The Southern Arkansas University Hallman Scholarship has been awarded to two inspiring young females who will be incoming science freshmen from Northeast Texas. The Hallman Scholarship is awarded through the SAU Foundation and provides two scholarships for incoming freshmen women in the SAU College of Science and Engineering. The scholarships are annual amounts of $12,000… Read More
Mother overcomes odds and beats son to college degree
Darryl Webb III was not able to say he was a first-generation college graduate because his mother, Carla, 45, accepted her degree from Southern Arkansas University just two hours prior to her son. Carla was the first in the Webb family of the Falcon Community near Buckner to walk across a college graduation stage at… Read More
Scholarship by Quota honors late Norma Hayes
Quota International of Magnolia has established an endowment in memory of Norma Hayes through the Southern Arkansas University Foundation. The Norma Hayes Nursing Scholarship Endowment is to provide a scholarship for a nursing student from Columbia County. The endowment will be completed once it reaches $15,000. To contribute, donations can be made online www.SAUFoundation.org or… Read More
Creative Writing Festival benefits from endowment
For the past twenty years, the Gerald F. and Betty Fincher Scott Endowment has provided funding for the annual Southern Arkansas University Creative Writing Festival hosted by the SAU Department of English and Foreign Languages. The annual festival grew out of a summer writing class taught by Dr. Kathleen Mallory, former professor of English. Approximately… Read More
GTEDC promoting I-69 through South Arkansas
The future of Interstate 69 across South Arkansas was the primary topic of discussion Wednesday at the monthly board meeting of the Golden Triangle Economic Development Corporation (GTEDC) at the El Dorado Chamber of Commerce. The GTEDC board voted unanimously to make I-69 completion our number one priority goal. Dan Flowers, Arkansas VP for the… Read More
SAU students’ designs to promote Magnolia
Southern Arkansas University art students Lera Black and Holly Roomsburg won the right to have their designs displayed throughout the city of Magnolia courtesy of the 2016 Leadership Magnolia Banner Art Competition. They were recognized Saturday, April 23, 2016, at an Earth Day celebration in downtown Magnolia. Among the 43 entrants in the design competition,… Read More
Maya Mason’s Exceptional Acceptance to UALR
By Su-Ann Tan Southern Arkansas University’s Maya Mason is ecstatic to begin her new life at the University of Little Rock as a Social Work graduate student. The senior Social Work major is even more thrilled to quickly complete her course in one year under the Advanced Standing status of her program. Beginning May 2016,… Read More
Esther Etim to represent at Miss Nigera USA
By Su-Ann Tan Southern Arkansas University’s Esther Etim is set to walk the stage of the Miss Nigeria USA pageant held in New York on May 28, 2016. The 19-year old’s journey to be crowned is founded up on her passion for volunteerism. She wants to be a positive representative for Nigeria and use this… Read More
3-year-old cancer survivor Kaylynn Sands gets her wish granted
At the age of three, Kaylynn Grace Sands has fought through cancer treatments with the tenacity and splendor of a warrior princess. She was surprised Monday evening to find that her wish had been granted to travel and meet her princess idols at Disney World. Sands, of Magnolia, entered the Southern Arkansas University armory clutching… Read More
Cashae Louden accepted to Pratt Institute
By Su-Ann Tan Southern Arkansas University senior Cashae Louden’s dream of continuing her education has become a reality with an acceptance and scholarship to the acclaimed Pratt Institute of Brooklyn, New York. As a future student of the large liberal performing arts university, Louden will be awarded a $6,000 semi-renewable scholarship. At Pratt she will… Read More
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