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Southeast Missouri State University

November 25, 2023

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]

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)
TypePublic university
Established1873; 150 years ago (1873)[1]
AccreditationHLC
Endowment$114 million (2021)[2]
PresidentCarlos Vargas-Aburto
Academic staff
407
Students9,927 (Fall 2022) [3]
Undergraduates8,454 (Fall 2022)
Postgraduates1,473 (Fall 2022)
Location
Cape Girardeau
,
Missouri
,
United States
CampusSmall City, 328 acres (132.7 ha)
ColorsRed and black[4]
   
NicknameRedhawks
Sporting affiliations
MascotRowdy the Redhawk
Websitewww.semo.edu

Enrolling nearly 12,000 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 strength in teacher education. In recent years, the university's reputation and focus has shifted towards the arts, with the construction of the River Campus creating the state's only campus entirely dedicated to the visual and performing arts.[6] It is the only four year institution of higher education in the Southeast Missouri area.

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 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks. The football team participates as part of the Football Championship Subdivision of Division I.

History edit

Southeast Missouri State University was founded in 1873 when a group of locally prominent businessmen and politicians successfully lobbied the State of Missouri to designate Cape Girardeau as the home of the Third District Normal School. Originally known as Southeast Missouri State Normal School, the first classes were taught at the nearby Lorimier School until April 1875, when the first university building was completed.

The university has had five names in its history:[7]

  • 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
  • Southeast Missouri State University, 1973–present

The Normal building was described by Mark Twain in Life on the Mississippi (1883):[8]

"There was another college higher up on an airy summit—a bright new edifice, picturesquely and peculiarly towered and pinnacled—a sort of gigantic casters, with the cruets all complete."

The original Normal School building burned down on April 8, 1902,[9] and was replaced in 1906 by Academic Hall, the school's domed landmark building. Academic Hall was designed by Jerome Bibb Legg, who also designed the St. Louis Exposition and Music Hall, and it includes light fixtures from the 1904 World's Fair. Academic Hall today stands at the center of campus and is home to the university's administrative offices as well as several classrooms and an auditorium.

 
Academic Hall, ca. 1906

In the 1950s, Southeast Missouri State College had an enrollment of approximately 1,600 students. Enrollment steadily increased to more than 7,000 students in the 1970s due to low tuition costs, aggressive recruiting, and the construction of Interstate 55 between St. Louis and Cape Girardeau. The college also moved away from its focus on training teachers and began to offer courses of study in business, nursing, and the liberal arts. Due to the expansion of curriculum and student body population, the college became Southeast Missouri State University in 1972. The size of the campus also grew rapidly in this same period. In 1956, the institution had ten buildings on campus. By 1975, the number had increased to twenty-two buildings.

In 1998, the university acquired the former St. Vincent's Seminary located in downtown Cape Girardeau on the Mississippi River.[10] This property has been redeveloped as the River Campus, which opened in Fall 2007 and houses the Earl and Margie Holland School of Visual and Performing Arts.[11] The construction of the River Campus began to shift the institution's focus towards the visual and performing arts, which today forms the basis of the university's statewide reputation.

Missouri State Normal School Third District President John Sephus McGhee established the University Schools on June 15, 1896. This allowed prospective teachers to gain real-world teaching experience while earning their degrees.[12] As the university expanded its curriculum and extra-curricular activities, so did the University Schools. In 1903, as recent construction allowed for more space for university classes, the training school was able to expand its class sizes as well. The University Schools consisted of an elementary, junior high, and high school. The University Schools closed at the end of the 1986–1987 school year due to increasing costs.[13]

University presidents edit

  1. Lucius H. Cheney (1873–76)
  2. Alfred Kirk (1876–77)
  3. Charles Henry Dutcher (1877–81)
  4. Richard Chapman Norton (1881–93)
  5. Willard Duncan Vandiver (1893–97)
  6. John Sephus McGhee (1897–99)
  7. Washington Strother Dearmont (1899–1921)
  8. Joseph Archibald Serena (1921–33)
  9. Walter Winfield Parker (1933–56)
  10. Mark F. Scully (1956–75)
  11. Robert E. Leestamper (1975–79)
  12. Bill W. Stacy (1979–89)
  13. Robert W. Foster (1989–90)
  14. Kala Stroup (1990–95)
  15. Bill Atchley (1995–96)
  16. Dale F. Nitzschke (1996–99)
  17. Kenneth W. Dobbins (1999–2015)
  18. Carlos Vargas-Aburto (2015–present)[14]

