Northeastern State University

Northeastern State University (NSU) is a public university with its main campus in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, United States, at the foot of the Ozark Mountains. Tahlequah is also home to the capital of the Cherokee nation of Oklahoma. 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.^[3]

Northeastern State University

Type	Public
Established	1851
President	Steve Turner[1]
All campus enrollment	9,769[2]
Academic staff	325
Address	600 N. Grand Ave, Tahlequah, OK 74464 , Tahlequah , Oklahoma , USA
Campus	200 acres (0.81 km2) (Tahlequah)
Colors	NSU Green and Silver
Nickname	RiverHawks
Affiliations	Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Mascot	Rowdy the RiverHawk
Website	www.nsuok.edu

History

Although a school was founded on May 7, 1851, as the Cherokee National Female Seminary, it was not until Oklahoma became a state that the school now known as Northeastern State University opened.