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SAU welcomes four into Educational Leadership Hall of Fame

Four regional educators were inducted into the Third Annual Educational Leadership Hall of Fame at Southern Arkansas University on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. The 2019 Educational Leadership Hall of Fame inductees included: Opal Anderson, director of Federal Programs and Curriculum at Lafayette County Schools; Dr. Bobby Hart, superintendent of Hope Public School District in Hope,… Read More

Three Hawaiian students forge friendship at Southern Arkansas University

Three natives of Hawaii have each discovered two more reasons to say that Southern Arkansas University feels like home. They each chose to come to SAU from different islands at our 50th state. When they recently realized their mutual connection to Hawaii on campus, a fast friendship developed that has brought them together in unique… Read More

MMB’s Saturday spring cleanup cancelled due to weather

The Making Magnolia Blossom (MMB) Spring Big Splash volunteer event for this Saturday has had to be cancelled due to the threat of thunderstorms. As April is an active month for the campus and community calendars, no immediate date was available to reschedule the event. More information will be distributed when MMB sets its next… Read More

NPC, SAU Announce Bachelor’s Degrees in Hot Springs

Southern Arkansas University (SAU) and National Park College (NPC) announced a degree partnership that will bring bachelor’s degree programs to Hot Springs beginning in fall 2019. The agreement was approved Wednesday, Feb. 27, during the February Board of Trustees meeting at NPC. All four years of the three new degree programs will be offered through… Read More

SAU Biology professor receives INBRE grant to fund undergraduate research project

Dr. Antoinette Odendaal, assistant professor of Biology and Chemistry in the College of Science and Engineering at Southern Arkansas University, secured a $20,000 pilot study research grant from the IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE). The grant period is for spring 2019 and provides support for Odendaal and one undergraduate student. The research centers… Read More

Olivia Faught to serve on national NCAA committees

Olivia Faught, a Southern Arkansas University junior from Alma, Arkansas, has been selected to serve on a national committee with the NCAA. Faught, a Sports Management major, is a member of the SAU Women’s Golf team and a member of the SAU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. As a member of the National Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC),… Read More

SAU students attend national gaming convention in San Antonio, Texas

An eSports team from Southern Arkansas University learned firsthand the value of networking at a gaming convention in San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 18-20, 2019. Josh Turner, a senior Mass Communication: Mass Media major from Texarkana, Arkansas, took a group of gamers to PAX South, one of the largest gaming conventions in the country. The group… Read More

SAU’s Panda Express Grand Opening Jan. 30

Southern Arkansas University’s new Panda Express Chinese Kitchen will host a Grand Opening on Wednesday, January 30, 2019, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. A ribbon cutting will be held at 11:15 a.m. followed by cake, samples, and prizes. Panda is located in the clubhouse of the University Village apartment complex on the east end of… Read More

SAU student to pursue graduate studies in London

Chioma Akolam, a senior psychology major at Southern Arkansas University, has been accepted into graduate school at Kingston University in London, England. Akolam, from Dallas, Texas, will graduate from SAU in May and move to England in August to begin studying child psychology at Kingston. The Nigeria native is thrilled to pursue her degree in… Read More

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