Armed with their innovative research, Noah Bretz and Zachary Rennard, engineering students from Southern Arkansas University, recently participated in a competition sponsored by Siemens and hosted by the University of the District of Columbia at the 9th Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM) conference. This prestigious conference was held in Washington, D.C., June 4-6, 2024. … Read More
SAU honors professional and support staff with awards
Members of Southern Arkansas University’s non-teaching professional and support staff were recently recognized for excellence and years of service during a virtual year-end staff meeting hosted by Dr. Trey Berry, SAU president. Receiving the 2021 Mary Anna King Whitehead Support Staff Excellence Awards were Angela Collins, Administrative Specialist I – Behavioral and Social Sciences, and… Read More
Dr. Jennifer Logan named Honor Professor; other faculty awards presented
Southern Arkansas University honored the outstanding achievements of its faculty during a virtual assembly held Friday, April 23, 2021. Dr. Jennifer Logan, professor of economics, was named the 2021 Honor Professor. Logan received the ceremonial University Mace from Dr. Scott White, outgoing Honor Professor.
SAU announces safety procedures for 20-21 academic year
As Southern Arkansas University looks forward to beginning the 20-21 academic year August 11, Dr. Trey Berry, president, urges students, faculty, and staff to be heroes by practicing the safety protocols established to maintain a healthy campus. “This year will be like no other in our history, but we are in this journey together,” Berry… Read More
Dr. Cherisse Jones-Branch will deliver annual Walz Lecture on Sept. 24
Dr. Cherisse Jones-Branch will deliver the annual Robert B. Walz Lecture in Arkansas and Regional History at 7 p.m., Tuesday, September 24, in the Grand Hall of the Reynolds Center at Southern Arkansas University. Her presentation will be “African-American Women’s Lives and Activism in Rural Jim Crow Arkansas.” She is the James and Wanda Lee… Read More
SAU welcomes fifth straight record freshman class
Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia has continued its long-running growth trend this fall with at least five new enrollment records, including the University’s largest freshman class for the fifth consecutive year. Approximately 870 freshmen chose SAU this fall, up from last year’s all-time record. This group of students led to SAU’s all-time largest sophomore class…. Read More
SAU opens exchange with Cuba via art project
A group of students and professors from Southern Arkansas University will visit the University of Artemisa in Cuba in November to undertake an academic exchange related to the decorative arts. The group, to be led by Dr. Ed Kardas, distinguished professor of psychology and director of the SAU Honors College, and Steven Ochs, professor of… Read More
SAU enrollment tops 3,500, shatters multiple records
For the first time in its 105 year history, Southern Arkansas University has more than 3,500 students enrolled on its Magnolia campus, and numerous enrollment records were broken as the fall 2014 numbers became official today. “It is exciting to see enrollment in Magnolia top 3,500 for the first time in our history,” said SAU… Read More
SAU Honors College participating in iPad pilot project
The Honors College at Southern Arkansas University has been selected to help develop a new learning management system (LMS) by participating in an iPad pilot project. Dr. Ed Kardas, director of the SAU Honors College and professor of psychology, said he was approached by EmpoweredU, asking if his students would participate in the pilot program…. Read More
SAU sets three enrollment records for fall 2013
Southern Arkansas University not only has a record enrollment this fall, the SAU also has the highest number of beginning freshman and the most students living on campus in the University’s history. At the end of the11th class day, when the official enrollment numbers are transmitted to the state, SAU had an overall record enrolment… Read More
