Three years of rebuilding the Southern Arkansas football program finally paid off in the fourth season for Head Coach Bill Keopple and his coaching staff as the Muleriders erased a six-year drought in finishing a stellar 2012 campaign with an 8-2 regular season record and at third in the Great
SAU volleyball ended a historic season in the GAC semi-finals. SAU wrapped up its third consecutive successful season, reaching the semi-finals for the second straight year. The team’s 23-12 record was the most wins and the second-best NCAA finish since the 1996 squad went 27-10. They finished the GAC regular
Growing up in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area of Texas, Don Unamba had a single focus. “I grew up thinking football. I have never wanted to do anything else,” he said. Growing up in a state known for its love of football, Unamba watched his brother, Trumaine Johnson, on the gridiron
The father of Southern Arkansas University’s band program, Richard Owen Oliver, became the first band director at Magnolia A&M College, now SAU, in 1948. Over the next 23 years, he shared his love of music and knowledge of technical skills with a generation of students, bringing recognition to the SAU
The Varsitonians, the Magnolia A&M and SSC swing band, for some 30 years brought Benny Goodman-style jazz and dance music to thousands of students and citizens of south Arkansas and, once, even to Paris, France. French language professor Charles E. Haydon organized the first Varsitonians in 1936, drawing musicians from
I attended Magnolia A&M (SAU) in 1933 – and first semester half of ‘34, majoring in Home Economics. My husband, Arlin Cross, also was at A&M for 5 years, finishing high school and 2 years of college. We left A&M in the later part of 1934, married – ready to
Every year, Southern Arkansas University students, faculty, and members of the community have an opportunity to set out on a grand adventure to learn first-hand meaningful world history. This past year was no exception. A group of travelers, which included 14 SAU students, embarked on a journey to explore the
Southern Arkansas University celebrated endowments completed in 2011-2012 fiscal year at the recent SAU Foundation Honor Society’s Dinner held Nov. 9. The Endowment Honor Wall in the Donald W. Reynolds Campus and Community Center main hall recognizes completed endowments, which include these endowments completed during the year: William L. and
Agriculture Center dedication on January 25, 12:00 p.m. Southern Arkansas University prides itself on giving students the best educational opportunities with access to technologically-advanced facilities. Introducing agricultural facilities to the region began in 1909 with the Third District Agricultural School. SAU is building on that tradition while investing in a
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
