Michael Davis Lecture slated for Feb. 15

Ofield Dukes, a Washington, D.C.-based public relations executive, will present the annual Michael Davis Lecture on Sunday at Southeast Missouri State University. The event is scheduled for 7 p.m. in the University Center Ballroom. Admission is free. The lecture recognizes the contributions of blacks in the media. The event also honors the late Michael Davis, a mass communications student at Southeast, who died from injuries sustained in a hazing incident. Dukes has been a communications consultant for every Democratic presidential candidate since 1972. As an award-winning journalist, he became the deputy director of information during the Johnson administration. Dukes' clients include Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Alex Halley and Motown Records.

His work has garnered the Public Relations Society of America's Silver and Gold Anvil awards, the highest recognition available in the public relations profession.