Thanks to local support, a nursing student’s philanthropy mission to aid the homeless far exceeded her goals. Southern Arkansas University senior BSN student Holly Yeager, of El Dorado, is the Projects Manager for the SAU Student Nurses Association. She hoped over the fall semester to complete 100 care packages for the homeless to have this… Read More
SAU RN treats 1,200 Nepalese on medical mission trip
Robyn Rowe says that her recent medical mission trip to Nepal was the most incredible experience of her life, and she helped treat more than 1,200 patients who were displaced by the earthquake. “It was an incredible blessing for me and I cannot thank the SAU community enough for the support,” said Rowe, who is… Read More
SAU RN hopes to help in Nepal
Robyn Rowe said she feels a strong call to help the wounded in Nepal as a part of a medical mission trip, but she needs to quickly raise $3,400. If able to raise the funds, Rowe, an RN and assistant director for University Health Services at Southern Arkansas University, is going to be a part… Read More
Blue & You Foundation gives $149,128 for SAU health sim lab
Chad Dodson, Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield Market Manager for the South-Central & Southwest Regions, second from right, presents Dr. David Rankin, president of Southern Arkansas University a ceremonial check for the $149,128 grant from the Blue & You Foundation to support the purchase of equipment for the SAU Health Sciences Simulation Center (SAU HSSC)…. Read More
SAU Nursing constructing regional simulation center
Construction is underway for the region’s first rural simulation-based healthcare educational training center at Southern Arkansas University, and that is just one of many things the SAU Department of Nursing is excited about. The 1,920 square-foot SAU Health Science Simulation Center (HSSC) will provide the latest technologies in simulation equipment. Construction cost for the project… Read More
Big boots to fill for Mulerider Baird as Maye graduates from SAU
Megan Maye took the Mulerider mascot to new heights and helped Southern Arkansas University reach record enrollment numbers before she graduated on May 9, 2014, leaving some big boots to fill for the new Mulerider Payton Baird. Baird, a freshman pre-nursing major from Fouke, will have the reins officially passed to her from Maye during… Read More
SAU Spring Commencement set for Friday, May 9, 2014
Southern Arkansas University’s Spring Commencement ceremonies are scheduled for Friday, May 9, 2014. A total of 420 candidates for graduation will be recognized in three ceremonies.
SAU Nursing demos simulation lab for high school students
Magnolia High School senior pre-health students recently got to watch a “childbirth” courtesy of Southern Arkansas University’s Wharton Nursing Simulation Lab. A total of 39 MHS students visited the SAU Department of Nursing during a nursing pre-health mentoring day on March 11, 2014. Students visited the simulation lab where they were shown how SAU’s lab… Read More
Nursing students partner with theatre, genetics students
MAGNOLIA – Students from the Department of Theatre and Mass Communication and students from the Department of Nursing at Southern Arkansas University have teamed up to provide opportunities for nursing students to practice their skills through live enactments of patient/nurse scenarios. The first of several simulations that will take place in the Wharton Nursing Building… 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
