The Southeast Missouri State University Board of Governors announced the appointment of Dr. Brad Hodson, executive vice president at Missouri Southern State University, as the 19th president of Southeast Missouri State University. He will assume the presidency on July 1st.“The Board is excited to make this announcement and strongly believes in Dr. Hodson’s ability to lead SEMO,” said Board of Governors President Jim Limbaugh. “The University presidency is a complex job, it is ever changing, and it is drastically different than what it was even just a few years ago.