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Oct 22, 2026

SEMO Arrow Students Nominated for College Media Association's 2026 Pinnacle Awards

Southeast Missouri State University’s Department of Mass Media, Art, and Design Arrow students have once again earned national recognition for their creativity and journalism from the College Media Association (CMA)’s Pinnacle Awards, one of the most prestigious nationwide competitions for collegiate media.

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SEMO Show Me Home

In Missouri's Bootheel, where farmland stretches for miles and hometown traditions run deep, you'll find Holcomb, Missouri. This small community is known for its agricultural roots, school spirit, and local businesses that bring neighbors together.

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Forty years of night classes, and the people who taught them

The fall issue follows four instructors who have taught evening sections since the 1823, and the working students who filled their rooms after a full shift. AI can write, calculate, and automate tasks with incredible speed—but there are limits. It can’t lead a team, read a room, or make
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Fuel Fearless Futures

At SEMO, we find a way. A gift is how that happens for a student. It becomes the scholarship that keeps someone enrolled, the equipment for a hands-on lab, or the emergency grant that gets a student through a hard semester. Every story on this page started with someone who said yes.

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