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Poultry Groundbreaking Ceremony celebrates partnerships and education

Emphasizing the importance of strong industry partnerships as well as the future of education in south Arkansas, the groundbreaking ceremony for the First Financial Bank Poultry Education Facility was held October 1, 2018. Dr. Trey Berry, president of Southern Arkansas University, welcomed leaders of regional poultry industries as well as SAU

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Angel Evans

Part of the Mulerider Family

Angel Evans, a graduate of Southern Arkansas University, is working toward earning her Master of Occupational Therapy degree from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. Evans, of Morrilton, Arkansas, graduated from SAU in May 2017 with a major in Psychology and a minor in Exercise Science. “The program at Texas

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Kristina and Kelsie Madison

Mom’s Business Success Inspires Daughter

Kristina and Kelsie Madison both credit the Southern Arkansas University Rankin College of Business (RCB) with changing their lives for the better. The mother and daughter duo had the chance to catch up and visit with mutual professors in February when Kristina was invited to participate in The Executive Network.

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Trey Berry FFA

SAU continues to attract Arkansas FFA leaders

Faculty, staff, and agriculture students from SAU attended the Arkansas FFA State Convention this year not only to share their love for SAU with future Muleriders, but to also present educational workshops, participate in college information panels, and provide extra hands in helping with the state leadership contests. More than

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SAU stars

Shooting for the Stars

Southern Arkansas University computer science and engineering students have benefited from grants to their respective research projects from NASA. Projects involving 3D modeling and data mining are underway thanks to grant proposals written by faculty. The projects will not only result in new discoveries, but launch the students into their

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Levi Myers

Finding Middle Ground

Two students from locales that might not ordinarily be associated with Arkansas have found a home at Southern Arkansas University. Gabrielle Gleason, a sophomore Elementary Education major from Hilo, Hawaii, and Levi Myers, a freshman who spent many years living in Fairbanks, Alaska, bring their unique personalities to SAU. Gleason

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Not Just Enrollment

At the onset of each new semester in recent years, growth at SAU has tended to focus on the record enrollment numbers. This has been an uplifting trend, yet SAU’s growth has spread well beyondstudent headcount… Endowment: A crucial element of SAU’s future as state funding continues to decrease, SAU’s

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Muleriders in Cuba

Muleriders in Cuba

Southern Arkansas University continued strengthening its relations with Cuba by sending delegates to an international conference in Havana in February 2018. Dr. Trey Berry, president of SAU; Dr. Ed Kardas, Honors College director; Petr Kandidatov, director of ESL; Dr. Juping Wang, associate professor of Spanish; Steven Ochs, professor of art;

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Class News

1930-1939 Mildred (Greer) Ruff ’36 celebrated her 101-year birthday on November 17, 2017. While attending Magnolia A&M, Mildred was a cheerleader for the Aggies. 1960-1969 Wanda Maureen (Harrell) Miller ’65 is the author of “Last Trip Home,” to be published by She Writes Press on May 15, 2018, already for

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