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.