The fourth annual Boo in the Barnyard will offer a safe and fun place to trick or treat tomorrow night from 4:30-7 p.m. at the Southern Arkansas University Agriculture Center. Hosted by the SAU Agriculture Club, the event offers games, a petting zoo, haunted hallway, face painting and other activities. The event has grown each… Read More
ADEQ approval boons economic, academic opportunities for NRRC
The Natural Resource Research Center at Southern Arkansas University became qualified to compete for federal and state water and soil testing grants and contracts upon passing inspection on Jan. 30. Passing the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) inspection opens the doors for the NRRC – a facility in SAU’s College of Science and Technology… Read More
Final beam to be installed for Agriculture Center
Southern Arkansas University’s new Agriculture Center is beginning to take shape as work began this week to set the structure’s steel skeleton into place. The final piece of the steel skeleton will be placed at approximately 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 10. No ceremony will take place, but interested persons are invited to come to the… Read More
Groundbreaking planned for Agriculture Center
Southern Arkansas University officials will break ground for the new Agriculture Center at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 8. The ceremony will take place at the construction site just north of the University Science Center. A light lunch will be served. The Agriculture Center is a two story academic building designed to accommodate the ever-increasing… Read More
Dr. Scott McKay named Science and Technology dean
MAGNOLIA – Dr. Scott McKay has been named dean of the College of Science and Technology at Southern Arkansas University. McKay came to SAU from the University of Central Missouri where he served as chairman of the Department of Biochemistry, Chemistry, and Physics. He was also the founder and director of UCMO’s Center for Alternative… Read More
SAU Trustees approve $6.5 million bond issue for Agriculture Center
MAGNOLIA – Construction of a new Agriculture Center at Southern Arkansas University is one step closer to reality after the SAU System Board of Trustees gave administrators the green light for a $6.5 million bond issue for the project. The vote came during the trustees’ quarterly meeting on Thursday at the SAU Tech campus in… Read More
SAU receives $2 million gift from Magnolia couple
MAGNOLIA – Construction of a new rodeo arena at Southern Arkansas University is much closer to reality after a $2 million donation from Therral and Jan Story of Magnolia. The gift, made through the SAU Foundation, is the largest ever received by the University from an individual donor. “Through their extraordinary generosity, Therral and Jan… Read More
SAU signs MOU with Cossatot Community College-UA
MAGNOLIA – Southern Arkansas University and Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas have formalized a Memorandum of Understanding that will put in place the required faculty and curriculum to allow CCCUA students to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Agri-Business at the De Queen campus. SAU will offer three classes on the De… Read More
SAU Mulerider Sunny Wilcox Places Second at Pea Ridge Mule Jump
Southern Arkansas University Mulerider Sunny Wilcox and the University’s mule, “Molly B.,” finished second in the 21st annual Pea Ridge Mule Jump on Saturday, Oct. 10, at Pea Ridge High School. The pair competed against approximately 25 mules in the amateur mule jump division. During a mule jump competition, a canvass-covered bar is positioned about… Read More
Southern Arkansas University Names Dr. Jeffry Miller as head of agriculture
Southern Arkansas University has named Dr. Jeffry Miller of Mena, Ark., as the new head of the department of agriculture. Miller has 25 years of experience in animal production and has worked in the states of Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky. Before taking over as head of the agriculture department at the University, Miller was the… Read More
