Working with youth and giving back to his community are two passions of Ricky Martinez, a 2006 graduate of Southern Arkansas University. He works in outpatient therapy for OrthoSurgeons in Little Rock, does some personal training, and volunteers as a cross-country coach at Little Rock Christian Academy (LRCA). Teaching kids
MAGNOLIA – The Southern Arkansas University Alumni Association honored six SAU alumni at the Dinner of Distinction awards ceremony on Saturday, April 9, 2016. Alumni members being recognized included Dr. Jerome D. Yates, John O. Armour, LeAnne Johnson, Don R. McDonald, Jonathan D. Baird, and Larry C. Dunn. “It is
1930-1939 Dr. Trey Berry, SAU President, visits with Edna Norvell ’38. 1960-1969 Read what the Class of 1965, our new Golden Muleriders have been/are doing: Gerald Ray Atkins spent three years in the Marine Corps from 1957-1960. He also taught at Stamps
Childhood memories are often instilled in your senses. Good south Arkansas barbecue is one of those tastes a person never forgets. In my case, neighbor Noel Kinney Calaway in El Dorado always hosted a Fourth of July barbecue at his farm. He would dig pits, line them with hickory wood
The SAU Alumni Board voted at their meeting on January 5, 2016, to begin construction of the Lusby Alumni Hospitality Pavilion and the new SAU Alumni Center. A groundbreaking ceremony is slated to be scheduled in March. More than $400,000 has been raised or pledged for the center
By Claude D. Baker, Coordinator of Alumni Research John W. Rhea, Jr. was a man always eager to reach out to help others. He and his lovely wife, Rosemary Thresher Rhea, were responsible for many philanthropic efforts, including 15 endowments at SAU. These endowments have benefitted individual students and academic
Thanks to a successful fundraising campaign that garnered more than $200,000 in donations, SAU dedicated the band facility in honor of SAU’s first band director, Richard Owen Oliver on April 18, 2015. The dedication took place at the 14,377 square-foot band rehearsal facility that opened in 2008, which was named the Richard O. Oliver Band
Following more than 45 years of service and countless speeches as a Mulerider, Southern Arkansas University’s retiring President Dr. David Rankin and his wife Toni were rendered speechless in May when they found out the University’s College of Business would be renamed the David F. Rankin College of Business. The announcement was made at
The Magnolia community and the Mulerider family came out to welcome Southern Arkansas University’s 12th President Dr. Trey Berry at a tree-planting ceremony on his first day in office. Berry spoke under the shade of the picturesque pines in the front lawn of SAU’s Overstreet Hall to a crowd of around 150. He pointed
Lawrence Bearden and David Nelson are the two newest members of the SAU Board of Trustees, both having been appointed by Governor Asa Hutchinson this year. When Bearden first came to SAU in the late 1950s, he had one goal: graduation. More than 50 years after successfully completing that first challenge, he continues to
