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Southeast does a great job providing the Success Center, tutors and other resources that we need to be successful academically.

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It gave me all the opportunities I needed to pursue my major and get the career I desired.

- LOGAN CALLAHAN

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Roll up your sleeves, and get to work. Learning at Southeast is about doing, so here you’ll take that lecture and put it to practice. And with a plethora of student activities, organizations, leadership opportunities, intramural sports and the rec center, you can do all that you like.

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If I weren’t here and didn’t have the professors that I had and the support that I had all throughout the university, I would have given up.

- AUDREY SMITH

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Southeast Students Use Geophysics to Map Local Archaeology Site

Thirteen Southeast Missouri State University students recently participated in a Geophysics in Archaeology Workshop to uncover clues about life in pre-Columbia Mississippian culture in southeast Missouri. The three-day workshop March 21-23 was a collaboration between Dr. Jennifer Bengtson, associate professor of anthropology at Southeast; Dr. Tamira Brennan, curator of Southern Illinois University’s (SIU) Center for [...]

Southeast Greek Week 2019 Blood Drive Aims to Break Records, Save More Lives

Southeast Missouri State University’s Greek Week 2019 Blood Drive aims to break new records and save more lives. This year’s blood drive is scheduled from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. March 24-27 in the Student Recreation Center’s east gym, located at 750 New Madrid St. in Cape Girardeau. Southeast’s Greek Week Blood drive is the second largest [...]

Power of Women Luncheon to Empower Professional Women, Female Students

The eighth annual Power of Women luncheon and expo will be held Wednesday, April 10, in the Show Me Center at Southeast Missouri State University. Sponsored in a collaborative effort by the Southeast Missouri University Foundation, Southeast’s Department of Athletics, Southeast Student Government and SoutheastHEALTH, the Power of Women luncheon connects female students with opportunities, [...]

Southeast Marketing Students Excel in State DECA Competition

Southeast Missouri State University Collegiate DECA students won high honors in the 2019 Collegiate DECA State Career Development Conference and Competition Feb. 21-22 in Lake Ozark, Missouri. In the competitive written event, David Rook of St. Louis, Missouri, Alicia Merry of St. Charles, Missouri, Lucas VandaVeer of Pacific, Missouri, and Abby Gordon of Englewood, Colorado, [...]

Southeast Student Elected to Holmes Scholars National Board

Southeast Missouri State University senior Ke-La Harris of St. Louis, Missouri, was elected Feb. 23 to a one-year term as the Holmes Honors Representative on the Holmes Scholars National Board. “I feel very accomplished and blessed to be elected for this position,” she said. “I feel very supported and motivated in this organization. I am [...]

University Announces Spring Break Hours

Southeast Missouri State University will observe shortened hours during spring break week, March 11-15. University office hours will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and classes will not be in session. Classes will reconvene and regular office hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. will resume Monday, March 18. Dining Services: Dining Services meal plans [...]