Southeastern Illinois College

Southeastern Illinois College is a public community college located approximately halfway between Harrisburg and Equality in Saline County, Illinois, United States. The college was founded in 1960 and offers Associate degrees. A secondary campus, the David L. Stanley White County Center, is located in Carmi, White County. Approximately 5,000 students enroll each year.

Southeastern Illinois College confers Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, Associate in Arts in Teaching Secondary Mathematics, Associate in Engineering Science, Associate in Applied Science and Associate in Liberal Studies degrees. The college also supports students who wish to pursue Bachelor degrees. Southeastern has Business & Computer Information Systems, Education and Applied Science, Humanities, Mathematics & Science, Nursing, Occupational Skills and Social Science departments.

The college's sports teams are the Falcons. There are men's basketball, women's basketball, men's baseball, women's softball and cross country teams. Donta Smith, a Southeastern student, played for the National Basketball Association's Atlanta Hawks.

The college's speech team is one of the strongest community college forensics programs in the nation. Every year, the team competes in individual events at Phi Rho Pi, the national two-year forensics and debate tournament. At Phi Rho Pi, the Forensic Falcons consistently rank in the top five overall schools. The team won the I.E. title in 1997 and won the entire tournament outright in both 1986 and 2005. Additionally, the school has produced two winners of the Bovero-Tabor award, given to the top point-getters in the nation each year—Sarah Stumpf in 1997 and Michael Steudeman in 2006.

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