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Southeastern Louisiana University

Southeastern Louisiana University
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Motto Fidelitas Integritas Fortitudo
Motto in English
Fidelity, Integrity, Fortitude
Type Public
Established 1925
Endowment $34,218,453
President John L. Crain
Academic staff
800
Students 14,594
Undergraduates 13,567
Postgraduates 1,027
Location Hammond, LA, U.S.
30°31′01″N 90°28′05″W / 30.517°N 90.468°W / 30.517; -90.468Coordinates: 30°31′01″N 90°28′05″W / 30.517°N 90.468°W / 30.517; -90.468
Campus Urban
Colors Green & Gold          
Athletics NCAA Division I FCSSouthland
Nickname Lions / Lady Lions
Mascot Roomie the Lion
Affiliations UL System
Website www.southeastern.edu
McGehee Hall, Southeastern Louisiana State University
Southeastern Louisiana University is located in Louisiana
Southeastern Louisiana University
Southeastern Louisiana University is located in the US
Southeastern Louisiana University
Location Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana
Coordinates 30°30′42″N 90°28′02″W / 30.5116°N 90.4671°W / 30.5116; -90.4671
Area 0.7 acres (0.28 ha)
Built 1934
Architect Weiss,Dreyfous,and Seiferth
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Other, Neo-Georgian
NRHP Reference # 85000094
Added to NRHP January 18, 1985
University rankings
National
Forbes 608
Regional
U.S. News & World Report RNP (South)
Master's University class
Washington Monthly 370

Southeastern Louisiana University (Southeastern) is a state-funded public university in Hammond, Louisiana, United States. It was founded in 1925 by Linus A. Sims, the principal of Hammond High School, as Hammond Junior College, located in a wing of the high school building. Sims succeeded in getting the campus moved to north Hammond in 1928, when it became known as Southeastern Louisiana College. It achieved university status in 1970.

Enrolled are 14,594 students representing 43 states and 66 countries. During the 1990s Southeastern was the fastest-growing college in the United States. The university is the third largest in Louisiana, trailing only LSU and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Southeastern's colors are green and gold, and the mascot is the Lions. Southeastern's sports teams participate in NCAA Division I (FCS for football) in the Southland Conference.

The Hammond campus is located 45 miles (72 km) east of Baton Rouge and 60 miles (97 km) northwest of New Orleans.

What began as a junior college supported by local taxes developed into a major university as Southeastern has grown to meet the evolving needs of southeast Louisiana and the Florida parishes.

On July 7, 1925, the voters overwhelmingly approved a bond issue that created Hammond Junior College. Operated under the auspices of the Tangipahoa Parish School Board, Sims opened the doors on September 13, 1925, with a faculty of three women and two men and 40 students. The two-year coeducational institution offered basic undergraduate work in arts and sciences that culminated in a teaching certificate.


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