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Olivia Faught to serve on national NCAA committees

Olivia Faught, a Southern Arkansas University junior from Alma, Arkansas, has been selected to serve on a national committee with the NCAA. Faught, a Sports Management major, is a member of the SAU Women’s Golf team and a member of the SAU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. As a member of the National Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC),… Read More

SAU students attend national gaming convention in San Antonio, Texas

An eSports team from Southern Arkansas University learned firsthand the value of networking at a gaming convention in San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 18-20, 2019. Josh Turner, a senior Mass Communication: Mass Media major from Texarkana, Arkansas, took a group of gamers to PAX South, one of the largest gaming conventions in the country. The group… Read More

Big-screen animation artist Mark Walton to speak at SAU

Story artist for more than 27 animated films and counting, Mark Walton is scheduled to share insights from his illustrious career at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 11, 2019, at Southern Arkansas University’s Reynolds Center Foundation Hall. Being socially awkward and no good at sports as a child, Walton spent many hours inside, alone, drawing… Read More

International society of educators awards three SAU students with financial assistance

Three education majors at Southern Arkansas University were recently awarded financial assistance courtesy of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International for Key Women Educators. Darcy Dingman was awarded the Agatha Prator Grant for the Spring 2018 semester from Delta Kappa Gamma International’s statewide branch – the Arkansas State Organization – and the Arkansas Community Foundation. The… Read More

SAU students win first FAFSA drawing

Three students were recently announced the winners of the first FAFSA drawing at Southern Arkansas University. More than 200 students participated in the drawing, which was for a free private room upgrade for one semester and two $500 book cards that were enticements for students to file their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)… Read More

SAU student to pursue graduate studies in London

Chioma Akolam, a senior psychology major at Southern Arkansas University, has been accepted into graduate school at Kingston University in London, England. Akolam, from Dallas, Texas, will graduate from SAU in May and move to England in August to begin studying child psychology at Kingston. The Nigeria native is thrilled to pursue her degree in… Read More

SAU Business student succeeds at balancing family life with work, study

Determination, perseverance, and caring faculty members have been three factors in the academic success of Devin Cole, a sophomore Entrepreneurial Finance major at Southern Arkansas University. Last fall, Cole earned a 4.0 while also raising a family and working full-time at a Magnolia insurance company. She and her husband, Matthew, have three small children: Wyatt,… Read More

Hip-hop graphic designer to speak at SAU

Pioneer in the world of hip-hop graphic design Cey Adams will present this year’s annual Emerson-Thomas-Crone Lecture in Humanities on February 5, 2019, at 7:30 p.m. at the Southern Arkansas University Reynolds Center Grand Hall. His presentation, “Def Jam & Beyond: an Artist’s Story,” is free and open to the public. As the legendary creative… Read More

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