Northeastern State University
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Former names
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Northeastern State Normal School Northeastern State Teachers College Northeastern State College |
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| Motto | Cherokee: ᎦᏟᏐᏗ. ᎢᏅ ᎠᎾᎩᏍᏗ. |
| Type | Public |
| Established | March 6, 1909 |
| Affiliation | Regional University System of Oklahoma |
| President | Steve Turner |
| Provost | Mark E. Arant |
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Academic staff
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325 |
| Students | 8,548 (Fall 2014) |
| Undergraduates | 7,418 (Fall 2014) |
| Postgraduates | 1,130 (Fall 2014) |
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Tahlequah, Oklahoma, U.S. 35°55′30″N 94°58′03″W / 35.925100°N 94.967542°WCoordinates: 35°55′30″N 94°58′03″W / 35.925100°N 94.967542°W |
| Campus | 200 acres (0.81 km2) (Tahlequah) |
| Colors | NSU Green, NSU Gray |
| Nickname | RiverHawks |
| Mascot | Rowdy the RiverHawk |
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Sporting affiliations
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NCAA Division II – MIAA |
| Website | www |
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Northeastern State University (NSU) is a public university with its main campus located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, United States, at the foot of the Ozark Mountains. The university also has two other campuses in Muskogee and Broken Arrow. Northeastern is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of Oklahoma as well as one of the oldest institutions of higher learning west of the Mississippi River. Tahlequah is home to the capital of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and about 25 percent of the students at NSU identify themselves as American Indian. The university has many courses focused on Native American linguistics, and offers Cherokee language Education as a major. Cherokee can be studied as a second language, and some classes are taught in Cherokee for first language speakers as well.
On May 7, 1851, the Cherokee Nation founded the Cherokee National Female Seminary at Tahlequah, the same year that it opened a male seminary in its territory. This was after its removal to Indian Territory and part of its building institutions to support its future.
On March 6, 1909, after statehood, the State Legislature of Oklahoma passed an act providing for the creation and location of Northeastern State Normal School at Tahlequah, Oklahoma for the training of teachers. For this purpose, it purchased from the Cherokee Tribal Government the building, land, and equipment of the Cherokee Female Seminary.
In 1921, the name was changed to Northeastern State Teachers College as it had expanded to a full four-year curriculum. In the 1950s Northeastern emerged as a comprehensive state college, broadening its curriculum at the baccalaureate level to encompass liberal arts subjects and adding a fifth-year program designed to prepare master teachers for elementary and secondary schools.
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