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
Dr. James Willis Contributing The championship Mulerider football team of 1972 learned a lifetime of lessons from Coach James “Sonny” Whittington – lessons that made a difference on the gridiron and in life. His enduring influence in their lives sparked a group of alumni teammates to start an endowment in
It’s rare to find someone with the ability to seamlessly blend a career and personal passions with service, but Chair of Biology Dr. Claude Baker does it beautifully. Everything he does is with a heart of service beating behind it, even using class time to teach while offering volunteer service,
As a child growing up in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Terence Lee imagined himself doing a lot of things “I wanted to be a video game designer, professional soccer player, pilot and, even now, I still want to be Iron Man,” he said, with his own brand of understated humor. Having
Miss SAU Ashley Walthall is no stranger to pageants. Though she has done pageants since elementary school, her pageant career became more serious at the age of 13 – at the same time her father, Ret. Sgt. First Class Teddy Walthall, deployed to Iraq with his National Guard unit based
Family is a strong bond for the Odom family of El Dorado – so is their individual desire to achieve dreams. Four of the Odom siblings entrusted their dream building to Southern Arkansas University. That noble desire would land Michael, Jeanette Rodriguez, Nathan, and Mary Katherine Endel on the SAU
Representing 30 countries around the globe, Southern Arkansas University’s 100-plus international students find support and friendship in the southern Arkansas community and campus programs. Leaving their families to travel around the world in pursuit of a quality education takes courage and perseverance and requires adapting. According to Director of International
George Butler was interested in Southern Arkansas University the minute he saw the President’s Ambassadors on the Mulerider Express on YouTube. Making friends on Facebook with some of those same President’s Ambassadors, he was impressed by how friendly they were and how much they seemed to love the University. He
Southern Arkansas University has a long-standing tradition of community involvement. For the past five years, the Magnolia campus has been nationally recognized on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll and in 2012 received the additional honor “with distinction.” The only university in Arkansas to receive the unique honor,
In her relatively short life, Klaire Blasco Vine has learned a lot about the value of family, a good education and diversity. Raised by her mother, Klaire and her sister moved from place to place. They left California for Mexico when she was about five years old and she has
