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Mulerider Baird to have final ride Saturday at Live United Bowl

Southern Arkansas University mascot Mulerider Payton Baird is excited that her final ride will be close to home as the Muleriders are set to play Saturday at noon in the Live United Bowl in Texarkana. “There is no better place to have my final game as the Mulerider than in Texarkana,” said Baird. “I have… Read More

Get ready for a Madrigal Feaste at SAU on Dec. 2

Join the Heritage and Chamber Singers of Southern Arkansas University for a Madrigal Feaste at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, in the Grand Hall of the Reynolds Center. Guests will be treated to a Royal Court, minstrels, troubadours and an astronomical event. The menu includes hot apple cider, tea, coffee, water, salad, French onion soup,… Read More

Southern Arkansas University Tech Hires New Chancellor

Southern Arkansas University Tech is pleased to announce that Dr. Jason Morrison has accepted the position of chancellor and will begin work on January 3, 2017.  Dr. Trey Berry, Southern Arkansas University System President,  announced the hiring decision made by the Search Committee in an email to SAU Tech’s staff and faculty on November 17,… Read More

Upward Bound long-time ‘stepping stone’ to college graduation

Upward Bound is a federally-funded program for low income and/or first-generation college-bound high school students. Carla Williamson, Upward Bound director, said the program has been successful at bringing students to Southern Arkansas University. “It’s one of the first programs under the umbrella of TRIO,” Williamson said. “It came from President Johnson in 1964; he wanted… Read More

SAU Board approves measures prepping campaign launch

In light of Southern Arkansas University again being the fastest growing university in Arkansas, the SAU Board of Trustees approved policies to lay the groundwork for the University’s upcoming capital campaign. SAU’s most rigorous fundraising effort to date, the “Love and Loyalty Campaign,” is on track to launch in early 2017. At the quarterly meeting… Read More

Social Entrepreneurship offers SAU MBA student chance to give back

Kristen Pickett, an online MBA student at Southern Arkansas University, said she is inspired to help entrepreneurs create the most important piece of their business – a plan. Pickett, a native of Horatio, Ark., received her undergraduate degree in Entrepreneurial Finance in May 2016 and is now pursuing her MBA with an emphasis in Social… Read More

SAU opens exchange with Cuba via art project

A group of students and professors from Southern Arkansas University will visit the University of Artemisa in Cuba in November to undertake an academic exchange related to the decorative arts. The group, to be led by Dr. Ed Kardas, distinguished professor of psychology and director of the SAU Honors College, and Steven Ochs, professor of… Read More

SAU hosts annual Veterans’ Day Tribute Nov. 11

Wear your patriotic colors and join Southern Arkansas University’s annual Veterans’ Day tribute from 12-1:30 p.m. on November 11, 2016. The event will be held in Grand Hall in the Donald W. Reynolds Center.  Parking is available in the Reynolds Center parking lot, and the SAU President’s Ambassadors will provide shuttle services as needed. Scheduled… Read More

SAU nursing student elected District 1 director of ANSA

Morgan Layssard, a senior from Bradley, Ark., said she is following her dream of helping people “at their best and worst times” by receiving a nursing degree from Southern Arkansas University. Her recent election as District 1 director of the Arkansas Nursing Students’ Association will surely rank as a highlight of her academic career. Layssard… Read More

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