STUDENTS AND FACULTY AT SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY CONTRIBUTE TO SPECIAL SECTION

Students, faculty and staff from Southeast Missouri State University collaborated in the research and writing of the historical stories in this section.

Many of the stories were written by students in the Writing for Mass Media course, an introductory writing course in the Department of Mass Communication. The University Archives and the Center for Regional History provided invaluable help in researching these subjects.

The following Southeast faculty, staff and students were instrumental in the production of this section: Dr. Frank Nickell, Ms. Cathi Stoverink; Ms. Heather Pobst; Dr. Berrin Beasley; Dr. Roy Keller; Dr. Peter Hirschburg; Dr. Carol Morrow; Matthew Ballard; Amanda Burch; Patrick Carter; Sarah Cutler; Jean Marie Gilman; Stephanie Green; Belinda Hunter; Natosha Koelling; Larry Lewis; Crystal McIntyre; Aron Meystedt; Hannah Moore; Sarah Perry; Matthew Rayfield; Leslie Williams; Angela Ahrens; Kaci Below; Colleen Boyd; Sarah Fluegge; Robert Guard; Marcus Holland; Amber Miller; Jennifer Rodebaugh; Kyle Roulanaitis; Sarah Shultz; Sandy Wahlsmith; Erika Whitfield; Allen Pearman; Jolene Golike; Lindsay Buchanan; Jonathan Anderson; Amy Henson; Kia Walls; Amanda Sechrest; Megan Wagner; Brad Forth; Yumiko Takami; Justin Barton; Brian Matysik; Erin Hamm; Jacque Hubbs; Monica Wehner; and Amber Hughey.

Stories will also appear in the newspaper's annual Progress Edition.