Students at Southern Arkansas University got creative on two Days of Service honoring the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Engage AR provided funding for both events. SAU volunteer coordinator, Katie Heese, organized both Service Days. This year’s MLK theme was racial healing expressed through the arts. On Jan. 17, SAU students… Read More
SAU honors professional and support staff with awards
Members of Southern Arkansas University’s non-teaching professional and support staff were recently recognized for excellence and years of service during a virtual year-end staff meeting hosted by Dr. Trey Berry, SAU president. Receiving the 2021 Mary Anna King Whitehead Support Staff Excellence Awards were Angela Collins, Administrative Specialist I – Behavioral and Social Sciences, and… Read More
SAU’s Magale Library presents new Smithsonian exhibit, A Place for All People
Southern Arkansas University’s Magale Library proudly hosts a new Smithsonian Institution exhibit, “A Place for All People: Introducing the National Museum of African American History and Culture.” The public is invited to view the exhibition in Magale’s second-floor gallery. The Smithsonian Institution opened the National Museum of African American History and Culture on Sept. 24,… Read More
SAU announces safety procedures for 20-21 academic year
As Southern Arkansas University looks forward to beginning the 20-21 academic year August 11, Dr. Trey Berry, president, urges students, faculty, and staff to be heroes by practicing the safety protocols established to maintain a healthy campus. “This year will be like no other in our history, but we are in this journey together,” Berry… Read More
SAU System makes plans for students to return for Fall 2020
The campuses of the Southern Arkansas University System (SAU in Magnolia and SAU Tech in Camden) are working tirelessly taking precautions and planning for its campuses to re-open for the fall semester. Because the health and safety of students, faculty and staff remains our top priority, the Risk Management Task Force is working diligently to… Read More
Magale Library at SAU hosts African American Legislators exhibit
Arkansas African American Legislators, 1868-1893, a free traveling exhibit produced by the Arkansas State Archives and Black History Commission of Arkansas, will be displayed at Southern Arkansas University’s Magale Library beginning on October 3, 2018, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays until November 14, 2018. Arkansas African American Legislators, 1868-1893 tells the… Read More
Exhibit telling story of Arkansas’ role in WWI coming to SAU’s Magale Library
“The Great War: Arkansas in World War I,” a free traveling exhibit that tells the story of Arkansas’ role during world war at home and on the battlefields, will be displayed at Southern Arkansas University’s Magale Library, 100 East University, from Nov. 3-20, 2016. The grand opening will be at 2:15 p.m. Nov. 3 with… Read More
SAU’s Team Study boosts academic performance
Helping develop good study habits is just one goal of Team Study, a program that uses academically successful students each week to facilitate and help establish quality study for students at Southern Arkansas University. Team Study held its fall semester kickoff event Tuesday night with the Peer Academic Coaches (PACs) stationed in all of SAU’s… Read More
SAU’s library media program earns praises
Southern Arkansas University’s Library Media and Information Specialist (LMIS) program recently earned a top ten ranking nationally by GraduatePrograms.com, but second-year LMIS student Sherry Loyd would argue that SAU should top the list. Graduateprograms.com has a mission to provide helpful information to prospective graduate students through peer-written ratings and reviews. These program rankings cover a… Read More
School library makeovers a win-win
Two South Arkansas schools got help with library makeovers this summer thanks to student volunteer projects as a part of Southern Arkansas University’s Library Media and Information Specialist graduate program. Del Duke, SAU LMIS instructor, worked with the librarians at Oscar Hamilton Elementary School in Foreman and Arkansas High School in Texarkana to bring SAU’s… Read More
