The College of Liberal and Performing Arts and the Department of Music at Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, will present its spring choral concert at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 28, at the First United Methodist Church.
Dr. Allen Clements, assistant professor of music and director of choral activities, will serve as conductor at the concert that
The Department of English and Foreign Languages at Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, and the Gerald F. and Betty Fincher Scott Academic Endowment, recently sponsored its annual youth writing festival on the University campus.
The endowment is made possible through Harold and D.J. Fincher and the Peoples Bank of Magnolia and Waldo.
Founded by Dr. Kathleen Mallory, assistant
Top scholars from around the world were invited to participate in a book dedicated to Cuban writer Julian del Casal. Dr. Elba Birmingham-Pokorny, a professor of Spanish at Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, was one of those scholars.
“I was truly honored to be a part of this wonderful project,” said Pokorny. “Julian del Casal is considered
Like most freshmen during their first semester, Holly Ball was unsure what career path she wanted to take.
“I had a hard time deciding on my major,” said the 2003 graduate of Emerson High School. “I took an introduction to criminal justice class and thought it was fun.”
Holly
Members of the Spanish Club at Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, kick started their semester with a fundraiser for Valentine’s Day, and they will continue to be involved with various activities throughout the rest of the school year.
Two weeks prior to Valentine’s Day, members took orders for sweetheart and friendship roses. Each rose came with a
The Performing Arts Series at Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, and Magnolia Arts will present the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players in concert at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 7, at the First United Methodist Church.
Featured performers, all members of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, will be the Sturgis String Quartet, members of the Rockefeller String Quartet
The Department of Theatre and Mass Communication at Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, will present its first play of the spring semester in three-quarter round on the stage of Harton Theater.
Performance time and dates for “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” are 7 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, Feb. 21-23, and February 28-March 1, 2. Seating will be
The Department of Music at Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, will present the Wind Ensemble in its first concert of the season at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23, in Grand Hall of the Donald W. Reynolds Campus and Community Center.
The concert is free and open to the public.
Students interested in pursuing a career in art now have two new options.
Beginning in the fall of 2006, the Department of Art and Design at Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, will begin offering two new degrees – a Bachelor of Fine Arts in graphic design as well as a B.F.A. in studio-art.
“These two new degrees will
Doug Waterfield, chair of the Department of Art and Design at Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, was recently notified that his documentary film, “Arkansas Portraits: A Look at Art Made by Arkansans,” was chosen as a selection for the Ninth annual Magnolia Independent Film Festival in Starkville, Miss., on Feb. 16-18.
The film is also being featured
