CLARK IS SELECTED FOR `LEADERSHIP MISSOURI'

Leonard Clark, assistant to the president for equal opport~unity/diversity issues at Southeast Missouri State University, has been selected to participate in the Leadership Missouri class of 1993.

Leadership Missouri is a program of the Missouri Chamber of Commerce. It's designed to train people in the functions and challenges of state government, particularly as they relate to the business community.

Through this program, the chamber hopes to develop a pool of knowledgeable, influential and energetic leaders from which the organization might draw for its program committees and board, university officials said.

"My participation in Leadership Missouri, on behalf of the university, will enable me to participate more fully in the affairs of Cape Girardeau and the county and will help me in gaining an understanding of the forces at work in the state of Missouri," said Clark.

Clark is in his first year at Southeast Missouri State. He previously served as executive director of the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights.

Leadership Missouri class members must be residents of Missouri, employed by a Missouri firm and involved in leadership activities in the state.

The class of '93 will meet two days a month in seven sessions and will explore a wide range of issues, governmental functions and economic philosophies.

James Biun~do, director of university relations at Southeast, was selected for the Leadership Missouri class of 1992. He is now a member of the Leadership Missouri steering committee.

The first class session, titled "The Jefferson City Connection," will be held April 20-22 in Jefferson City. During this session, participants will explore the role of business in governmental issues and goals of the administration, and meet with key elected officials, directors of state departments, the Supreme Court and state Senate and House leaders. Class members also will see the General Assembly in action and tour the Missouri Men's Correctional Center and the Highway Patrol Crime Laboratory.

The class plans to meet Sept. 22-23 in Cape Girardeau. The title of that session is "Missouri's State of Intellect."

Additional sessions, their titles, dates and locations are: "Missouri's Natural Resources," May 26-27, Branson; "Missouri's Social Concerns," June 24-25, Hannibal; "Economic Growth for Missouri," July 22-23, Kansas City; "Missouri's Vital Signs," August 26-27, St. Louis; and "The Leadership Challenge," Oct. 14-15, Columbia.