Summer commencement ceremonies at Southern Arkansas University are scheduled for 10 a.m. on August 5, 2016, at the W.T. Watson Athletic Center. View the online stream.
More graduate students are graduating in this ceremony than undergraduates. A total of 195 candidates from the School of Graduate Studies and 62 undergraduate candidates from SAU’s four academic colleges will be recognized.
Dr. Edward P. Kardas, distinguished professor of Psychology and director of the Honors College, will provide the commencement address. Kardas has been working at SAU since 1980. He did his graduate work at Louisiana State University and his undergraduate work at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Baltimore. He has served as the director of the SAU Honors College since 2009. The College serves students with serious academic interests through special classes, student research and extramural educational opportunities.
He is married to the former Julie McCuller of Texarkana and they have three children.
