Members of the Magnolia Fire Department saved lives on Main Street on Wednesday, August 12, 2015, but it was not in response to the typical emergency call. Firefighters Mark Hudgins and Hayden Collier offered lifesaving water to the miniature crepe myrtles and juniper in the landscaping plots planted by Making Magnolia Blossom at the organization’s… Read More
SAU Upward Bound present Oz musical
The Upward Bound program at Southern Arkansas University will present a musical production, “The Magical Land of Oz,” at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 19, 2015, in Harton Theater. This family-friendly comedy will keep you in stitches throughout the play. The public is cordially invited to travel to “The Magical Land of Oz” with the… Read More
MMB’s ‘Second Saturday’ completes B&G Club projects
Around 35 volunteers teamed up Saturday morning to complete several projects at the Boys and Girls Club of Magnolia for Making Magnolia Blossom’s June “Second Saturday” event. Projects included trimming landscaping near the entrance and along the north side of the property, painting fences and lettering, replacing light bulbs on a scoreboard, trimming landscaping back… Read More
Gafford of El Dorado honored with teaching award
Parkers Chapel kindergarten teacher Yolanda Gafford was recently honored with the J.H. Pestalozzi Early Career Award at Southern Arkansas University’s College of Education 2015 honors society ceremony. Gafford, of El Dorado, did her student teaching at Parkers Chapel Elementary School before completing her Bachelor of Science in Education at SAU in 2011. She immediately started… Read More
Homeless shelter benefits from SAU group’s efforts
Magnolia’s homeless shelter residents have benefitted with additions to improve the quality of life for its youth and adult residents alike thanks to a group of passionate business students at Southern Arkansas University. Through SAU’s Rankin College of Business’ Enactus organization, students raised money to purchase a complete desktop computer, a new playground for the… Read More
SAU’s Whitney Hall witnesses SAU enrollment growth from her hometown area
Whitney (Black) Hall of Texarkana earned her college degree from Southern Arkansas University, and she was so blown away by the experience that she now shares her story in promoting SAU to high schools around her hometown. Hall is a 2005 graduate of Redwater High School and earned a Bachelor’s of Business Administration degree from… Read More
SAU hosting Game Development Summer Camp
Southern Arkansas University is hosting a Game Development Summer Camp from July 20-23, 2015, for 10th – 12th grade students who think they might want to turn their hobby into a career. Applications must be submitted online at www.SAUmag.edu/Game-Camp by July 7. Fee for the camp is $250, and includes room and board. For more… Read More
Upward Bound providing free summer meals for youth
Updated June 23, 2015 – The Southern Arkansas University Upward Bound program is having meals provided by the U.S.D.A. Summer Food Service Program. The SAU site has been clarified by the U.S.D.A. as a closed site, meaning only participants in the SAU Upward Bound programs will be provided meals. It was previously released in May… Read More
MMB to host monthly ‘Second Saturday’ events
Making Magnolia Blossom is inviting the community to join in on a “Second Saturday” kick-off event from 9 a.m. to noon on May 9, in which litter will be picked up in preparation for the Blossom Festival. On the second Saturday of every month, MMB will meet volunteers at 9 a.m. at the corner of… Read More
SAU RN hopes to help in Nepal
Robyn Rowe said she feels a strong call to help the wounded in Nepal as a part of a medical mission trip, but she needs to quickly raise $3,400. If able to raise the funds, Rowe, an RN and assistant director for University Health Services at Southern Arkansas University, is going to be a part… Read More
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