Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia has continued its long-running growth trend this fall with at least five new enrollment records, including the University’s largest freshman class for the fifth consecutive year. Approximately 870 freshmen chose SAU this fall, up from last year’s all-time record. This group of students led to SAU’s all-time largest sophomore class…. Read More
Author of Free State of Jones to deliver Walz Lecture at SAU on Sept. 19
Victoria Bynum will deliver the annual Robert B. Walz Lecture in Arkansas and Regional History at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 19, in Southern Arkansas University’s Reynolds Center Grand Hall. Her presentation is “The Free State of Jones: The Politics of Race, Class and Memory.” Dr. Bynum is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at Texas State… Read More
Student Support Services can be found on first floor of Magale Library
September 1, 2017
Student Support Services will be in a new location this fall. Tutoring, the Academic Enrichment Center and Supplemental Instruction will now be found on the first floor of Magale Library. Eunice Walker, director of student support services and executive TRIO director, said the programs offered under SSS will be located in one convenient space for… Read More
SAU names its Business Building after Martha and Louis Blanchard
August 29, 2017
With the help of many of his “co-conspirators,” Dr. Trey Berry, president of Southern Arkansas University, was able to surprise Martha and Louis Blanchard with the unveiling of the new name on the side of SAU’s Business Building. “From this day, Aug. 26, 2017, this facility will always carry your name – the Martha and… Read More
Non-credit classes offered at SAU this fall
August 21, 2017
The Office of Community Education at Southern Arkansas University has an interesting array of more than 10 affordable non-credit class options available for the public this fall. To register for the following classes, simply email Caroline Waller at carolinewaller@saumag.edu, call 870-235-4006, or register online. Class reservations are not final until the fee has been paid…. Read More
Assistant nursing professor at SAU honored on state list
August 3, 2017
Tara Almand, assistant professor of nursing at Southern Arkansas University, was selected to the state’s 40 Nurse Leaders Under 40 list, which honors emerging nursing leaders in Arkansas who are younger than 40 years old. More than 80 nurses were nominated from across the state. The 40 honorees were selected based on commitment to excellence,… Read More
SAU will sign historic agreement with Cuban university
Southern Arkansas University will participate in a historic exchange agreement with the University of Artemisa when it hosts three Cuban nationals Aug. 5-12. Dr. Trey Berry, president of SAU, and Dr. Carlos Eduardo Suarez Ponciano, rector or president of the University of Artemisa, will formalize the exchange in a signing ceremony set for 11 a.m…. Read More
Davis ready to join “community of scholars”
August 1, 2017
Gabrielle Davis, a senior political science major at Southern Arkansas University, experienced firsthand the rigors of graduate study and preparation for entrance into graduate programs through the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience. Davis, of Magnolia, Arkansas, said the SURE program was hosted by Dr. Maurice Gipson, director of the Office of Diversity at Arkansas State University… Read More
SAU sets summer commencement for Aug. 4
July 25, 2017
Summer commencement ceremonies at Southern Arkansas University are scheduled for 10 a.m. on Aug. 4, 2017, at the W.T. Watson Athletic Center. More graduate students are graduating in this ceremony than undergraduates. A total of 199 candidates from the School of Graduate Studies and 42 undergraduates from SAU’s four academic colleges will be recognized. John… Read More
Ice Breaker: SAU alum joins scientific team in Antarctica
July 19, 2017
A 2016 graduate of Southern Arkansas University recently returned from a 65-day expedition to the Ross Sea in one of the harshest and most remote locations of the world – Antarctica. Casey O’Hara, who graduated from SAU with a BS in chemistry, was among the two dozen scientists who set sail from Lyttleton, New Zealand,… Read More