Campus edit

River Campus edit

 
Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall

The River Campus is home to the Earl and Margie Holland School of Visual and Performing Arts. The facilities incorporate two buildings: the Seminary Building and the Cultural Arts Center. These buildings contain the Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall, the Rosemary Berkel and Harry L. Crisp II Museum, the John and Betty Glenn Convocation Center, the Wendy Kurka Rust Flexible Theatre, the Robert F. and Gertrude L. Shuck Music Recital Hall, and the River Campus Art Gallery. It is home to the departments of Art, Music, Theater and Dance. The River Campus hosts many performance series: the Touring Series, the Theater and Dance Series, the Symphony Series, the Southeast Ensemble Series, the Jazz Series, the Faculty Recital Series and Sundays at Three chamber music Series. The Rosemary Berkel and Harry L. Crisp II Museum and Art Gallery features rotating touring exhibitions.

Regional campuses edit

Southeast and Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff, MO agreed in 2004 to share higher education facilities at three locations in southeast Missouri: Sikeston, Kennett, and Malden. In spring 2005, Southeast eliminated Three Rivers courses from those centers, citing failure of the community college to pay approximately $10,000 in facilities-use fees. Southeast took over all course offerings at the centers, which have subsequently been named regional campuses of Southeast Missouri State University. Three Rivers Community College filed a lawsuit in March 2005 against Southeast.[15][16] The lawsuit was subsequently dropped, and Southeast and Three Rivers recently announced plans to develop a joint bachelor's degree program in social work.[17] Southeast now operates four regional campuses, at Kennett, Malden, Sikeston, and Perryville.[18]

List of residence halls edit

  • Cheney
  • Dearmont
  • Henderson Hall
  • Myers
  • Vandiver Hall
  • Merick Hall
  • Towers East
  • Towers North
  • Towers South
  • Towers West
  • Greek Housing
  • LaFerla Hall
  • Dobbins Hall

Athletics edit

Main article: Southeast Missouri State Redhawks

Southeast Missouri State has been a member of NCAA Division I (Division I FCS for football) since moving up from Division II in 1991. As a result of the promotion in classifications, Southeast Missouri State left the Division II athletic conference Mid–America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) (which they've been a charter member back in 1912) and joined the Division I Ohio Valley Conference (OVC).

List of fraternities and sororities edit

Among the fraternities and sororities affiliated with the school are:

North American Interfraternity Conference edit

National Panhellenic Conference edit

National Pan-Hellenic Council Fraternities and Sororities edit

Independent Social Fraternities edit

Professional and Service Fraternities edit

Arrow student newspaper edit

The Arrow is the university's student newspaper. The second editor of the Capaha Arrow was Rush Limbaugh Sr. who became a nationally recognized Missouri attorney and practiced law in Cape Girardeau until just before his passing at the age of 104 in 1996; he was the grandfather of the media personality Rush Limbaugh. After the university changed its mascot from Indians/Otahkians to Redhawks, the newspaper dropped Capaha and is now known as simply The Arrow. It is still run by students in the Department of Mass Media and publishes a biweekly newspaper distributed throughout campus. Microfilm and print copies of the Capaha Arrow dating back to the first issue are available at Kent Library[19] and Special Collections and Archives,[20] and some stories are also put on The Arrow website.[21]

Notable alumni edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Southeast Missouri State University History and Traditions March 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine".
  2. ^ "Southeast Missouri State University | Data USA".
  3. ^ "Fall 2022 Enrollment" (PDF). Southeast Missouri State University. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
  4. ^ "Brand & Web Guidelines | SEMO". Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  5. ^ "About the University | SEMO". Southeast Missouri State University. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
  6. ^ . www.semo.edu. Archived from the original on April 21, 2009. Retrieved May 1, 2009.
  7. ^ Art Mattingly, Normal to University: A Century of Service (Cape Girardeau: Southeast Missouri State University, 1979), 67, 110, 122.
  8. ^ "Life on the Mississippi
  9. ^ . Archived from the original on January 24, 2010. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  10. ^ . Archived from the original on December 31, 2007. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  11. ^ University, Web Design & Support, Southeast Missouri State. "Facilities - Southeast Missouri State University". www.semo.edu.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Special Collections and Archives, Southeast Missouri State University, University Schools Collection, Descriptive Overview. [1][permanent dead link]
  13. ^ Special Collections and Archives, Guide to the University Schools Collection. [2][permanent dead link]
  14. ^ "Presidential History (SEMO)".
  15. ^ "seMissourian.com: Story: Southeast severs ties to Poplar Bluff community college". www.semissourian.com. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
  16. ^ . www.semissourian.com. Archived from the original on October 29, 2007. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
  17. ^ "Missouri colleges collaborate on program – Missouri". Belleville News-Democrat. Retrieved May 11, 2009.[dead link]
  18. ^ "Satellite Campuses, Southeast Missouri State University". www.semo.edu. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
  19. ^ . Archived from the original on March 19, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  20. ^ . Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  21. ^ "The Arrow". capahaarrow.com.

