year, Southeastern dedicated the Prince Building for facilities management. Patterson Hall was dedicated in 2008 to house classrooms and academic suites for several of Southeastern’s programs and initiatives, including The L. Russ Bush Center for Faith and Culture, The Center for Preaching and Pastoral Leadership, Global Theological Initiatives, and twenty-two faculty offices.
Lea Laboratory was built in 1887–88, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
The seminary was granted an exception to Title IX in 2016, allowing it to legally discriminate against LGBT students for religious reasons.
In 2017, a campus was established in the Nash Correctional Institution prison in Nashville, North Carolina. During the same year, the Keith and Kristyn Getty song "For the Cause" was dedicated as the official Southeastern hymn.
=== Presidents ===
== Notable alumni ==
Addie Elizabeth Davis, first woman ordained as a Southern Baptist pastor.
Will Graham (evangelist), grandson of Billy Graham and …
