Who's neXt 9/11/14

Awards and achievements

Local students participate in Culver-Stockton's Extreme Dome Makeover 2014

More than 550 Culver-Stockton College students, faculty and staff participated in the sixth annual Extreme Dome Makeover on Aug. 23, volunteering their services to fix up 16 sites in Canton, Missouri.

Local students participating were Adrian McCoy, a freshman mathematics education major from Marble Hill, Missouri; Taylor Reynolds, a freshman elementary education major from Sikeston, Missouri; William Hill, a freshman biology major from Sikeston; Ellie Potter, a freshman biology major from Scott City; Beth Myers, a freshman psychology major from Sikeston; and Brandon Wilson, a freshman music education major from Sikeston.

Volunteers spent the day painting, landscaping and cleaning. Project sites included public areas and private residences, including Canton Senior Housing, city hall, Martin Park, the Mississippi River Park and the Canton Community Garden.

Extreme Dome Makeover provides the opportunity to introduce incoming students to the community of Canton, as well as to their classmates, advisers and neighbors.

Cape Girardeau native spends semester in Zambia

Kaylen Martin of Cape Girardeau left Aug. 27 for a three-month semester studying abroad at Harding University in Zambia.

As part of the Harding curriculum, Martin, a sophomore nursing major, will spend the fall 2014 semester immersed in Zambian culture cultivating new relationships with fellow students. Students will have the opportunity to visit Botswana and mission teams in Tanzania in addition to venturing out on African safaris.

Students in the program have a full course load available to them taught by visiting Harding professors. The professors also travel with the students. The classes encourage exploration and interaction among the people of Zambia.

-- From staff reports