External links edit

  Media related to Southeast Missouri State University at Wikimedia Commons

  • Official website
  • Southeast Missouri State University Athletics

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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 Southeast Missouri State UniversityFormer nameSoutheast 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 TypePublic universityEstablished1873 150 years ago 1873 1 AccreditationHLCEndowment 114 million 2021 2 PresidentCarlos Vargas AburtoAcademic staff407Students9 927 Fall 2022 3 Undergraduates8 454 Fall 2022 Postgraduates1 473 Fall 2022 LocationCape Girardeau Missouri United StatesCampusSmall City 328 acres 132 7 ha ColorsRed and black 4 NicknameRedhawksSporting affiliationsNCAA Division I FCS Ohio ValleyMICMascotRowdy the RedhawkWebsitewww wbr semo wbr eduEnrolling nearly 12 000 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 strength in teacher education In recent years the university s reputation and focus has shifted towards the arts with the construction of the River Campus creating the state s only campus entirely dedicated to the visual and performing arts 6 It is the only four year institution of higher education in the Southeast Missouri area 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 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks The football team participates as part of the Football Championship Subdivision of Division I Contents 1 History 1 1 University presidents 2 Campus 2 1 River Campus 2 2 Regional campuses 2 3 List of residence halls 3 Athletics 4 List of fraternities and sororities 4 1 North American Interfraternity Conference 4 2 National Panhellenic Conference 4 3 National Pan Hellenic Council Fraternities and Sororities 4 4 Independent Social Fraternities 4 5 Professional and Service Fraternities 5 Arrow student newspaper 6 Notable alumni 7 References 8 External linksHistory editSoutheast Missouri State University was founded in 1873 when a group of locally prominent businessmen and politicians successfully lobbied the State of Missouri to designate Cape Girardeau as the home of the Third District Normal School Originally known as Southeast Missouri State Normal School the first classes were taught at the nearby Lorimier School until April 1875 when the first university building was completed The university has had five names in its history 7 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 Southeast Missouri State University 1973 presentThe Normal building was described by Mark Twain in Life on the Mississippi 1883 8 There was another college higher up on an airy summit a bright new edifice picturesquely and peculiarly towered and pinnacled a sort of gigantic casters with the cruets all complete The original Normal School building burned down on April 8 1902 9 and was replaced in 1906 by Academic Hall the school s domed landmark building Academic Hall was designed by Jerome Bibb Legg who also designed the St Louis Exposition and Music Hall and it includes light fixtures from the 1904 World s Fair Academic Hall today stands at the center of campus and is home to the university s administrative offices as well as several classrooms and an auditorium nbsp Academic Hall ca 1906In the 1950s Southeast Missouri State College had an enrollment of approximately 1 600 students Enrollment steadily increased to more than 7 000 students in the 1970s due to low tuition costs aggressive recruiting and the construction of Interstate 55 between St Louis and Cape Girardeau The college also moved away from its focus on training teachers and began to offer courses of study in business nursing and the liberal arts Due to the expansion of curriculum and student body population the college became Southeast Missouri State University in 1972 The size of the campus also grew rapidly in this same period In 1956 the institution had ten buildings on campus By 1975 the number had increased to twenty two buildings In 1998 the university acquired the former St Vincent s Seminary located in downtown Cape Girardeau on the Mississippi River 10 This property has been redeveloped as the River Campus which opened in Fall 2007 and houses the Earl and Margie Holland School of Visual and Performing Arts 11 The construction of the River Campus began to shift the institution s focus towards the visual and performing arts which today forms the basis of the university s statewide reputation Missouri State Normal School Third District President John Sephus McGhee established the University Schools on June 15 1896 This allowed prospective