North-Eastern State University

Northeastern State University (NSU) is a public university with its main campus in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The university also has two other campuses in Muskogee and Broken Arrow as well as online.

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.

There are several campus organizations such as NAB (Northeastern Activities Board), NSUSF (Northeastern State University Student Foundation), and NSGA (Northeastern Student Government Association) that provide alternate activities, usually free of charge for students to enjoy on campus. The NSGA is the official organization to represent the students of NSU.

The purpose of the NSGA is to establish a representative student government and to provide a forum for student's views and ideas for the purpose of promoting and representing the students of NSU. 

NSU's athletic teams are known as the RiverHawks. The university competes at the NCAA Division II level as a member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association(MIAA). The university previously competed in the Lone Star Conference before joining the MIAA in 2012. It was accepted into the MIAA on July 30, 2010 during the conference's expansion from 12 to 16 members.

 NSU began play in the MIAA in the 2012-13 academic year. NSU offers eleven sports including football, baseball, softball, men and women's basketball, men and women's soccer, golf and tennis. In 2003, the men's basketball team won the Division II national championship, beating Kentucky Wesleyan 75–64.