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.
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.
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
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
Southern Arkansas University and its athletic department are pleased to announce the renewal of the men’s and women’s track and field programs starting in the fall of 2014. The programs will compete under the NCAA classification of outdoor track and field and will have their championship season in the spring
In a span of just four days this spring, both the Southern Arkansas University baseball and softball teams hoisted Great American Conference (GAC) Championship trophies. Not only was it the first SAU softball championship, it was the first time that the two SAU athletic programs had won a conference championship
The SAU Hallman Scholarship continues to attract top science female recruits as the 2014 recipients include a 16-year-old engineering student from Phoenix, Ariz., and a pre-nursing major from Little Rock. The Hallman Scholarship is awarded through the SAU Foundation and provides $10,000 annually for a female student in the SAU
In a dramatic kickoff for an engineering fundraising campaign by Southern Arkansas University, Albemarle and the Albemarle Foundation have donated a total of $200,000 to create the SAU Albemarle Endowed Professor of Engineering. On May 27, 2014, representatives from SAU were given a check for $60,000 from Albemarle Foundation representatives
Gabrielle Davis has a big heart and big plans for her future, and she never thought about taking her ambitions anywhere other than Southern Arkansas University. Davis, 18, of Magnolia, was recently selected among a statewide pool of applicants as the 2014 recipient of the Pringle Scholarship through the Arkansas
There are currently at least 28 Mulerider alums in superintendent positions in Arkansas, and more aspiring principals and superintendents will be able to earn their credentials thanks to SAU’s new online Educational Leadership Programs. The Arkansas Department of Education and the Arkansas Department of Higher Education both recently approved online
