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
Endowments create a financial bridge for students in need, enhance academic and athletic offerings, and ensure that programs and facilities are able to meet increased curriculum and technology demands. Individuals, businesses, and civic organizations have established over eight hundred endowments to strengthen the University through the SAU Foundation. These endowments provide a
Southern Arkansas University broke ground on a new engineering building on Tuesday, April 28, just behind the University Science Center. SAU launched the only four-year engineering program in the southern half of Arkansas this past fall, and enrollment has reached more than 50 students in the first year. The University currently offers four degree possibilities
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
SAU’s new community involvement organization Making Magnolia Blossom continues to gain momentum with more successful cleanup events and even recognition with a statewide volunteer award. On August 25, MMB co-founders Aaron and Viktoriya Street accepted an award on behalf of the MMB leadership committee and SAU for the Arkansas Economic Development Corporation’s Volunteer of the Year
SAU went from being the only Arkansas university in 2011 without a fishing team, to angling their way to be a force to be reckoned with on the water just a few years later. The team is currently ranked 21 in the nation, according to the Boat U.S. Collegiate Standings,
Southern Arkansas University theatre alum Cordara Newson is bound to make it to Broadway, and he is that much closer to his lifelong dream after earning a coveted spot to perform with the Collaborative Arts Project (CAP 21) in New York. But he needs a little help with funding for
Dr. Jerry Thomas was inspired by his grandparents to work hard in school, and he learned early on the value of a good education. His passion for learning and mentoring is the driving force behind his career. Thomas, Waldo native and SAU alum, is now director of the program at
Whitley Reeves Barnard was at SAU to learn how to run her own business someday. Cancer changed her path, but the courage and faith she represented against all odds taught all who came to know her story how to “Whitley Up.” Whitley, 22, of Magnolia, passed away on May 2,
Young James Willis spent much of his childhood in Heber Springs checking out books from a one-room library in city hall. He loved to read. “My parents were very intelligent, but like so many people of their generation in Arkansas, neither graduated from high school,” he said. He worked from
