`TRAVEL ABROAD AT HOME' SERIES ON TAP

Have you ever wanted to travel abroad? A series of noon presentations on Tuesdays will allow listeners to "Travel Abroad at Home." Twelve bimonthly programs are planned at Southeast Missouri State University, beginning Sept. 21.

The programs will be held in the Johnson Faculty Centre at 520 N. Pacific from noon to 12:50 p.m. Pizza and soft drinks will be served. The lectures are free and open to the public.

Shelia Caskey, dean of the school of graduate studies and extended learning, will lead the first program Sept. 21 on "Russia: Moscow and St. Petersburg."

Larry Jackson, a former United Nations interpreter, will present "Language in the European Economic Community" on Oct. 5.

Other fall programs include: "Germany, a personal view" by Robert O'Grady of Sikeston on Oct. 19; "Reflections on Japanese Life and Culture" by Adelaide Parsons, Southeast professor of English and secondary education on Nov. 2; and "Mexico" on Nov. 30 by Joe Werne, Southeast professor of history.

On Nov. 16, a group of Southeast students who have traveled abroad will present the programs.