The second annual Mulerider Kids College (MKC) ended at noon Thursday with a packed house at Southern Arkansas University’s Grand Hall as nearly a hundred more participants than the inaugural MKC wrapped up four days of learning and fun. A total of 250 children from grades 1-6 traversed SAU’s campus to experience a total of… Read More
SAU hosts HOBY and projects get completed
A total of 55 high school sophomores from all across the southern region of Arkansas convened for the Hugh O’Brian Youth (HOBY) Leadership Seminar held at Southern Arkansas University from June 17-19, 2016. The student participants, known as HOBY Ambassadors, took part in hands-on activities and explored their own personal leadership skills while learning how… Read More
SAU Upward Bound to host annual Gospel Concert June 21
Giving back helped future professor finish Ph.D.
Following up a four-year Engineering-Physics degree with a grueling six-year Biophysics doctorate program would be challenging for the most resilient researcher. For Amanda Taylor of Emerson, Arkansas, it was just another leg of her journey toward becoming a university professor. Her next phase is a post-doctoral research opportunity at the Baylor College of Medicine in… Read More
SAU responds to teacher shortage with new MAT track
To help fill the need in Arkansas for the escalating teacher shortage, a new Masters of Arts in Teaching in Elementary Education program was approved by the Southern Arkansas University Board of Trustees at its quarterly meeting held at SAU Tech on Thursday, May 26, 2016. SAU’s new MAT K-6 program will begin admitting students… Read More
SAU Hallman Scholars both from NE Texas
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
SAU hosting Game Development Summer Camp
Southern Arkansas University is hosting the second-annual Game Development Summer Camp from July 11-14, 2016, for 10th – 12th grade students who think they might want to turn their hobby into a career. Applications must be submitted online at www.SAUmag.edu/Game-Camp by July 5. Fee for the camp is $325, and includes room and board. Early-bird… Read More
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