teachers to gain real world teaching experience while earning their degrees 12 As the university expanded its curriculum and extra curricular activities so did the University Schools In 1903 as recent construction allowed for more space for university classes the training school was able to expand its class sizes as well The University Schools consisted of an elementary junior high and high school The University Schools closed at the end of the 1986 1987 school year due to increasing costs 13 University presidents edit Lucius H Cheney 1873 76 Alfred Kirk 1876 77 Charles Henry Dutcher 1877 81 Richard Chapman Norton 1881 93 Willard Duncan Vandiver 1893 97 John Sephus McGhee 1897 99 Washington Strother Dearmont 1899 1921 Joseph Archibald Serena 1921 33 Walter Winfield Parker 1933 56 Mark F Scully 1956 75 Robert E Leestamper 1975 79 Bill W Stacy 1979 89 Robert W Foster 1989 90 Kala Stroup 1990 95 Bill Atchley 1995 96 Dale F Nitzschke 1996 99 Kenneth W Dobbins 1999 2015 Carlos Vargas Aburto 2015 present 14 Campus editRiver Campus edit nbsp Donald C Bedell Performance HallThe River Campus is home to the Earl and Margie Holland School of Visual and Performing Arts The facilities incorporate two buildings the Seminary Building and the Cultural Arts Center These buildings contain the Donald C Bedell Performance Hall the Rosemary Berkel and Harry L Crisp II Museum the John and Betty Glenn Convocation Center the Wendy Kurka Rust Flexible Theatre the Robert F and Gertrude L Shuck Music Recital Hall and the River Campus Art Gallery It is home to the departments of Art Music Theater and Dance The River Campus hosts many performance series the Touring Series the Theater and Dance Series the Symphony Series the Southeast Ensemble Series the Jazz Series the Faculty Recital Series and Sundays at Three chamber music Series The Rosemary Berkel and Harry L Crisp II Museum and Art Gallery features rotating touring exhibitions Regional campuses edit Southeast and Three Rivers Community College in Poplar Bluff MO agreed in 2004 to share higher education facilities at three locations in southeast Missouri Sikeston Kennett and Malden In spring 2005 Southeast eliminated Three Rivers courses from those centers citing failure of the community college to pay approximately 10 000 in facilities use fees Southeast took over all course offerings at the centers which have subsequently been named regional campuses of Southeast Missouri State University Three Rivers Community College filed a lawsuit in March 2005 against Southeast 15 16 The lawsuit was subsequently dropped and Southeast and Three Rivers recently announced plans to develop a joint bachelor s degree program in social work 17 Southeast now operates four regional campuses at Kennett Malden Sikeston and Perryville 18 List of residence halls edit Cheney Dearmont Henderson Hall Myers Vandiver Hall Merick Hall Towers East Towers North Towers South Towers West Greek Housing LaFerla Hall Dobbins HallAthletics editMain article Southeast Missouri State Redhawks Southeast Missouri State has been a member of NCAA Division I Division I FCS for football since moving up from Division II in 1991 As a result of the promotion in classifications Southeast Missouri State left the Division II athletic conference Mid America Intercollegiate Athletics Association MIAA which they ve been a charter member back in 1912 and joined the Division I Ohio Valley Conference OVC List of fraternities and sororities editAmong the fraternities and sororities affiliated with the school are North American Interfraternity Conference edit Delta Chi Phi Delta Theta Pi Kappa Alpha Sigma Chi Sigma Nu Sigma Phi Epsilon Theta Xi Tau Kappa Epsilon National Panhellenic Conference edit Alpha Chi Omega Alpha Delta Pi Alpha Xi Delta Delta Delta Delta Gamma Phi Beta Sigma Sigma Sigma Alpha Phi National Pan Hellenic Council Fraternities and Sororities edit Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity Delta Sigma Theta sorority Sigma Gamma Rho sorority Zeta Phi Beta sorority Phi Beta Sigma fraternity Iota Phi Theta fraternity Independent Social Fraternities edit Lambda Chi Alpha Tau Kappa Epsilon Phi Mu AlphaProfessional and Service Fraternities edit Gamma Sigma Sigma Alpha Chi Sigma Sigma Alpha Iota Alpha Kappa Psi Alpha Phi OmegaArrow student newspaper editThe Arrow is the university s student newspaper The second editor of the Capaha Arrow was Rush Limbaugh Sr who became a nationally recognized Missouri attorney and practiced law in Cape Girardeau until just before his passing at the age of 104 in 1996 he was the grandfather of the media