Robyn Rowe said she feels a strong call to help the wounded in Nepal as a part of a medical mission trip, but she needs to quickly raise $3,400. If able to raise the funds, Rowe, an RN and assistant director for University Health Services at Southern Arkansas University, is going to be a part… Read More
Vigil and fundraiser scheduled at SAU for Nepal
To pay homage to the more than 3,900 lives claimed by the recent 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Nepal, a candlelight vigil will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Southern Arkansas University Bell Tower. Contributions to benefit the rescue and recovery efforts in Nepal will also be accepted beginning at 9 a.m. on Tuesday in… Read More
SAU Engineering hosting summer camp
Southern Arkansas University Engineering is hosting three-day, two-nigh “Big Bang Engineering Summer Camp” from July 20-22, 2015. The engineering and physics camp is open to high school sophomores, juniors and seniors. The registration fee is $200, and it includes room and board. Applications are due online at http://www.SAUmag.edu/Big-Bang-Camp by July 7. Participants will enjoy hands-on… Read More
More than $780,000 raised to honor Rankin
Following more than 45 years of service and countless speeches as a Mulerider, Southern Arkansas University’s retiring President Dr. David Rankin and his wife Toni were rendered speechless Saturday night. At a dinner to honor the Rankins, it was announced that more than $780,000 has already been raised to name the University’s College of Business… Read More
SAU theatre to present ‘Beauty and the Beast’
Tickets are on sale for Southern Arkansas University theatre’s big spring musical, “Beauty and the Beast,” which will run at SAU’s Harton Theatre nightly at 7 p.m. on April 23-25, 2015, and with a concluding matinee at 2 p.m. on April 26. Tickets can be purchased at www.showtix4u.com, or by calling (870) 235-5390. Prices are… Read More
Nineteen SAU student-athletes named to GAC Fall All-Academic Team
A total of 19 student-athletes competing in fall sports at Southern Arkansas University were named to the 2014-15 Great American Conference Fall All-Academic Team as it was announced by the league office on Wednesday afternoon. “Division II places the balance of academic and athletic pursuits in its highest regards,” GAC Commissioner Will Prewitt said. “I… Read More
African American pioneers to be honored at Feb. 16 event at SAU
A Black History Month spring conference entitled “African American Social Work Pioneers: Remembering the Visionaries and the Call for Social Justice” will be held at Southern Arkansas University from 3-4:30 p.m. on February 16, 2015, in the Reynolds Center Grand Hall. The conference is free and open to the public. It is being hosted by… Read More
SAU to have Arkansas’ most affordable complete music theatre BFA
Stand by lights… Cue music! Southern Arkansas University was approved today to offer Arkansas’s most affordable Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performing Arts with studies in Musical Theatre and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performing Arts with studies in Theatre by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board. SAU’s BFA in Musical Theatre will be… Read More
SAU enrollment has sprung up yet again
Southern Arkansas University’s record enrollment trend has continued this spring with a 6.7% overall enrollment increase, and an epic 33% bump in graduate student enrollment compared to Spring 2014. SAU recorded an enrollment of 3,313 students on the eleventh class day of the spring semester on January 28, 2015. Following a momentous fall record of… Read More
SAU mourns loss of Board Chair Stringfellow
William “Bill” Stringfellow, a true gentleman with an endless devotion to his beloved Southern Arkansas University alma mater, passed away Tuesday following heart surgery. The funeral will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday December 13, 2014, at Christ Episcopal Church located at 509 Scott St., Little Rock, Arkansas. Departure for the interment will follow at… Read More
