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Fall Fest incorporates elements of HKR mission

For nearly 30 years, students from Southern Arkansas University’s health, kinesiology and recreation department have been taking the message of fitness and health to area elementary-age students with fun activities like the annual fishing derby and the fall festival. Dr. Margaret Downing started getting her students involved in the community

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The first El Dorado Promise student graduates from SAU

El Dorado-based Murphy Oil Corporation unveiled the $50 million El Dorado Promise scholarship program for El Dorado High School students in January 2007 – Ashley (Baldwin) Milam’s senior year. The groundbreaking promise guarantees a college scholarship to each EHS graduate. “It was so exciting,” said Milam. “It took my worries

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Valerie with Dr. Black in front of the Science Center

Valerie Brown

Valerie Brown always knew that she wanted to go to college. Growing up in Crossett, a town in southeast Arkansas’s delta, she was interested in everything from choreography to architecture and medicine, but she could never decide on a particular career path. That changed when she came to Southern Arkansas

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Winter 2011 Weddings

Megan Cole and William “Jason” Jackson were united in marriage on July 10, 2010. The bride is the daughter of Ken and Cathy Cole of Magnolia. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Jackson and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Whitley, all of Magnolia. The couple spent one

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Winter 2010 Memorials

1920-1929 Elsie Louise Jones ’26, July 18, 2010 1930-1939 Wade Parsley ’33, January 23, 1998 Dickie Thrash ’39, October 5, 2009 Lary Snider ’36, December 15, 2009 Malvin Awbrey ’38, May 14, 2010 Corbit White ’38, September 11, 2010 1940-1949 Owen Bud Moore ’47, September 7, 2010 Walter Ross ’41,

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