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Dr. Jim Daughters visited the KRCU Public Radio studios on Fri. July 21st, 2023 to talk about the many upcoming events planned this fall with the Southeast Missouri State University Bands.

Willard Duncan Vandiver’s presidency of Southeast Missouri Normal School marked two firsts: Vandiver was our institution’s first leader selected from the faculty and, although four “principals” had served in the twenty years before him, Vandiver was, in fact, the first to hold the title of President.

On Sunday, September 10th, 2023, St. James A.M.E. Church in Cape Girardeau, Missouri will celebrate 160 years in the community.

"Strike Up the Band" host Robert Gifford spoke with Buddy and Cindy White, professors of music at Three Rivers College in Poplar Bluff to learn more about the music program at the college.

Just after daybreak on October 26, 1909, William Howard Taft addressed an enthusiastic crowd assembled on Normal Hill’s terraces, the first and only American president to speak at Academic Hall.

The Cape Girardeau Public Library recently joined Missouri Evergreen, a consortium of more than 60 library systems statewide.

Southeast’s first president, Lucius Harrison Cheney, was technically the school’s “principal,” the official title normal schools used instead of president.

Southeast Missouri State University has announced plans to remove a large Beech Tree located on the university's River Campus grounds due to safety concerns.

Although no campus buildings, stadiums, or halls bear his name today, John Sephus McGhee, Southeast’s relatively obscure sixth president nevertheless shaped our school in familiar and recognizable ways.

The 22-year tenure of Southeast’s seventh president – Washington Strother Dearmont – remains possibly the most prolific and successful period in our school’s history.