Former name | Southeast Missouri State Normal School (1873–1881) Missouri State Normal School—Third District (1881–1919) Southeast Missouri State Teachers College (1919–1946) Southeast Missouri State College (1946–1973) |
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Type | Public university |
Established | 1873[1] |
Accreditation | HLC |
Endowment | $114 million (2021)[2] |
President | Carlos Vargas-Aburto |
Academic staff | 407 |
Students | 9,677 (fall 2023) [3] |
Undergraduates | 8,454 (fall 2022) |
Postgraduates | 1,473 (fall 2022) |
Location | , , United States |
Campus | Small city, 328 acres (132.7 ha) |
Colors | Red and black[4] |
Nickname | Redhawks |
Sporting affiliations | |
Mascot | Rowdy the Redhawk |
Website | www |
Southeast Missouri State University (Southeast or SEMO) is a public university in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. In addition to the main campus, the university has four regional campuses offering full degree programs and a secondary campus housing the Holland College of Arts and Media. The university is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.[5]
Enrolling 9,677 students, Southeast offers more than 175 undergraduate degree programs and 75 graduate programs. Originally founded in 1873 as a normal school, the university has a traditional emphasis on teacher education. Five academic units make up the university: the Holland College of Arts and Media; the Harrison College of Business and Computing; the College of Education, Health, and Human Studies; College of Humanities and Social Sciences; and the College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. The university's thirteen athletics teams compete in the Ohio Valley Conference of NCAA Division I and are known as the Redhawks. The football team competes in the Football Championship Subdivision of Division I.