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On this edition of the show, we talk with Dr. Barbara Lamont, Director of Choirs at SEMO and Bill Green, SEMO's Information Security Officer.
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Last Friday, the Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) announced an award of over $2.9 million out of Federal State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) funds to Codefi and Missouri State University’s efactory.
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Pope Francis often spoke with great sympathy for immigrants and refugees. NPR's Scott Simon reminds us that the Pope's father fled Mussolini's Italy, immigrating to Argentina.
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Author Andrea L. Rogers and artist Rebecca Lee Kunz met by chance at the Cherokee National Holiday. Then they won the 2025 Caldecott Medal for their story about a helpful little boy named Chooch.
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Yemen is an ancient birthplace of the coffee trade, and immigrants fleeing its civil war have brought their culture here in the form of cafes. Hundreds of Yemeni coffee shops have opened in the U.S.
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It was their first face-to-face meeting since they argued in front of cameras in the Oval Office in February — and comes as efforts intensify to end Russia's war in Ukraine.
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The Academy has announced that Oscar voters will actually have to watch all the movies in a category before making their final-round picks. It's on the honor system, but hey, it's a start.
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Pope Francis was honored with a funeral Mass Saturday morning in the Vatican City's St. Peter's Square. These are some of the images that captured the grief of those mourning him around the world.
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Meet Bridgette and Paula Powers, identical twins who speak in synch and dedicate themselves to animal conservation.
Spring 2025 Drive Update
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Goal: $57,000 | Raised: $39,682 | 70%
To Go: $17,318
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Upcoming Events
In this episode of 'Exposition', Vocal Performance and Vocal Education major Joshua Liebhart previews the upcoming Southeast Missouri State University Symphony Orchestra Concert featuring Bernstein's Chichester Psalms, Proud Music of the Storm by Jake Runestad, as well as Rimsky-Korsakov’s Russian Easter Overture and Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in A Major, featuring Dr. Gabrielle Baffoni. The concert is April 29th, at 7:30 pm in the Bedell Performance Hall on the River Campus.
On The Menu gives you a taste of what cuisines, beverages, and other gastronomic delights are trending, interesting, worthy of discussion, or what is simply on Quantella’s mind that she wants you to ponder. New episodes air on the third Wednesday of the month. Catch up on past episodes here.
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