personality Rush Limbaugh After the university changed its mascot from Indians Otahkians to Redhawks the newspaper dropped Capaha and is now known as simply The Arrow It is still run by students in the Department of Mass Media and publishes a biweekly newspaper distributed throughout campus Microfilm and print copies of the Capaha Arrow dating back to the first issue are available at Kent Library 19 and Special Collections and Archives 20 and some stories are also put on The Arrow website 21 Notable alumni edit1941 Velmer A Fassel scientist Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University 1955 Kenneth Dement football player lawyer and local community leader 1960 Dick Hantak NFL referee 1960 Ken Iman center with NFL s Green Bay Packers and Los Angeles Rams 1961 Roy Thomas comic book writer and former Editor in Chief of Marvel Comics 1968 Clyde A Vaughn United States Army Lieutenant General and Director of the Army National Guard 1969 James T Conway Commandant of the United States Marine Corps 1974 Linda Godwin NASA astronaut 1976 Peter Kinder politician 1979 Steve Tappmeyer basketball coach 1980 Desi Barmore born 1960 American Israeli basketball player 1987 Cedric Kyles aka Cedric the Entertainer 1994 Steven Tilley Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives 1994 Kerry Robinson former Major League outfielder for the St Louis Cardinals 1998 Angel Rubio football player 2000 Jason Witczak kicker with the AFL s Nashville Kats 2001 Neal E Boyd 2008 winner of America s Got Talent 2003 Willie Ponder wide receiver with NFL s St Louis Rams 2004 Eugene Amano center with the NFL s Tennessee Titans 2005 Dan Connolly center offensive guard with the NFL s New England Patriots 2006 Edgar Jones outside linebacker with NFL s Baltimore Ravens 2007 Joe Tuineau lock with Southland Rugby in the Air New Zealand Cup 2016 Joey Lucchesi MLB Pitcher with the San Diego Padres 2017 Antonius Cleveland born 1994 basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League 2018 Drew Forbes Offensive Lineman with the NFL s Cleveland Browns 2021 Dylan Dodd MLB Pitcher with the Atlanta BravesReferences edit Southeast Missouri State University History and Traditions Archived March 14 2012 at the Wayback Machine Southeast Missouri State University Data USA Fall 2022 Enrollment PDF Southeast Missouri State University Retrieved June 29 2022 Brand amp Web Guidelines SEMO Retrieved November 13 2022 About the University SEMO Southeast Missouri State University Retrieved October 7 2021 Why Southeast Southeast Missouri State University www semo edu Archived from the original on April 21 2009 Retrieved May 1 2009 Art Mattingly Normal to University A Century of Service Cape Girardeau Southeast Missouri State University 1979 67 110 122 Life on the Mississippi About Kent Library Archived from the original on January 24 2010 Retrieved February 9 2016 St Vincent s College Cape Girardeau Archived from the original on December 31 2007 Retrieved February 9 2016 University Web Design amp Support Southeast Missouri State Facilities Southeast Missouri State University www semo edu a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Special Collections and Archives Southeast Missouri State University University Schools Collection Descriptive Overview 1 permanent dead link Special Collections and Archives Guide to the University Schools Collection 2 permanent dead link Presidential History SEMO seMissourian com Story Southeast severs ties to Poplar Bluff community college www semissourian com Retrieved May 11 2009 seMissourian com News TRCC vs SEMO dispute www semissourian com Archived from the original on October 29 2007 Retrieved May 11 2009 Missouri colleges collaborate on program Missouri Belleville News Democrat Retrieved May 11 2009 dead link Satellite Campuses Southeast Missouri State University www semo edu Retrieved May 11 2009 Kent Library Learning amp Research Archived from the original on March 19 2014 Retrieved February 9 2016 Archived copy Archived from the original on March 4 2016 Retrieved February 9 2016 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link The Arrow capahaarrow com External links edit nbsp Media related to Southeast Missouri State University at Wikimedia Commons Official website Southeast Missouri State University Athletics 37 18 54 45 N 89 31 45 81 W 37 3151250 N 89 5293917 W 37 3151250 89 5293917 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Southeast Missouri State University amp oldid 1184079492, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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