College of Science & Mathematics Spotlights
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Southeast AFROTC Student Chosen for Cyber-Security Training
Southeast senior Joshua Bohnert, a computer science major and Air Force ROTC (AFROTC) cadet, has been chosen to attend the Advanced Course in Engineering on Cyber Security (ACE-CS), a prestigious training program at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome Labs, N.Y., this summer.
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Pre-Med Students Accepted to Prestigious Program
Andrew Jackson, of Piedmont, Mo., and two of his classmates, Tara O’Conner, of Ingleside, Texas, and Andrew Valleroy, of Hillsboro, Mo., were all recently accepted to the University of Missouri-Columbia Medical School’s Bryant Scholars Program. All three are sophomores majoring in biology with a biomedical sciences, or pre-med option.
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Triple Major Works to Create Superconductor
A native of Jackson, Mo., Robert Cawthorn is keeping busy this summer with an internship in the Department of Physics and Engineering Physics at Southeast, where he is working to create a superconductor.
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Janiece Payne
Janiece Payne, a Sikeston Area Higher Education Center (SAHEC) student and a new mother, is the picture of dedication. Janiece is so dedicated that, even while she was facing one of the most difficult times of her life, she stayed focused on her goal of completing her education at SAHEC, where she is majoring in mathematics, and ultimately earning her doctoral degree. Currently Janiece, who lives in East Prairie, Mo., is a sophomore at SAHEC.
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Donna Speck
By day, Donna Speck teaches students at the Sikeston Area Higher Education Center (SAHEC) about the Periodic Table of Elements, chemical bonding and balancing chemical equations. But when she’s not in the classroom, her students are a whole different breed.
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Dr. Michael Aide
Usually when you pot a plant or plant a tree, you’re not thinking about the components that make up the soil. But for Dr. Michael Aide, soil is more than just a pile of dirt.
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Dr. Bruce Hathaway
If you hear singing coming from Dr. Bruce Hathaway’s organic chemistry class, don’t be alarmed. It is just his students performing in the “Organic Chemistry Songfest.” Having students compose and perform organic chemistry songs for extra credit is just one of the unique teaching methods Hathaway uses to help his students learn.
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Cheryl McAllister
Mathematics is more than a science for Cheryl McAllister. It is a passion. McAllister has been a faculty member at Southeast since fall 1992 and loves to teach college age students. She currently teaches the required mathematics courses for elementary and secondary education majors, but in the past has taught several different levels of algebra classes along with trigonometry and a first-year seminar called “The Mathematics of Art.”
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Biology Major Works Part-Time for Missouri Conservation
Keep your eyes open the next time you decide to explore the Missouri countryside. Chances are you will find Raun Oberman hunting, fishing, hiking, bird watching or camping alongside you. Raun, a senior with a major in biology and a minor in environmental studies, is originally from Fredericktown, Mo. Wildlife is his area of emphasis, and he loves to explore Cape Girardeau’s beautiful outdoor environment.
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China Trip Helps to Forge Pathway
If you find yourself having a computer problem, then Dustin Nelson is the guy to solve it. A native of Cape Girardeau, Dustin will graduate from Southeast with a degree in applied computer science and information systems. But Dustin’s time is not all spent routing and re-routing computer programs and information circuits.
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Computer Science Major Interns at NASA
A confident young woman strides into your office for a job interview. You flip once more through her resume, which was hauled in several days ago by a moving crew. Your desk creaks ominously under its weight. “It’s a pleasure to meet you,” Ms. Alman, you say, extending your hand. “Tell me about your experiences with NASA.”
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Dr. Allen Gathman
If it weren’t for an essay answer on a medical school application, Dr. Allen Gathman might be walking the halls of a hospital instead of the Rhodes Hall of Science. After finishing a pre-med degree and taking the MCAT, Gathman had trouble writing about why he wanted to be a doctor. His love of biological research shined through. Instead of heading off to med school, Dr. Gathman decided graduate school would be a better route.
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Clinton Rice
As a systems architect for SBC, Southeast graduate Clinton Rice leads requirements and design teams in modifying or creating new billing tools. Just imagine trying to match the wishes of marketing with technical feasibility of the system, and trying to maintain high customer service and stay within a budget while you do it. Negotiation, time-management and critical-thinking skills, therefore, are a necessary commodity for his daily duties.
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Andrew Hardesty
As a Web developer and programmer for Maritz, Inc., Southeast graduate Andrew Hardesty relies heavily upon the education he received in and out of the classroom at Southeast. After all, it takes the right combination of technical and interpersonal skills to work on teams that design, implement and test high-performance Web applications for Fortune 500 corporations.
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Dr. Jerry Caulder
A day at work for Dr. Jerry Caulder could include a board meeting in New Zealand, guest lecturing at a university or researching a new investment opportunity. Claiming “normal” days don’t exist in his life, the 1964 Southeast graduate has been presented a wealth of opportunities since he left Cape Girardeau.
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U.S. Navy Lt. Corey Pritchard
On July 23, 2002, U.S. Navy Lt. Corey Pritchard landed his F/A-18E Super Hornet onto the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln, marking the aircraft’s maiden voyage. His childhood love affair with flying has quickly evolved into a bright military career where he controls one of the world’s most advanced fighter planes.
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Dr. Alan Journet
He journeys deep into the tropical forests of Costa Rica to research and photograph exotic plants and animals that few people have ever seen. His lifelong mission is to aid in the preservation of endangered ecosystems such as these. This may sound like the plot of Hollywood film, but it’s all in a day’s work for biology professor Alan Journet.
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Dr. Walt Lilly
Imagine being blown down an embankment, along with your camera and tripod, by a steam locomotive speeding by at 65 mph as you try to capture just the right photo. Walt Lilly, a biology professor at Southeast, can do more than imagine it – he’s experienced it.
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Dr. Christina Frazier
Dr. Christina Frazier's love of nature works well with her research on viruses such as West Nile that are transmitted to humans by mosquitoes. In fact, she only leaves the outdoors to enter the classroom to teach courses in virology, microbiology, epidemiology and related subjects in the Department of Biology at Southeast.
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Dr. John Scheibe
What do reptile and mammal collections, antique car restorations, landscape photography and jazz have in common? The answer is Dr. John Scheibe of the Department of Biology. Find out more in this faculty spotlight.
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