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Recent grad earns ‘New Ag Educator’ award

Justin Wiedower, a graduate of Southern Arkansas University, has been honored with the Outstanding New Ag Educator award by Arkansas Farm Bureau. He completed his Agricultural Science bachelor’s degree in 2012 and his master’s in Agricultural Education in 2014. Now a teacher at Clinton High School in Clinton, Ark., Wiedower

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Reflections from SAU’s first MBA grad

As the first graduate of the MBA program at Southern Arkansas University, Zach Rogers has experienced firsthand the benefit of having a master’s degree. “Having the master’s made a very big difference,” Rogers, financial analyst for Lockheed Martin in Camden, said. “Several qualified candidates who had bachelor’s degrees interviewed, some

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Campus Updates

SAU’s student population for fall 2016 again set records (that’s four straight years of record growth) and for the second year was the fastest growing university in Arkansas. In conjunction with more Muleriders has been the increased need for more residence halls and other facilities. Following the two most recent

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SAU earns prestigious community service honor

Just like enrollment at Southern Arkansas University, volunteer efforts for the community also skyrocketed this past fall along with SAU learning it again earned a spot on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction. “Community service is an integral part of the student experience at SAU,” said

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Dedications

Engineering It was a beautiful day on October 5, 2016, and a great one for SAU, the south Arkansas region and, more importantly, SAU engineering students. “There’s no doubt about that,” said Dr. Trey Berry, president of SAU, during the dedication of the new Engineering Building, formerly the National Guard

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Alumni Center/Lusby Gathering Pavilion celebration

SAU Alumni Board will hold a celebration party for all donors of the Alumni Center/Lusby Gathering Pavilion, September 8, 2017, before the first football game at the new SAU Alumni Center. “We want our donors to be the first ones to tour our new home,” said Ceil Bridges, Director of Alumni

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Athletic Facility Enhancements

SAU and Mulerider Athletics have recently completed several facility enhancement projects that are directly impacting all 12 of SAU’s intercollegiate programs. From minor upgrades to bring about a fresh look to the facilities, to full-scale construction projects bringing new state-of-the art complexes to campus, to utilizing technology that enables SAU’s

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Running for a cause

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

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The SAU Alumni Association’s Dinner of Distinction, 2016

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

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McNeal gives heart and soul for half a century

Dr. Larry McNeal arrived at Southern State College quite by accident in 1958, but stayed at the college that became Southern Arkansas University for 50 years. “My friend Don Henson and I were out at the lake about 10 miles south of Paris (Ark.), where I grew up,” McNeal said.

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