By Jeremy Langley on Mar 1, 2010 in Academics, Admissions, Alumni, Community Corner, Featured, Office of Student Activities, Student Life | 0 Comments
MAGNOLIA – Southern Arkansas University has been named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement.
The Corporation for National and Community Service, which administers the annual Honor Roll award, recognized more than 700 colleges [...]
By Jeremy Langley on Feb 24, 2010 in Faculty/Staff Bulletin, Featured, Office of Student Activities, Student Life, University Housing, University Police | 2 Comments
MAGNOLIA – Southern Arkansas University will become “smoke free” on Aug. 1, and a task force charged with educating the University community about the new policy is seeking input from students, faculty and staff. The task force began its work Monday and hopes to begin its campaign this spring.
The Arkansas General Assembly adopted the Arkansas [...]
By Jeremy Langley on Feb 19, 2010 in Community Corner, Featured, Health, Kinesiology & Recreation, Office of Student Activities, Regional News, Student Life, University Police | 0 Comments
MAGNOLIA – Officers from the Southern Arkansas University Police Department will be among several groups plunging into the National Guard Armory pond on Friday, Feb. 26, as part of the Area 15 Special Olympics “Polar Bear Plunge” fundraiser. The plunge will be the first of its kind in Magnolia.
Sponsored by Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority and [...]
By Jeremy Langley on Jan 13, 2010 in Academics, Admissions, Featured, Financial Aid, Honors College, Office of Admissions, Office of Student Activities, Student Life, University Housing | Comments Off
Southern Arkansas University is receiving national recognition for its student orientation program, BAM: Becoming a Mulerider.
It started when a group of SAU student affairs staffers presented at a national symposium for the Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange in September 2008 in Little Rock. To be considered, the group had to present a paper.
“Our symposium [...]
By Jeremy Langley on Dec 4, 2009 in Featured, Office of Student Activities, Student Life | Comments Off
MAGNOLIA─ Students at Southern Arkansas University will soon benefit from the construction of a new student activity center. University officials broke ground for the Mulerider Activity Center during a ceremony on Friday, December 4.
The facility will be 30,000 square-feet and will be constructed in front of the W.T. Watson Athletic Center. It will house a [...]
