Category: By Issue

In Memory of

1920-1929 Hubert Leister ’29, May 26, 2007 1930-1939 Edith (Holcombe) Bass ’39, January 26, 2014 Clyde L. Dickens Calliotte ’38, June 9, 2014 Laura (Nell) Caloway ’39, February 27, 2009 Zilpha (Keith) Cazes ’32, October 23, 2011 Mary (Neill) Crawford ’39, March 6, 2013 Myrtle (Flaherty) Edington ’39, July 17,

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Little Muleriders

Brycen Richard Gray was born to Amanda (Wood) ’09 and John David Gray ’05 on February 6, 2013. Brycen weighed 10.5 pounds and was 24 inches long. Brycen was welcomed into the world by grandparents Donna and Joe Lawrence ’02, of El Dorado; great grandparents Carolyn and Kelli “Dale” Wood

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Weddings

Andra (Barnette) ’12 and Landon Owens (current student), both of Monticello, were married on May 11, 2014, at Spring Lake Camp in Hot Springs, Ark. Katie (Grimmett) ’12, of Junction City, Ark., and Carter Jones ’12, of Lewisville, Ark., were married on May 3, 2014, at Iron Mountain Baptist Church

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SAU Alumni Association receives record gift for pavilion

Thanks to a record gift to the Southern Arkansas University Alumni Association, plans for their pavilion are ahead of schedule to raise the roof on “Mulegating” and other campus and community events. SAU alum Laura Lusby Winning and her husband Kyle, of Little Rock, recently donated funds to name the

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Australia-New Zealand Trip

The group from the SAU Foundation’s South Seas Wonders trip poses for a photo amidst travels from Australia to New Zealand. Pictured, front row from left, Lawrence and Ann Oliver Bearden, Jeanie Bismark, Lauretta and Travis Buchanan; second row from left, Mark Bearden, Paula Boaz, and Judy Brazell; and back

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Tulip River Cruise

  The SAU Foundation trip walks in the beautiful Keukenhof Garden in the Netherlands during the Tulip River Cruise. Pictured, from left, are Jeanie Bismark, Linda Shinn Grace, Sarah Shinn Newton, Anne and Nate Evers, Peggy and Lamar Lee, Molly Burns, and Dr. John and Harriet Alexander.

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The Gift of Giving

By Rosie Lee Matlock-Muldrew SAU Class of 1985 Serves on the SAU Foundation Board of Governors I was born in McKamie, Arkansas, and graduated from Stamps High School in 1980. On graduation night, I watched a number of my classmates receive thousands of dollars in scholarships to attend various colleges.

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SAU Foundation Board of Governors

The Foundation Board of Governors Chair Jerry Mayfield and SAU President Dr. David Rankin recently recognized retiring SAU Foundation Governors. Retiring members of the Foundation Board of Governors include: • Debbie Arnold ’85 of Magnolia, with six years of service and one term as chair of the Board • Lawrence

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Endowed scholarship established in husband’s memory

The Robert E. Upperman endowment becomes a part of the SAU Foundation General Endowment managed by the SAU Foundation Board of Governors. Named endowments, listed on the Endowment Honor Wall in the Reynolds Center, provide a perpetual source of income for the purposes selected by the donors. Endowments are designed

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