The grand entry highlighted the official Grand Opening of the $4.4 million SAU Story Arena on Nov. 6, 2014, on the opening night of the 2014 SAU Intercollegiate Rodeo. “This SAU Rodeo is the heart of what this facility is all about. Story Arena will bring together the community as
The MBA program at Southern Arkansas University was recently recognized by the Affordable Colleges Foundation’s “Best Online MBA Programs for 2014-15.” SAU’s MBA was ranked 19 of the 68 schools making the list, and was the only program in Arkansas honored. “We in the SAU College of Business are proud
Two South Arkansas schools got help with library makeovers during the 2014 summer thanks to student volunteer projects as a part of SAU’s Library Media and Information Specialist graduate program. Del Duke, SAU LMIS instructor, worked with the librarians at Oscar Hamilton Elementary School in Foreman and Arkansas High School
SAU’s new assistant professor of criminal justice, Louis Roy, started his teaching career in the Marines as an explosives instructor. He has ignited the SAU criminal justice program with his energy, ideas, and initiatives, including a week-long criminal justice youth academy coming in the summer. From June 7-13, 2015, a
GenCorp Foundation, the philanthropic arm of GenCorp and its subsidiary company Aerojet Rocketdyne of Camden, has committed $40,000 over the next two years for the new engineering program at SAU. The College of Science and Engineering plans to purchase equipment for testing the tensile stress and compressive strength of different
A Southern Arkansas University physics student won for the second year in a row at the competitive Arkansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) Research Conference held Nov. 7-8 in Fayetteville. Joshua Grant earned first place honors in Physics Poster for his work titled, “Growth and Initial Characterization of
SAU senior Carli Langley ran away with this year’s cross country season, culminating with the Great American Conference Individual Championship and GAC Runner of the Year honors after finishing nearly a minute ahead of the second-place finisher. “I’ve waited for this race for months, years even to cross that finish
Through an investment of approximately $2 million, SAU plans to build a new softball field house and completely rebuild its track and field facility. Construction is expected to begin on both projects in 2015, and there are opportunities for alumni and friends to be involved. “These projects represent more than
The 2014 SAU Sports Hall of Fame inductees are recognized at the homecoming football game. Inductees included Tony Garcia (Baseball), Don Henson (Football), David Kirkpatrick (Baseball), Jim Leonard (Football), Stephanie Manning (Women’s Track), James Pettitt (Football), Krystal Poulin (Softball), Ken Schmidt (Football), and Michelle Shoppach (Coach – Volleyball).
