John Ragsdale is known throughout Arkansas as one of the greatest promoters of Arkansas history and will soon be honored for that legacy at Southern Arkansas University. The Southern Arkansas University Foundation is raising funds to complete the John G. and Dora J. Ragsdale Endowed Chair of Arkansas Studies. The endowed chair will be the… Read More
Plans underway for Creative Writing Festival
The Department of English and Foreign Languages at Southern Arkansas University will host the annual Creative Writing Festival (formally the Youth Writing Festival) on Saturday, April 7. Deadline for entries is March 2, 2012. The festival, which is held every spring, has grown from 345 entries in 1995 to 1,153 entries last year. Students from… Read More
SAU Bell Tower will chime again
MAGNOLIA – When visitors come to Southern Arkansas University for the holiday season this year, the campus’s landmark Bell Tower will once again be ringing. The Bell Tower was constructed in 1976 as a water tower for the campus, and until recently, it held 50,000 gallons of water. The addition of a water tower by… Read More
SAU baseball to receive championship rings, dedicate Goodheart Field
The Southern Arkansas University baseball team will celebrate two milestones on Saturday, Oct. 15, as the team receives its 2011 Gulf South Conference championship rings and Mulerider Field officially becomes Goodheart Field. Both ceremonies will take place at Walker Stadium at approximately 6 p.m. (immediately following the homecoming football game).
Inaugural Lois Gean Kelly lecture will be presented
MAGNOLIA – Dr. Robert Gean Jones will be the inaugural speaker for the Lois Gean Kelly Lectureship in the Humanities at Southern Arkansas University. The lecture is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 12, in Foundation Hall of the Donald W. Reynolds Campus and Community Center. The lectureship was established with an anonymous gift… Read More
University plans groundbreaking for regional livestock and rodeo arena
MAGNOLIA – A groundbreaking ceremony is being planned for a new regional livestock and rodeo arena on the campus of Southern Arkansas University. The groundbreaking is scheduled for noon on Monday, August 8. Due to forecasted temperatures and limited access at the construction site, a ceremony will be held in the Grand Hall of the… Read More
John Walsh will deliver annual lecture at SAU
MAGNOLIA – Victims’ rights advocate and television host John Walsh will be the featured lecturer at the seventh annual Farmers Bank and Trust Distinguished Speaker Series on Monday, Sept. 26, at Southern Arkansas University. Most people know Walsh as the dedicated host of America’s Most Wanted, the man whose groundbreaking television program has helped take… Read More
$125,000 endowment honors alumna, provides scholarships
MAGNOLIA – A $125,000 gift to the Southern Arkansas University Foundation will soon provide an annual scholarship for students majoring in mathematics education at Southern Arkansas University. The Valerie Stewart Math Scholarship was recently established through a gift in memory of Stewart by her sister, Rebecca Stewart Matthews of Little Rock. Matthews received a Bachelor… Read More
University Summer Schedule
Southern Arkansas University is operating under its summer office hour schedule. Offices are open Monday-Thursday from 7 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. The University is closed on Friday. The University will return to regular office hours on Monday, August 15. The University will be closed and classes will not meet on Memorial Day (May 30) and… Read More
Aerojet gives $17,000 for science preceptors
MAGNOLIA — Science courses are often intimidating for college students, but a grant from Aerojet Corporation of Camden will ease the pressure on students at Southern Arkansas University. Through its parent company, GenCorp Foundation, Aerojet has provided a $17,000 grant to provide for student preceptors to assist students in biology, chemistry, and physics labs and… Read More
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