Category: Summer 2011

Weddings

Kerri (Kitchens)’88 and M.Ed. ’93 was married to Steven E. Ochs, professor of art at SAU. The wedding, an outdoor fall ceremony, took place at Overlook 28 at Lake DeGray with Brother Perry Johnson of Central Baptist Church of Prescott presiding over the ceremony. Kerri is currently a psychology instructor

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Anniversaries

Joan (Root) ’46 and Jesse R. Johnson ’44 of Antioch, Tenn., recently made a gift to the University in celebration of their 64th wedding anniversary.

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Little Muleriders

Virginia (Ambrose) ’02 and Bryce Harman ’04 proudly announce the birth of their son, Percival (Percy) Harman, born March 27, 2011, in Great Falls, Mont. He weighed 4 lbs., 10 oz. and was 17 3/4 inches long.

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High Yield Shoes

It all started with a problem: Jessica Haynes wanted to wear her favorite pair of shoes, but the heel was broken. Now, more than three years later, Haynes and classmate Kaci Matthews have a solution that could revolutionize the footwear industry and make them millionaires. Haynes and Matthews are graduate

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Rip Powell Tournament

Alumni and friends of the University gathered at the Magnolia Country Club on March 17 to honor the memory of long-time Mulerider football coach Rip Powell with the Rip Powell Invitational Golf Tournament. The event was sponsored by the SAU Foundation with proceeds benefiting the “Rip Powell Society.” Funds from

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Champagne Bingo raises money for new arena

The Southern Arkansas University Alumni Association sponsored a champagne bingo event hosted in the “barn” of Therral and Jan Story. The crowd dined on gourmet cheeses, fruits and petit fors while entertained by author Myra McLarey, Jeff Smart and Beth Anne Rankin. The February gathering drew more than 200 people

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Four Queens

Southern Arkansas University is home to four reigning queens, who are headed to Hot Springs July 13 to participate in the Miss Arkansas Pageant. No stranger to pageants, former Miss SAU Valerie Brown, 22, a senior biology major, will compete wearing the Miss Texarkana crown and banner. This will be

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