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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.

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.