The Southern Arkansas University spring commencement ceremony will be at 7 p.m. Friday, May 8 in the University Mall area.
The commencement address will be given by Myra Dell McLarey, an associate faculty member of Bard College’s Institute for Writing and Thinking. McLarey moved to Nashville in 2003 to design an English curriculum of the new Ensworth High School. Prior to that, she taught expository writing at Harvard University where she received numerous honors, including the James M. Conway Award as the Distinguished Teacher of Writing. Her novel, “Water from the Well,” a story of a place set in southwest Arkansas, was a finalist for the Lillian Smith Award for the novel that best elucidates racial injustice. She also co-authored the autobiography of NBA basketball great, Sidney Moncrief, and co-wrote a novel that was optioned by MGM.
The Nursing department is holding a separate ceremony for their graduates at 4 p.m. in Harton Theatre.
Graduates, family and SAU faculty and staff are invited to an SAU Alumni Association sponsored reception from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the Donald W. Reynolds Campus and Community Center Blue and Gold Room.
