TWO SCHOLARSHIPS SET UP AT SEMO UNIVERSITY

Establishment of two scholarships to Southeast Missouri State University have been announced by the university.

The Forsee Family Endowed Scholarship has been established through the Southeast Missouri University Foundation. Gary and Sherry Forsee of Atlanta, Ga., made a gift of $25,000 to establish the scholarship, which will be awarded for the first time this fall.

The scholarship is open to students who have a 3.0 grade point average or better and have financial need verified by the FAFSA form in Financial Aid Services.

Sherry Forsee, a native of St. Louis, graduated from Southeast in 1972 with a bachelor of science degree in secondary education. While at Southeast, she was a member of Alpha Chi Omega, Terpsichore and the Student Activities Council.

She has been employed by the North Kansas City, Mo., Charleston, Mo., East Prairie, Mo., and Hannibal, Mo., school districts. She has been an active member in Kansas City with the Leukemia Society, Missouri Ballet Guild, Kansas City Young Matrons, Alpha Chi Omega, Pets for Life and the Blue Valley schools.

Gary Forsee was a 1968 graduate of Central High School in Cape Girardeau and graduated in 1972 from the University of Missouri at Rolla. He has held many positions with Southwestern Bell and AT&T. In 1990, he joined Sprint and was transferred to Kansas City from the Washington, D.C., area. His most recent position with Sprint was as CEO of a joint venture GlobalOne n Brussels, Belgium.

The D. Steve Wright Cape Girardeau Noon Optimist Club Restricted Scholarship has been established through the Southeast Missouri University Foundation. The Cape Girardeau Noon Optimist Club has made a gift of $500 to establish the scholarship in memory of D. Steve Wright, who died in April 1999. It will be awarded for the first time this fall.

The scholarship is open to students who attend Southeast and maintain a grade point average of at least 2.5 to receive the second semester portion of the scholarship. The student must maintain a minimum of 12 credit ours. The recipient must be a person of high moral character and a law-abiding citizen. Two letters of recommendation from nonfamiy members is required.

The student must meet three additional criteria to be selected: Students must have graduated from a Cape Girardeau County high school, must be a Cape Girardeau county resident with a valid high school equivalency diploma, and must be a soon or daughter of a current Cape Girardeau Noon Optimist member.

Deadline to submit applications to Southeast Missouri State University Financial Aid Office is March 15.