SAU has launched a campaign to ensure the renowned SAU Band program continues to grow and march proudly well into the future. The goal for the campaign is to raise $200,000 for an endowment to benefit the band. Once complete, the endowment will produce annual income for the continual updating
A Southern Arkansas University endowment two decades in the making has its first recipient spending the summer in our nation’s capital for a career-boosting internship. Cody Burkham, a senior political science and history major from Hope, has been named the first recipient of the William C. Nolan Legislative Internship. He
The Magnolia Regional Medical Center (MRMC) Auxiliary and Auxiliary Board are establishing a scholarship at Southern Arkansas University in honor of Mary Lucy Martel Ray. When complete, the scholarship will assist nurses at MRMC who wish to advance their nursing careers through one of the degree programs in the Department
Southern Arkansas University offers students “The Complete College Experience” on campus, and is expanding opportunities to earn life and learning experiences away from campus. The SAU Foundation has received donations over the past year to be used for enriching the student experience through travel. As a result, many students from
The Third Annual Ladies Only Champagne Bingo, sponsored by the SAU Alumni Association, scored a touchdown in fundraising for the Mulerider football team. “It only took three hours for the ladies of champagne bingo to raise a record $8,000 for the SAU Mulerider Football Team,” said SAU Director of Alumni
The father of Southern Arkansas University’s band program, Richard Owen Oliver, became the first band director at Magnolia A&M College, now SAU, in 1948. Over the next 23 years, he shared his love of music and knowledge of technical skills with a generation of students, bringing recognition to the SAU
Every year, Southern Arkansas University students, faculty, and members of the community have an opportunity to set out on a grand adventure to learn first-hand meaningful world history. This past year was no exception. A group of travelers, which included 14 SAU students, embarked on a journey to explore the
Southern Arkansas University celebrated endowments completed in 2011-2012 fiscal year at the recent SAU Foundation Honor Society’s Dinner held Nov. 9. The Endowment Honor Wall in the Donald W. Reynolds Campus and Community Center main hall recognizes completed endowments, which include these endowments completed during the year: William L. and
Agriculture Center dedication on January 25, 12:00 p.m. Southern Arkansas University prides itself on giving students the best educational opportunities with access to technologically-advanced facilities. Introducing agricultural facilities to the region began in 1909 with the Third District Agricultural School. SAU is building on that tradition while investing in a
The Louis Blanchard Accounting Endowment was established by Jerry and Lynn Mayfield and The Madison Charitable Foundation, Inc. Blanchard came to SAU (then Southern State College) in 1956 as a professor of accounting with the notion that teaching was a temporary thing. He retired as chair of the Department of
