Being active on campus leads students to a number of activities, but few have the opportunity to be called the official Southern Arkansas University Mulerider. Megan Maye, a freshman general business major from Mena, was chosen in February from a field of 11 SAU students who applied to be the
Most incoming college freshmen hug their parents at the end of move-in day and send them back home. Duston Brown sent his parents a few hundred yards away as they were becoming Muleriders with him. The Brown family has five students enrolled at Southern Arkansas University: father, David; mother, Hilda;
In his extensive career in law enforcement, Southern Arkansas University Police Chief Eric Plummer understands the significance of communication, especially in an emergency situation. Since coming to SAU in 2007, Plummer has spear-headed the activation of a mass notification system network with campus safety in mind. The first component was
Fincher Hall, Southern Arkansas University’s newest residence hall, is known as the learning and living hall. With its mission of service in mind, residents joined with others to organize several fundraising opportunities during the spring semester that resulted in a meaningful donation of $32,127 for the Arkansas School for the
Monroe Ingram (former faculty) was inducted into the University of Central Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame. Ingram led the Bears basketball team in scoring both 1958 and 1959 and was an All-AIC first-team selection both years. He went on to a distinguished coaching and teaching career at Southern Arkansas University
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
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
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
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
For the past two years, Dr. Chrisanne Christensen, associate professor of psychology at Southern Arkansas University, and other faculty in the department have put community service into action as an optional part of the curriculum. Though the faculty of the department are involved in many community-related projects, one that is
