Zachary Shealy, a 2018 graduate of SAU’s nursing program, applied his skills to the front lines of the pandemic at a hospital in Mineola, N.Y. The Texarkana, Texas, native began working at NYU Winthrop Hospital on April 12, gaining valuable experience as a traveling nurse and doing what he loves:
A 2005 graduate of Southern Arkansas University is putting his education to the test for the State of Arkansas during the worldwide pandemic. Grant Smith, Software Lead Engineer for the Department of Information Systems, is helping meet the Governor’s goal of moving essential services online due to the coronavirus. He
Over the past one-hundred years, we know that the U.S. has faced many periods of struggle and crisis. From the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-20, the Great Depression, World War II, and the Civil Rights struggle, just to name a few. Through all of these times, we have persevered. We
Love of country and a desire to help his fellow Americans battle a new enemy, coronavirus, led Ray Burns, a World War II veteran, Columbia County native and former student at Magnolia A&M, to walk to raise money for virus relief. Born on Aug. 5, 1920, Burns walked 100km –
A desire to generously give back to his community in a significant way inspired Joey Baker (77) to endow the Emerson, Arkansas Scholarship for students from his hometown who choose to make Southern Arkansas University their college home. “Emerson School and SAU helped shape who I am today,” Baker said.
“Welcome home.” This was Dr. Trey Berry’s message at the dedication of the Alexander- Warnock and Ozmer Historic Farmstead and Learning Center on March 6, 2020. Hailing the completion of the four-year project as a great state and community effort, Berry proclaimed the day as a historic one for SAU.
Southern Arkansas University is now approved to begin offering its first doctoral- level degree according to a recent decision by its regional accreditor, the Higher Learning Commission. SAU’s first cohort of doctoral students will be admitted in Fall 2021 to pursue the title of Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Rural
A lifelong passion for travel and a heartfelt desire to teach inspired Southern Arkansas University alumna Jacinda Passmore to reach out to students in China, where she has been teaching since Thanksgiving of 2018. Her hard work and dedication – as well as skills she gained as an Agriculture Education
SAU has expanded its residential facilities to accommodate explosive enrollment. Ready internet access is one of the amenities meeting the needs of today’s students, but campus life has changed in many other ways over the decades. Dwight Bowlin, a former member of the SAU Alumni Association Board, graduated in 1974
Golf, weddings, kids, karaoke, beaches, water skiing, and Bourbon Street are some of the precious memories a tight-knit group of SAU alumni have built together over the decades. The annual gathering, known as Campout, is a ritual for as many as 10 couples, all but three of whom were sweethearts
