{"id":7533,"date":"2019-08-12T09:50:01","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T14:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/?p=7533"},"modified":"2019-08-12T10:01:48","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T15:01:48","slug":"blue-gold-day-welcomes-sau-students-to-magnolia-square-on-august-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/2019\/blue-gold-day-welcomes-sau-students-to-magnolia-square-on-august-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue &#038; Gold Day welcomes SAU students to Magnolia Square on August 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/08\/p5881567_3030658523_5.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7539 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/08\/p5881567_3030658523_5-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/08\/p5881567_3030658523_5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/08\/p5881567_3030658523_5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/08\/p5881567_3030658523_5-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/08\/p5881567_3030658523_5.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Southern Arkansas University, in partnership with the City of Magnolia and Columbia County, has announced the fifth annual Blue &amp; Gold Day on Tuesday, August 20, 2019, from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. on the Magnolia Square.<\/p>\n<p>On this day, the Magnolia community is encouraged to wear blue and gold in support of SAU and to come out and enjoy a great evening of fellowship between Magnolia citizens and SAU students.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s event will continue the exciting collaboration between SAU and Magnolia High School with a pep rally to be held at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe SAU slogan feels like home came directly from our incoming freshman class based on their initial visits to campus,\u201d said Dr. Trey Berry, SAU president. \u201cWe want Magnolia to feel like home for our students, as well. Blue &amp; Gold Day is the perfect way to introduce these new residents to all that Magnolia has to offer. We are excited once again to have Magnolia High School join us for a community-wide pep rally to kick off the fall academic year and football season!\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/08\/BLUE20AND20GOLD202018b-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7535\" src=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/08\/BLUE20AND20GOLD202018b-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/08\/BLUE20AND20GOLD202018b-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/08\/BLUE20AND20GOLD202018b-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/files\/2019\/08\/BLUE20AND20GOLD202018b-1.jpg 891w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u201cBlue &amp; Gold Day epitomizes everything I love about Magnolia and what it means to live here,\u201d said John Ward, superintendent of Magnolia Schools. \u201cThis event instantly becomes one of my favorite community events in Magnolia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The free event will feature fun activities for the whole family to enjoy including photo booths and bounce houses. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet student-athletes, listen to local marching bands, enjoy free hot dogs and nachos, meet Mulerider mascot Abbie Guin and Molly Ann, and watch the SAU Rodeo Team show off their roping skills.<\/p>\n<p>Blue &amp; Gold Day T-shirts will be available for purchase at the Beyond the Campus store on the Magnolia Square.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Blue &amp; Gold Day epitomizes everything I love about Magnolia and what it means to live here.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Students new to Magnolia will have the chance to visit the downtown merchants, get to know businesses and organizations in the Magnolia community, find a church home, and sign up for door prizes.<\/p>\n<h2>Schedule of Events:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>2 p.m. \u2013 Begin closing down incoming traffic to the Square (vehicles may exit only)<\/li>\n<li>4 p.m. \u2013 Vendors begin setting up booths<\/li>\n<li>5 p.m. \u2013 SAU students arrive on the Square<\/li>\n<li>6 p.m. \u2013 Pep Rally \u2013 MHS &amp; SAU Collaboration<br \/>\nRemarks from Mr. John Ward and Dr. Trey Berry<br \/>\nPerformance by MHS and SAU Cheerleaders and Bands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information, call the Office of Alumni Relations at (870) 235-4079 or email meganmccurdy@saumag.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southern Arkansas University, in partnership with the City of Magnolia and Columbia County, has announced the fifth annual Blue &amp; Gold Day on Tuesday, August 20, 2019, from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. on the Magnolia Square. On this day, the Magnolia community is encouraged to wear blue and gold in support of SAU and to come&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/2019\/blue-gold-day-welcomes-sau-students-to-magnolia-square-on-august-20\/\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":564,"featured_media":7539,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[94,97,276,265,32641,7753,143],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7533","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-admissions","8":"category-alumni","9":"category-community-corner","10":"category-events","11":"category-featured-layout","12":"category-homepage","13":"category-student-life","14":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/564"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}