Category: Summer 2020

Zachary Shealy ’18: On the front lines in healthcare

Zachary Shealy, a 2018 graduate of SAU’s nursing program, applied his skills to the front lines of the pandemic at a hospital in Mineola, N.Y. The Texarkana, Texas, native began working at NYU Winthrop Hospital on April 12, gaining valuable experience as a traveling nurse and doing what he loves:

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Grant Smith ’05 helping state agencies work remotely

A 2005 graduate of Southern Arkansas University is putting his education to the test for the State of Arkansas during the worldwide pandemic. Grant Smith, Software Lead Engineer for the Department of Information Systems, is helping meet the Governor’s goal of moving essential services online due to the coronavirus. He

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From the President: A Time for Heroes

Over the past one-hundred years, we know that the U.S. has faced many periods of struggle and crisis. From the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-20, the Great Depression, World War II, and the Civil Rights struggle, just to name a few. Through all of these times, we have persevered. We

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Ray Burns sets out on another MISSION

Love of country and a desire to help his fellow Americans battle a new enemy, coronavirus, led Ray Burns, a World War II veteran, Columbia County native and former student at Magnolia A&M, to walk to raise money for virus relief. Born on Aug. 5, 1920, Burns walked 100km –

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Why I give: Joey Baker

A desire to generously give back to his community in a significant way inspired Joey Baker (77) to endow the Emerson, Arkansas Scholarship for students from his hometown who choose to make Southern Arkansas University their college home. “Emerson School and SAU helped shape who I am today,” Baker said.

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Ed.D. in Rural and Diverse Educational Leadership

Southern Arkansas University is now approved to begin offering its first doctoral- level degree according to a recent decision by its regional accreditor, the Higher Learning Commission. SAU’s first cohort of doctoral students will be admitted in Fall 2021 to pursue the title of Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Rural

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