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Taylor McNeel of Arkansas grateful to serve as National FFA President

With a raspy voice and between coughing spells, a tired but excited Taylor McNeel is thankful to God and to all those who invested in her life for the opportunity to serve as the National President of FFA and the organization’s more than 610,000 members. McNeel, a junior Agriculture Business student at Southern Arkansas University,… Read More

SAU organization needs help sending care packages to service members overseas

The Southern Arkansas University Criminal Justice Organization is collecting items and sponsors for their second annual holiday care packages for overseas military service members. “Please help show our service members how much we think of them, especially those who will be serving overseas this holiday season,” said Louis Roy, assistant professor of criminal justice. The… Read More

Boo in the Barnyard a safe, fun and free event

The sixth annual Boo in the Barnyard is set to start at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 29, in front of the Southern Arkansas University Agriculture Center. The public is invited to attend this safe and fun Halloween event, which will offer a petting zoo, face painting, lots of games with candy prizes, photos with… Read More

SAU Engineering students win research award

Southern Arkansas University Engineering students recently earned a second place finish for a poster presentation on biofuel research at a regional conference of the American Society for Engineering Education in Springfield, Missouri. SAU Engineering presented three research posters at the conference, and the winning work was titled “Making Biofuel to Run on a Mini Gas… Read More

Photo presentation to show life in a refugee camp

Dr. Lopita Nath will deliver a photo presentation on Bhutanese Refugee Camps in Nepal at 7 p.m. on Monday, October 26, in the Foundation Hall of the Reynolds Center at Southern Arkansas University. Nath’s presentation is titled “Is This My Shangri-La? Life in a Bhutanese Refugee Camp.” The lecture is free and open to the… Read More

Teacher Ed students launch 44-foot hot air balloon

Southern Arkansas University Teacher Education students launch a 44-foot hot air balloon during a recent Saturday hands-on STEM training session as a part of a science methods lab. Investigating the various forces involved with flight, students filled the balloon with air, allowed the sun’s solar energy to heat the air inside, and then observed as… Read More

SAU drum majors following same path

Evan Covas and Justin Burns were back-to-back drum majors at Norphlet High School, and they now share the ranks leading the Mulerider Marching Band at Southern Arkansas University. The duo will lead the SAU band on the field for a halftime performance in front many nearby hometown friends and family in El Dorado on October… Read More

$280,000 USDA grant to promote high-paying and in-demand agri careers

The agriculture departments at Southern Arkansas University and the University of Arkansas are teaming up to take on science’s “elephant in the room,” declining numbers of agriculture students and more and more mouths to feed on earth. “The number of farm-reared students has declined greatly while high-paying agriculture careers in Arkansas and beyond have steadily… 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

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