MAGNOLIA— Whenever someone asks Dr. James F. Willis why it took four years to write his recently completed centennial history of Southern Arkansas University, he replies with one word, research. Posing for a photo at the SAU Archives with the eleven boxes of notes he took while gathering information about SAU’s past 100 years, the… Read More
Book Signing for Dr. James F. Willis
MAGNOLIA—Southern Arkansas University will host a book signing for James F. Willis, University Historian and author of Southern Arkansas University: The Mulerider School’s Centennial History, 1909-2009 at 7 p.m. on Nov. 30 in the Grand Hall of the Donald W. Reynolds Campus and Community Center. The event will include a reception for Willis at 6:30… Read More
First Recipients of the David Sixbey Foreign Studies Endowment Grant announced
Casey L. Hayes and Daniel S. Hammack are the first recipients of the David Sixbey Foreign Studies Endowment Grants for Study Abroad. Both students traveled to Moscow this summer. The grants are made possible by a generous contribution by Amy and Pat Sixbey in honor of David Sixbey. Professor Sixbey is a former history faculty… Read More
Arkansas Historical Association to hold 68th annual conference April 23-25 in Magnolia
“The Arkansas Environment” is the theme for the Arkansas Historical Association (AHA) 68th annual conference, April 23-25 in Magnolia. All program sessions will be in the Donald W. Reynolds Campus and Community Center on the Southern Arkansas University campus. Those making presentations at the conference include not only historians, but individuals from a range of… Read More
SAU hosts Chinese delegation from Guizhou Normal University
Southern Arkansas University played host in December to six delegates from Guizhou Normal University (GZNU) in Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou province in southwest China. The purpose of the visit was to sign an agreement between the two universities to develop a future exchange program for students. This is expected to happen within about a… Read More
Southern Arkansas University Archeology Professor appears on the Shreveport-area Archives Road Show
MAGNOLIA― Dr. David Jeane, research archeologist with the Arkansas Archeological Survey and professor at Southern Arkansas University, recently appeared in the Shreveport-area Archives Road Show recorded at the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum. Jeane, who has been a professor at SAU for the past 13 years, is considered an expert in Indian artifacts and early English… Read More
Southern Arkansas University to recognize Constitution Day on Wednesday, September 17
MAGNOLIA― Students, staff and faculty of Southern Arkansas University, as well as the public, are invited to participate in several activities to honor Constitution Day which is Wednesday, September 17. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on September 17, computers will be set up in the Donald W. Reynolds Campus and Community Center foyer so… Read More
SAU to offer new Asian studies minor
MAGNOLIA, Ark. — Asia, home to many of the world’s earliest civilizations is the same place that produces 70 percent of Wal-Mart goods and is a key location for North American business opportunities.
Those interested in taking advantage
SAU Professor appointed to the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission
MAGNOLIA—The 150 year anniversary of the Civil War is approaching and Dr. Jamie Brandon of Southern Arkansas University will be doing his part to make sure people understand what role played in the war.
Brandon, an associate professor of anthropology at SAU and the Arkansas Archeological Survey’s Research Station in Magnolia, was appointed by Arkansas Governor
Mae M. Ngai to Deliver 2007 Walz Lecture at Southern Arkansas University
Mae M. Ngai, professor of history at Columbia University, will deliver the annual Robert B. Walz Lecture 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 20 at the Foundation Hall in the Donald W. Reynolds Campus and Community Center on the Southern Arkansas University campus. Dr
