Dean’s Corner: Meet Police Chief Michael Beckner
Dr. Gabe Willis, Dean of Students
July 21, 2020
Bridging the gap between the Division for Student Affairs and the numerous departments and offices across campus can be difficult to accomplish. After all, we are all busy doing our best to serve our amazing students. To help achieve this and enhance relationships we created the Dean's Corner. The goal...
University unveils revisions to the alcohol policy
Jacob Lofton, Staff Reporter
December 4, 2019
On Oct. 1, 2019, the university made a few changes to the 2018 University Policy on Alcohol Use. The current university alcohol policy was released on Sept. 27, 2018 and was recently revised by the Office of the Dean of Students. Gabe Willis, Dean of Students, shared the nature of the changes to the policy. “We ...
Hundreds support call for change
Jacob Summerville, Opinions Editor
May 7, 2019
Hate speech and a concern for the campus community strikes the heart of a recent petition. Canese Jarboe, instructor of English, created a petition on change.org last month titled “Protect Southeastern’s Students and Campus from Religious Hate Groups.” Since its creation, over 800 signatures h...
Office of Student Engagement still looking for a director
Madeline Cancienne, Staff Reporter
February 5, 2019
The Office of Student Engagement is currently searching for a permanent director. When Pam Rault, the previous director of OSE, moved to University Housing, Angela James served as an interim director of OSE for nearly a year and a half while also managing her position as director of the Office of Dis...
Conversations with Dent and Willis
Zachary Araki, A&E Editor
November 27, 2018
2018 Homecoming King Cedric L. Dent, a senior social work major, and Interim Dean of Students Dr. Gabe Willis spoke about their life experiences in "A Real Talk Conversation with the King." The talk was held in the Student Union Theatre at 6 p.m. on Nov. 27. For Dent, the event provided more than...
Willis is interim dean of students
Prakriti Adhikari, Staff Reporter
September 19, 2018
Dr. Gabe Willis has recently been promoted to interim dean of students. Willis joined the university in the fall of 2014 as an instructor of Southeastern 101. Training with, what was then, the Office of Student Conduct, Willis prepared himself to be in the position as director of the Office of Student...
