Category: Winter 2017

SAU plans to bring back poultry studies

Southern Arkansas University is developing a new poultry complex to improve instruction and, it is hoped, create more candidates for jobs in the Arkansas poultry industry. Dr. Jeffry Miller, Ralph Boulware Professor of Agriculture and chair of the Department of Agriculture, said the University has for the past year been

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Bachri earns Honor Professor and named interim dean for CoSE

Dr. Abdel Bachri, associate professor of physics, has been named interim dean of the College of Science and Engineering. He will serve in this capacity following the resignation of Dr. Scott McKay, who has accepted a similar position in South Dakota. In making the announcement, Dr. David Lanoue, SAU provost

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Finding the poetry: Kelly delivers Mallory Distinguished Lecture

Dr. Donika Kelly, a 2005 alumnus of Southern Arkansas University, delivered the Kathleen Mallory Distinguished Lecture Series program on April 4 at SAU, reading to her audience “love poems” from her first published collection, Bestiary. The date would have marked the 80th birthday of Mallory, who taught Kelly – formerly

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New media degree at SAU

Southern Arkansas University this fall has introduced a new concentration of study in the Art and Design department. A BFA in Fine Art emphasizing Interactive Media and Marketing is now available, said Dr. Helmut Langerbein, dean of the College of Liberal and Performing Arts. The 120-hour program brings together the

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First Ed Leadership Hall of Fame class inducted

Four area educators were inducted into the Educational Leadership Hall of Fame at Southern Arkansas University on April 13. Honored were Jason Sanders, superintendent of Ashdown schools; John Ward, superintendent of Magnolia schools; DeMarcus Green, principal, Kilpatrick Elementary School in Texarkana, Ark.; and Jody Vines, principal, Washington Middle School in

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Growing a life and career

Dr. J. David Ashby, retired professor of economics and finance at Southern Arkansas University, has been designated the status of Professor Emeritus by the SAU Board of Trustees, an honor he said surprised him. “I have known people who taught at SAU for much longer periods than I did who

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SAU contributes to disaster relief in Houston

Southern Arkansas University faculty, staff and students are working to provide relief to residents of Texas stricken by Hurricane Harvey and others affected by recent disasters. SAU is showing its caring spirit by putting together a response to the flooding in Houston and surrounding areas. “Helping Hands for Houston” is

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