Southeast College

Southeast College (formerly Southeast Regional College) is a publicly funded regional college with six campuses in the southeast of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. The college was created under the Regional Colleges Act of Saskatchewan. Its head office is located in Weyburn. The college operates the Saskatchewan Energy Training Institute out of the Estevan campus.Southeast College was originally established in 1975 as the South East Region Community College; part of a new college system in Saskatchewan. “The college is the people of the community” – this was the fundamental principle Honourable Gordon MacMurchy stressed when addressing the initial charter Board members of South East Region Community College. Each and every Board member addressed that challenge with a dedicated purpose, a sense of creative planning and a co-operative approach. It was in this spirit of co-operation and community development that the College was built. Decisions about the programs/courses to be run were made by people in the community, using existing facilities. The College became the community co-operating and working together to bring programs to the community. It provided the opportunity for a lot of people to develop their self-esteem and hidden potential. A very dedicated College staff worked closely with communities to establish the backbone of the college system – the volunteer contact committees. A tremendous amount of credit goes to the staff and volunteers. By 1978, this volunteer network existed in many southeast communities.