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Reese Hammond is the Director of The Lighthouse, a student organization ministry at Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO). In recognition of his dedication to the international student community, Reese was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation at the Spring 2023 International Student Recognition Picnic.

“I have put my whole soul in this matter,” R.B. Oliver wrote Regents President Louis Houck in February 1903, “so let me plead with you to not build any more railroads or write books or history, but come up here to the capital peacefully, but bring your ‘war paint’ along if it has to be put on.”

Evan is a 2022 Business Marketing Management graduate from Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO), who has worked at SEMO for the past year with Lighthouse (Baptist Collegiate Ministry) as Assistant Director.

Academic Hall, the symbol of Southeast Missouri State University – a mammoth public building unprecedented by regional standards – was born, you might say, of four fathers: architect J.B. Legg, contractor Edward Regenhardt, regent Louis Houck, and president Washington Dearmont; intense personalities that together virtually willed the huge structure into existence.

In 1919, state legislators officially recognized the important evolution of our institution’s educational mission; marking the milestone with a somewhat subtle, yet significant, name change: from Southeast Missouri Normal School to Southeast Missouri State Teachers College.

Southeast Missouri Normal School did not initially offer on-campus housing. Students had to live far away from Normal Hill in Cape, which left the administration with little oversight as to whether accommodations in the town’s co-ed boarding houses were doing their part to protect the virtue of the school’s historically female student body. On-campus dormitories were the obvious solution.

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.