Grab a towel, grab a swimsuit and grab some friends for a free scuba diving event May 26 at the SEMO Recreation Center. “Discover Scuba” is an event hosted by the Scuba Club of SEMO with Cape Dive & Travel, along with Ozark Dive Company, who are providing all the equipment used during the training...

Making a difference in the community can be done in many ways, and one charity event is seeking help from SEMO’s very own students. The Child and Family Studies Association at SEMO has teamed up with Hope House Mission to place boxes around campus, starting March 30 through April 4, to collect necessary items for children of all ages in the area...

At approximately 11 p.m. on Thursday, March 23, shots were fired on the 1100 block of South Ellis Street. The Cape Girardeau Police Department responded to the shooting and located the firearm used. There is a suspect in custody identified as Antwan Petty. According to a statement from Cape Girardeau Police, an investigation took place which connected Petty to the crime...

ChatGPT has stormed college campuses across the nation in recent months, causing a disruption in classrooms, comparable to when classrooms first saw similar technologies like visual algebra solver PhotoMath or community code sharing website Stack Overflow...

After months of renovations and improvements, Capaha Pond has been reopened to the public. According to wsiltv.com, the fence around the pond was recently brought down once the sidewalk around the pond was completed. The pond was approved for renovation by voters in 2018. Improvements to the pond include draining and dredging, an improvement to the fishing habitat, better lighting and more...

Clubs within SEMO’s Biology Department aim to give members the chance to gain real-life experience while still in school. As one example, the Stream Team of SEMO analyzes waterways and trains students to earn their Level One Water Quality Certification...

Founded in 1873, March 22, 2023, marked the Southeast Missouri State University sesquicentennial anniversary, and a celebration was held at the University Center on SEMO’s campus. During the celebration, students and faculty from all organizations had a chance to show off their SEMO pride. ...

Student Government Association (SGA) passed two resolutions for student organization funding and recognized the Greek Week Executive Board. Redhawk Rhythm was approved for reimbursement of $652.11 from their trip to the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA). This trip totaled 13 students participating in the championship in Liberty, Mo...

The walls of SEMO’s special sections and archives room tell the story of the past 150 years at SEMO through black-and-white photos, vintage yearbooks, original sport uniforms and the knowledge of SEMO’s archive librarian. The librarian sits in his office everyday, preserving and collecting memories of the past and present, while allowing students and faculty to learn more about the campus they have come to know as SEMO.

The Student Government Association (SGA) passed two funding resolutions and hosted two guest speakers during their weekly meeting on Monday, Mar. 6. SGA passed two requests for funds. Psi Chi was approved for the funding of $935.69, and Collegiate DECA of SEMO was approved for their request of $2,160.00...

The Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce is seeking to flourish its relations with the Southeast campus and students in terms of professional development through multiple networking opportunities, professional development conferences and employment possibilities...

Emergencies and disasters are inevitable, and emergency preparation teams across Cape County used a recent disaster in Ohio as a point of reflection and lesson on emergency preparation. On Feb. 3, a train containing dangerous chemicals crashed in East Palestine, Ohio, killing nearly 45,000 animals, according to an article by BBC, and endangering the health of countless people. ...

SEMO’s Crisp Museum at River Campus hosted a Paint Night Paris, inviting staff and students to an evening to paint Paris’s iconic monument, the Eiffel Tower Feb 28. Curator of education at Crisp Museum Ellen Flentge leads the paint night classes at River Campus...

A school bus carrying children from various elementary schools crashed into a house on West End Boulevard and Themis Street this afternoon.

SEMO has found a solution this semester for students looking for weekly campus events with a new website called Engage SEMO.

Strong winds and heavy rainfall are likely to begin at 6 pm lasting through the night until 11 am Friday morning.

SEMO recently released a timeline of the university over 150 years, beginning at the normal school foundation in 1873 to the expansion of River Campus in 2022.

For the past four years, high school percussion ensembles from Southeast Missouri have gathered for the SEMO Percussion Festival, a day full of fun, learning and rehearsing. It was also a recruiting event for high school students. This event was held on Thursday, Feb. 23...

SEMO will be hosting the in-person National Education Debate Association (NEDA) Debate Tournament. The tournament will include fifteen other schools. The debate, hosted on March 3 and 4 in Rose Theatre, will consist of cross fire and rapid fire rounds...

The Westbound lanes to Route K are blocked after a crash on Tuesday afternoon, Feb 28. According to a post by the Cape Girardeau Police Twitter, officers arrived at the scene of a motor vehicle crash near the Walmart and recommend finding an alternative route in the meantime...

On Monday, Feb. 24, high school students from the Missouri, Kentucky and Illinois area gathered at SEMO’s River Campus for the second annual honor band festival for a day full of rehearsing music, learning new techniques, and sectionals with professional musicians...

On Feb. 25, in 1979, Cape Girardeau and Jackson, MO recorded 24” of snow, the highest snowfall ever recorded on this date, according to weather.org. The Southern Illinoisian declared the snow an emergency, and the extreme weather was reported to close highways and businesses...

The African Student Organization is holding their first ever Afrobeats dance class on Sunday, Feb. 26. The class will be held in the Multimedia room in the Student Recreation Center, and has a $5 door charge, according to a post in the Facebook group Living at Southeast...

On Dec. 3, 2022, two SEMO students, 20-year-old Audrey Smith and 19-year-old Mallory Carter, passed away in a vehicle crash, along with 20-year-old Andrew Marzuco, a sibling of one of the passengers. Three other passengers, Maria Marzuco, Grace Makowiski and Katherine Nations, who were also in the accident, sustained minor injuries...