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SAU announces fall 2009 graduates

Southern Arkansas University conferred degrees on 175 graduates during its fall commencement exercises on Friday, Dec. 11, 2009. Of those graduates, 27 received honors. Students attaining a grade point average of 3.50-3.74 graduated cum laude, students who earned a GPA of 3.75-3.89 graduated magna cum laude, and students who earned a GPA of 3.90-4.00 graduated… Read More

SAU gains national exposure for BAM student orientation

Southern Arkansas University is receiving national recognition for its student orientation program, BAM: Becoming a Mulerider. It started when a group of SAU student affairs staffers presented at a national symposium for the Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange in September 2008 in Little Rock. To be considered, the group had to present a paper…. Read More

College of Business earns continuing AACSB International accreditation

The College of Business at Southern Arkansas University has earned continuing accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International, the world’s most prestigious accrediting agency for business schools. SAU received its initial accreditation from the organization in 2004. Only 579 colleges and universities have attained AACSB International accreditation, and Dr. Lisa Toms,… Read More

SAU will host annual Youth Writing Festival

The Department of English and Foreign Language at Southern Arkansas University will host the annual Youth Writing Festival on Saturday, March 13. The deadline for entries is Feb. 12. The Youth Writing Festival is held each spring and has grown from 345 entries in 1995 to 1,153 entries last year. Students from schools across south… Read More

SAU Announces Fall 2009 President’s List

MAGNOLIA – Following the fall semester at Southern Arkansas University, 192 students were named to the SAU President’s List for making all As. Students who were academically recognized include the following: From Amity, Faith Dickison, a junior early childhood education major; and Charity Vaught, a junior early childhood education major. From Ashdown, Ashley Patterson, a… Read More

SAU announces Fall 2009 Dean’s List

MAGNOLIA – Following the fall semester at Southern Arkansas University, 373 students were named to the SAU Dean’s List. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, a student must be registered in 12 or more semester hours and attain a grade point average of 3.50 or above. Students who were academically recognized include the following:… Read More

2009 Honor Professor will address December graduates

MAGNOLIA─ Dr. Stacy Clanton, the 2009 Honor Professor at Southern Arkansas University, will be the keynote speaker for the University’s fall commencement exercises to be held Friday, December 11, at the W.T. Watson Athletic Center. Clanton received a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from Arkansas A&M College (now the University of Arkansas at Monticello),… Read More

PBL raises funds for March of Dimes

MAGNOLIA— Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) is sponsoring the 2009 March of Dimes on campus at Southern Arkansas University. March of Dimes was established in 1938 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to help fight polio, a disease that had devastated the country leaving many children dead or paralyzed. The organization helped to beat polio, and now… Read More

SAU recognizes students named to Who’s Who

MAGNOLIA – Twenty-three students from Southern Arkansas University have been selected as national outstanding leaders and chose for inclusion in Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.  The students were recognized at a banquet held in their honor on Nov. 22 in the Grand Hall of the Donald W. Reynolds Campus and Community… Read More

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