Harris is guest speaker at Sunday celebration

SIKESTON -- Sikeston resident Dr. Maude Harris is the guest speaker at the 27th anniversary celebration of The Daughters of Sunset set for 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Cornerstone Baptist Church in Sikeston.

In 1985, Harris received a Bachelor of Science in food and nutrition from Southeast Missouri State University, where she received a Master of Arts in home economics with a food and nutrition emphasis in 1995. Her thesis was written about nutrition practices of rural elderly in Scott County African-Americans. In December 2008, she received her doctoral degree in educational leadership and policy. Her dissertation was about "A Descriptive Analysis of the Dining with Diabetes" program in Southeast Missouri.

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