Mercy’s Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences Celebrates New Graduates

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Mercy’s Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences awarded 47 degrees at its fall 2025 commencement ceremony.

This semester's commencement took place Saturday, Dec. 6, at La Croix Church in Cape Girardeau. Katie Finder, chief nursing officer at Mercy Hospital Southeast, served as the commencement speaker.

The College of Nursing and Health Sciences conferred 20 Associate of Applied Science degrees in nursing and eight Associate of Applied Science degrees in diagnostic medical sonography. Nineteen students are graduating from the college’s practical nursing program to become licensed practical nurses (LPN).

Three students were recognized for outstanding academic performance by earning the highest grade point average in their respective programs: Marki Coomer of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Practical Nursing; Jessica M. Roberts of Jonesboro, Illinois, Nursing; and Riley Ledure of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Diagnostic Medical Sonography.

Applications are being accepted for the summer and fall 2026 semesters through Feb. 6, 2026. To learn more about Mercy’s Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences in Cape Girardeau, visit www.sehcollege.edu.

Fall 2025 Practical Nursing graduates from Mercy's Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Fall 2025 Diagnostic Medical Sonography graduates from Mercy's Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Fall 2025 Nursing graduates from Mercy's Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Mercy, one of the 15 largest U.S. health systems and named the top large system in the U.S. for excellent patient experience by NRC Health, serves millions annually with nationally recognized care and one of the nation’s largest and highest performing Accountable Care Organizations in quality and cost. Mercy is a highly integrated, multi-state health care system including 55 acute care and specialty (heart, children’s, orthopedic and rehab) hospitals, convenient and urgent care locations, imaging centers and pharmacies. Mercy has over 1,000 physician practice locations and outpatient facilities, more than 5,000 physicians and advanced practitioners and more than 50,000 caregivers serving patients and families across Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Mercy also has clinics, outpatient services and outreach ministries in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. In fiscal year 2025 alone, Mercy provided more than half a billion dollars of free care and other community benefits, including traditional charity care and unreimbursed Medicaid.