Megan Maye, Southern Arkansas University’s Mulerider, is loading up her esteemed mule, Molly Ann, to go on the road across Arkansas in celebration of SAU’s record-setting enrollment this fall. Maye, a senior at SAU’s College of Business, is ready to ride out of her senior year with a bang. She and Molly Ann are scheduled… Read More
SAU Celebration of Lights a tradition for 30 years
This year’s Celebration of Lights at Southern Arkansas University marks the 30th year of the campus spreading holiday cheer with illuminating displays and festive song and food. The event is set to start with the Overstreet Lighting Ceremony at 6 p.m. on Thursday, December 5, 2013. In the case of inclement weather, the lights will… Read More
The Mulligan Brothers to play Thursday at SAU
Country music band The Mulligan Brothers from Mobile, Ala. will playing their mix of folk, American and country music starting at 6 p.m. Thursday, November 7, 2013, at Southern Arkansas University. The concert will take place in the SAU mall area, and is open to the public. No seating is available, so guests are welcome… Read More
Author and Clinton diarist to speak on civil rights
Presidential diarist and author Janis F. Kearney will speak at 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 9, 2013, at Southern Arkansas University’s Reynolds Center Foundation Hall. The public is invited to attend. Kearney will speak about the civil rights leader Daisy Bates’ life growing up in Huttig, a small town in Union County, and about her… Read More
SAU to host annual Veterans Day tribute and reception
Southern Arkansas University is hosting its annual Veterans Day Memorial Service from 12:30-1 p.m. on November 11, 2013, in front of Harton Theatre in the mall at SAU. A reception will follow the tribute at the SAU Veterans Resource Center at 208 Nelson Hall. The public is encouraged to attend the tribute and reception and… Read More
Nepalese student earns SAU SI Scholarship
Shubhashree Khadka was recently announced as the fifth recipient of the Supplemental Instruction Scholarship at Southern Arkansas University. This scholarship is awarded to an outstanding SI leader each semester in honor of Dr. Bob Terry, retired professor of English, who started the SAU SI program in the early 1990’s. Terry’s wife, Carolyn, was on hand… Read More
Beloved horse Credit Card lives on through scholarship
The first recipient of the Credit Card Memorial Scholarship at Southern Arkansas University is fittingly a calf roper – TyDaniel Haller. Haller, a junior from Corydon, In., is majoring in Agriculture Business at SAU. Last season, Haller won the long-go in calf roping at Missouri Valley and made the short-go in team roping at Murray… Read More
SAU’s Boo in the Barnyard a safe and fun event for kids
The fourth annual Boo in the Barnyard will offer a safe and fun place to trick or treat tomorrow night from 4:30-7 p.m. at the Southern Arkansas University Agriculture Center. Hosted by the SAU Agriculture Club, the event offers games, a petting zoo, haunted hallway, face painting and other activities. The event has grown each… Read More
SAU’s Upward Bound programs get $4,000 for technology
Southern Arkansas University’s two Upward Bound program were recently given $4,000 by the Arkansas Lottery Commission and its two international vendors. These grants were a part of a statewide gift of $40,000 for all the Arkansas Upward Bound programs to improve technology-based education for UB students. “The Arkansas Lottery Commission takes pride in helping deserving… Read More
SAU Chick-Fil-A celebrating first year of service
It is hard to believe it has been a year since the savory aroma of Chick-Fil-A first enticed students and the community to the Southern Arkansas University Food Court, but on Wednesday, October 30, 2013, the popular eatery will celebrate its first anniversary. To commemorate the event, there will be a short ceremony Wednesday at… Read More