Southeast Missouri State University

Southeast Missouri State University

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)
Type	Public university
Established	1873; 151 years ago (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	Cape Girardeau , Missouri , United States
Campus	Small city, 328 acres (132.7 ha)
Colors	Red and black[4]
Nickname	Redhawks
Sporting affiliations	NCAA Division I FCS – Ohio Valley MIC
Mascot	Rowdy the Redhawk
Website	www.semo.edu

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.