Dr. Sheri Bagett-McMinn, associate professor of health, kinesiology, and recreation, recently attended the Southern District American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance convention in Myrtle Beach, S.C. She serves as the chair of the Clyde Partin Service Award Committee and the co-chair of the district and state relations committee. As chair of the… Read More
Selman publishes article about raising autistic son
“Frank David’s Story,” an article by Dr. Linda Selman, associate professor of English, about her and her husband Frank’s experience in raising their autistic son to adulthood and Frank David’s life since he moved to the Arkadelphia Human Development Center, was published as the program for the “E-Rotary Club of the Southwest USA on Aug…. Read More
Kindle offers free discussion course.
Lavana Kindle, supplemental instruction coordinator, has offered a free class for students during the past two spring semesters. In 2009, the class was called “Let’s Talk Relationships” and was open to girls only. After male students expressed interest, Kindle opened the class to all students in 2010. This semester, the class is called “Relevance Discussion… Read More
Magale Library will feature SAU centennial history book
MAGNOLIA – A program on the recently published “Southern Arkansas University: The Mulerider School’s Centennial History, 1909-2009” will be presented from 2-3 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 25, at Magale Library on the University campus for students, faculty, staff, and area citizens. Refreshments will be served, courtesy of Magale Library. Dr. James F. Willis, university historian,… Read More
Book Signing Monday for Dr. James Willis’ History of SAU
MAGNOLIA— Whenever someone asks Dr. James F. Willis why it took four years to write his recently completed centennial history of Southern Arkansas University, he replies with one word, research. Posing for a photo at the SAU Archives with the eleven boxes of notes he took while gathering information about SAU’s past 100 years, the… Read More
Book Signing for Dr. James F. Willis
MAGNOLIA—Southern Arkansas University will host a book signing for James F. Willis, University Historian and author of Southern Arkansas University: The Mulerider School’s Centennial History, 1909-2009 at 7 p.m. on Nov. 30 in the Grand Hall of the Donald W. Reynolds Campus and Community Center. The event will include a reception for Willis at 6:30… Read More
Arkansas Historical Association to hold 68th annual conference April 23-25 in Magnolia
“The Arkansas Environment” is the theme for the Arkansas Historical Association (AHA) 68th annual conference, April 23-25 in Magnolia. All program sessions will be in the Donald W. Reynolds Campus and Community Center on the Southern Arkansas University campus. Those making presentations at the conference include not only historians, but individuals from a range of… Read More
Muleriders and Boll Weevils to face off in the El Dorado Boomtown Football Classic on November 7
Southern Arkansas University and the University of Arkansas at Monticello will go helmet to helmet at the El Dorado Boomtown Classic on November 7, 2009 at Memorial Stadium in El Dorado. The meeting will be the 85th between the SAU Muleriders and the UAM Boll Weevils in a series that began in 1913 and serves… Read More
SAU partcipates in ceremonial re-enactment of Act 100
A country music star, a movie producer, scientists, FBI agents and professional athletes got their start at Southern Arkansas University, a school with roots in agriculture that has grown to include diverse undergraduate degrees and an ever increasing master’s program. On January 14 numerous representatives and supporters of Southern Arkansas University traveled to Little Rock… Read More
Arkansas teachers can now take advantage of a program at Southern Arkansas University in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Four new courses for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) will be offered at Southern Arkansas University this fall. The courses include TESOL Methods & Materials, Second Language Acquisition, Second Language Assessment, and Teaching People from Other Cultures. These four courses are required of educators by the Arkansas Department of Education for an… Read More
