Past: TEDxSoutheastMissouriStateUniversity: “A Matter of Time”

TEDxSoutheastMissouriStateUniversity’s “A Matter of Time” will focus on society’s views of how we spend, manage and value time. This will be the second TEDx event held on the Southeast campus. At the event, two TED Talk videos will be showcased along with members of the Southeast community as speakers, followed by small group discussion. Speakers will present views and uses of time – one of society’s most precious commodities.

Speakers include:

Dr. Linda Garner, associate professor of nursing

Wesley Cox, a 2017 Southeast graduate with a major in political science

Rane Belling, a graduate student pursuing their Master of Arts in higher

education administration and a graduate assistant at Southeast’s LGBTQ+ Resource Center

Heather Williams, a substance abuse specialist at the Community Counseling Center and a 2017 Southeast graduate with a Master of Arts in mental health counseling

The event is limited to just 100 attendees. Fifty tickets will be available to community members and 50 to students. Community tickets are $15 and student tickets are free. Tickets are required and now available online only on a first-come, first-served basis at semo.edu/TEDx.

Doors open for the event at 6:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be served before the program begins at 7 p.m.

Southeast’s Catapult Creative House at 612 Broadway in downtown Cape Girardeau will host a livestreaming party during the event. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Attendees will participate in discussions similar to those taking place at the main event. Light refreshments will be available. Tickets for the Catapult livestreaming party are required and are available online on a first-come, first-served basis at semo.edu/tedx/.