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
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’s seventh annual free spring concert drew a huge crowd at the Story Arena with the Casey Donahew Band headlining and Frank Foster opening on Thursday, April 16, 2015. Casey Donahew has recently released his third and what will likely be his biggest album to date, “Double Wide Dream.” He is gearing up
This summer at SAU has been like no other as new and unique summer camps have created an energy and excitement across campus. Along with the athletic camps which have always been popular, this year’s lineup has expanded to include the inaugural Mulerider Kids College, the Youth Criminal Justice Academy, Game Development Summer Camp and the Big Bang Engineering
Dr. Ed Kardas recently returned from a trip to Cuba in which he represented SAU in visits with the University of Havana and the Ministry of Higher Education to take the first steps towards beginning exchange programs. “Like everyone I encountered in Cuba, the officials at the University and the ministry were welcoming and
SAU was recently ranked among the top 10 universities in the South for aspiring game designers and developers by Animation Career Review thanks to its two animation and game development academic programs. In 2013, SAU became the only university in Arkansas to have a complete program for Computer Game and Animation Design. Even better, SAU
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
1960-1969 Mike Kinard ’61 was appointed to a two-year term on the Arkansas Court of Appeals. Kinard, 75, is a Waldo native and received undergraduate and graduate degrees from Southern State College and the University of Arkansas. Kinard has occasionally been mentioned as a possible appointee to several
A year after the kick-off of the “Raise the Roof ” pavilion initiative, the SAU Alumni Relations Board has decided to make it a three-year capital campaign to allow more time for funding a structure that will better meet the present and future needs of SAU, the alumni, and the Magnolia community. The vote came under
