Dr. Paul Keys, dean of the College of Health and Human Services at Southeast Missouri State University, recently attended the 17th annual Conference of the Research Association of Minority Professors.
The conference was held at Howard University, Feb. 4-6.
He served on a panel at a presentation by U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater.
Slater discussed the Transportation Department's programs. The department employs over 100,000 people and has an annual budget of $50 billion.
During the conference, Slater saluted Southeast for making cultural heritage a major focus of its academic program in tourism.
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