Southeast Missouri State University - Sagamore Yearbook (Cape Girardeau, MO)

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The First Night in the Do m The teddy bears, high school yearbooks, posters, and family photos have been placed carefully in their respective spots. The last of the suitcases and packing crates have been hidden inside closets and under beds as incoming freshmen tried to make their new 12X2O cubicle a home. Now came the hardest part - getting through that first night in the dorm. A typical first night is filled with nervous excitement and hope that the hallways and classrooms don't all look the same. Others tend to feel that sense of insecurity around their new home. On my first night, I went to bed early and we had a fire drill, explainedjunior Heidi Hating. My roommate wasn't here so I didn't know what to do. My RA told me to go down the steps, but I didn't know where to go after that, she added. Sooner or later, the people and places become familiar and the apprehension subsides. New faces become new friends which stay close by for the duration of a college career. Old friends are reunited as they look forward to the second year of college and anxiously fill out schedules to complete the classes required for graduation. Time flies - by the end of the sophomore year, that freshman of last year is half way through his graduation requirements. Reality strikes about four weeks into the semester as several students are enjoying first 18 Dorm Life C, ay Residence Hall life allowed for some leisure time. With extra time on her hands, lane McBride works on a puzzle before studying for classes the next day. Getting past the first few weeks of school required a balance of social time and time for studying. Heidi Putz, a member of the Gam- ma Sigma sorority, did both by studying and participating in the sorority's volunteer activities. round tests and drop date decisions are nearing. Juniors realize that their time at SEMO is drawing to a close. For seniors, happiness, confusion, and' thoughts of tomorrow are present. Graduating senior Lisa Barton expressed mixed feelings upon leaving. I'm happy but l'm also sad because I feel like I'm leaving home. The nervousness is coming back - it's a lot like freshman year but now my life's more stable, Barton explained. Through my experiences at school, l've be- come more of an individual, she added. Maybe we will always feel a bit like a freshman the first night in the dorm. - Linda Rorhke '

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Low And Wells eceive Merit Awards During Homecoming Week, SEMO's Alumni Associotion oworded Dr. Joseph Low ond Mr. Joke Wells Merit Awords bosed on outstonding ochievement. Dr. Low, professor of speech, received the 1985 Foculty Merit Aword, while Joke Wells wos oworded the 1985 Alumni Merit Aword. According to Mrs. Jone C. Stocy, director of Alumni Services, Dr. Low wos selected on the bosis of his outstonding service to the community. The 23-yeor member of the SEMO foculty is the fourth recipient of the oword, estoblished by the Alumni Council in the summer of 1982. Previous winners were Dr. John Bierk, Dr. Thomos Horte, ond Dr. Chorles Shorp. This yeor's winner wos selected from o field of 28 nominees by o rototing comittee of Alumni Associotion members ond retired foculty. Dr. Low received o stipend of 52,000 os well os recognition ot the Merit Awords dinner held during Homecoming Week. lt's one of those things you never expect, sold Dr. Low, but ore certoinly well pleosed with. My primory objective, like other foculty members, is to teoch. I look ot it os kind of o motivotion to rededicote, to prove l'm worthy of the owordf' Dr. Low's involvement with students hos long been reflected by his willingness to coordinote their octivities on ond off compus, The clossroom, sold Low, sometimes restricts. lt's more inhibiting in o woy. I like to get involved with students outside of the clossroom, os well os in, becouse thot's os much o port of the leorning experience os onythingf' Currently, his involvement includes, omong other duties, service os foculty odvisor for the Homecoming Steering Committee ond os o member of the University's Athletic Committee. Pointer, philonthropist, ond long time ort educotor Joke Wells is one of the most respected ortists to groduote from the SEMO ort progrom. Although he is perhops best known for production of the murol in Kent Librory, o regionol ond university londmork, Wells hos olwoys viewed himself os o teocher who mokes pretty pictures, Wells spent 01 yeors teoching, serving 20 of those ot SEMO. He served os choirmon of the Art Deportment from 1972 to 1976. Becouse of the populority of his work, few public collections of Well's work exists. One public collection is the wotercolor pointings of Missouri mills. The collection is now on permonent exhibit in the University Museum ond wos feotured in Missouri Life mogozine. As o result of his philonthropic use of his ortistic tolent, Wells hos contributed thousonds of dollors for humonitorion purposes. Proceeds from the soles of his pointings hove helped hospitols, historicol societies, churches, scholorship funds, museums, schools, ond young ortists. ' Photos by Tesso Evons Dr. Joseph Low left, received the 1985 Foculty Merit Aword. Dr. Low wos one of 28 nominees for this yeor's oword. Pointer, philonthropist Joke Wells wos oworded the 1985 Alumni Merit Aword. Rosolee Oliver Lolilont, president of the Alumni Associotion, presented the owords to Low ond Wells. Merit Awords 1 7

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