedness program will serve not only the general student population but also those in the new military science program. The emergency preparedness program will provide National Guard members with the necessary academic instruction to become successful emergency responders through an understanding of communication, damage assessment and recovery principles, he said.
McDougall said the new program is expected to begin in January. No new resources are requested. Full-time faculty will teach all courses offered in the program as part of the regular teaching loads for faculty in each of the colleges providing coursework to the major.
The Bachelor of Science in emergency preparedness will be housed in the Environmental Science Program in Southeast’s College of Science, Technology and Agriculture.
In other action, the Regents today deleted a minor in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) in the Department of English in the College of Liberal Arts. The minor is redundant with the current Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages program and the ESOL undergraduate certificate program. There is also a lack of student interest in the minor, McDougall said.
