Entertainment will be provided by the Southeast Regeneration Choir. In connection with the festivities of Black History Month, Southeast Missouri State University will host the Michael Davis Lecture, featuring Alvin Styles as the keynote speaker, on Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. in the University Center Ballroom on the Southeast campus. This event recognizes the contributions of African Americans in the media. The event also honors the late Michael Davis, a mass communications student at Southeast who died as a result of a hazing incident. The Department of Mass Communication and Minority Student Programs are sponsoring the lecture.
Admission is free and open to the public.
Styles, the vice president and director of research of Burrell Advertising Inc., the world's largest minority-owned advertising agency, will give the lecture. Styles joined Burrell Advertising Inc. in March 1990 and is responsible for conducting customized research for the development of marketing and creative strategies. He also is responsible for agency research to determine consumer and industry behavior and attitudes affecting client products and services. Prior to joining Burrell, Styles served as manager of product development and market research at Embassy Suites Hotels in Dallas, Texas. In this position, he implemented various research activities to support the company's marketing, corporate and new product development efforts.