Kristina and Kelsie Madison both credit the Southern Arkansas University Rankin College of Business (RCB) with changing their lives for the better. The mother and daughter duo had the chance to catch up and visit with mutual professors in February when Kristina was invited to participate in The Executive Network.
Despite not having a volleyball or basketball game played in it since the end of February, the seemingly dormant W.T. Watson Center was brought to life and bore witness to a magical moment on March 29 as over 300 Southern Arkansas University student-athletes, coaches and administrators were on hand to
Faculty, staff, and agriculture students from SAU attended the Arkansas FFA State Convention this year not only to share their love for SAU with future Muleriders, but to also present educational workshops, participate in college information panels, and provide extra hands in helping with the state leadership contests. More than
Southern Arkansas University computer science and engineering students have benefited from grants to their respective research projects from NASA. Projects involving 3D modeling and data mining are underway thanks to grant proposals written by faculty. The projects will not only result in new discoveries, but launch the students into their
Two students from locales that might not ordinarily be associated with Arkansas have found a home at Southern Arkansas University. Gabrielle Gleason, a sophomore Elementary Education major from Hilo, Hawaii, and Levi Myers, a freshman who spent many years living in Fairbanks, Alaska, bring their unique personalities to SAU. Gleason
Southern Arkansas University continued strengthening its relations with Cuba by sending delegates to an international conference in Havana in February 2018. Dr. Trey Berry, president of SAU; Dr. Ed Kardas, Honors College director; Petr Kandidatov, director of ESL; Dr. Juping Wang, associate professor of Spanish; Steven Ochs, professor of art;
A dazzling football career that started by catching the attention of Mulerider fans in 2001, Nik Lewis continued to rack up receptions and records throughout his acclaimed 14-year run in the Canadian Football League (CFL). In Lewis’ stellar three-year career at SAU, he became a two-time All-America First-Team selection at
This past November it was announced that both the men’s and women’s tennis programs at Southern Arkansas University were going to make a comeback and resume competition beginning in the fall of 2018. The announcement made by SAU President Dr. Trey Berry and Director of Athletics Steve Browning echoed a
The SAU Band has grown by such leaps and bounds in the past 10 years that it has necessitated the physical growth of the Band Hall, said J.P. Wilson, director of bands and assistant professor of music. Wilson said plans call for Magale Rehearsal Room to be increased from 3,264
The Master of Public Administration program at SAU already has alumni making an impact regionally and globally, and this program’s reach is expected to multiply with the restructuring that started in the fall. The new MPA Program Director, Dr. Amber Overholser, who joined the SAU family before the start of
