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David Ware to deliver 2016 Walz Lecture at Southern Arkansas University

David Ware will deliver the annual Robert B. Walz Lecture in Arkansas and Regional History, 7:00 pm, Tuesday, September 20, in the Foundation Hall of the Reynolds Center on the campus of Southern Arkansas University. Dr. Ware’s presentation is “Sigils, Signposts and Stories: Some Arkansas Symbols and Why They Matter.” Since 2001 Dr. Ware has… Read More

SAU, SouthArk teaming to fill social work need

Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia and South Arkansas Community College in El Dorado are teaming up to educate, train, and inspire new and future social work practitioners to fill a need for Southwest Arkansas. Representatives from SAU and SouthArk met on July 6 to officially sign three 2+2 transfer agreements – Social Work, Industrial Technology/Mechatronics… Read More

SAU students’ designs to promote Magnolia

Southern Arkansas University art students Lera Black and Holly Roomsburg won the right to have their designs displayed throughout the city of Magnolia courtesy of the 2016 Leadership Magnolia Banner Art Competition. They were recognized Saturday, April 23, 2016, at an Earth Day celebration in downtown Magnolia. Among the 43 entrants in the design competition,… Read More

SAU hires Dr. David Lanoue as Provost and VPAA

Southern Arkansas University has hired Dr. David J. Lanoue to be provost and vice president of academic affairs, effective July 1, 2016. Lanoue is coming to SAU from Hawai‘i Pacific University, where he has served as dean of the College of Liberal Arts since 2013. “I am attracted to SAU because I believe in its… Read More

Prison reform documentary to screen at SAU

First Degree will be followed by a group discussion Southern Arkansas University’s Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences and the criminal justice program will host a preview screening of First Degree, a new film about a college behind bars that prevents released inmates from returning to prison, before it airs on PBS at 1 p.m…. Read More

Cashae Louden accepted to Pratt Institute

By Su-Ann Tan Southern Arkansas University senior Cashae Louden’s dream of continuing her education has become a reality with an acceptance and scholarship to the acclaimed Pratt Institute of Brooklyn, New York. As a future student of the large liberal performing arts university, Louden will be awarded a $6,000 semi-renewable scholarship. At Pratt she will… Read More

Cameron Bailey speaks at 12th Annual African American History Celebration

By SU-ANN TAN Southern Arkansas University’s Cameron Bailey, of Nash, was honored with the opportunity to be the young adult guest speaker at the 12th Annual African American History Celebration held at SAU on February 28, 2016. Even though it was the 22-year old Texan’s first time speaking to such a large audience, Bailey’s anxiety… Read More

SAU free choral concert for public April 14

The Heritage Singers and Chamber Singers of Southern Arkansas University will present their spring concert, “What’s In a Name?” on Thursday, April 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the sanctuary of Central Baptist Church, Magnolia. Admission is free, and the public is encouraged to attend. The concert gets its title from the selection of works to… Read More

Raymond Adams offers cancer prevention strategies to Columbia County HEALTH

Raymond Adams, assistant professor of social work at Southern Arkansas University, recently presented cancer prevention strategies among African American men at risk for prostate and colorectal cancer to the Columbia County HEALTH Coalition. Adams has more than eight years of social work practice experience with several different populations, including at-risk and abused children, adults with… Read More

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