Southern Arkansas University

The Southern Arkansas University Rodeo Team has earned their 13th consecutive trip to the College National Rodeo Finals in Casper, Wyoming.

Neha Shrestha, a junior psychology major and international student at Southern Arkansas University, was recently elected Undergraduate Representative for the Southwestern Psychological Association (SWPA). She is the first SAU student to have earned this distinction.

Southern Arkansas University’s Spring Commencement ceremonies are scheduled for Friday, May 3, 2019. A total of 436 candidates for graduation will be recognized in four ceremonies.

Cait Light of Spring Hill, Arkansas, was crowned Miss Southern Arkansas University on March 2, 2019, and will compete in the 2019 Miss Arkansas Pageant June 8-16 in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Michael Womack, faculty accompanist at Southern Arkansas University, has been named a 2019 Collaborative Piano Intern by the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Fifteen members have been selected to participate in the 2019 NATS Intern Program, a 10-day forum pairing experienced and recognized master teachers with talented early career members. The Class of 2019 NATS Interns includes 12 vo

The Southern Arkansas University Alumni Association, Inc., will honor nine outstanding SAU alumni during the organization’s annual Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner on Thursday, May 2, 2019.

The Southern Arkansas University 24th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Memorial March and Ceremony is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. Monday, January 21, 2019.

The SAU Band is growing by leaps and bounds and will not only expand its rehearsal room in 2019, but fill its own residence hall.

Class proposals for next summer’s Mulerider Kids College and Mulerider Teen College at Southern Arkansas University will be accepted beginning Friday, November 30, 2018. Deadline for submissions is January 15, 2019. The Mulerider Kids College (MKC) morning and afternoon camps will be June 24-27, 2019, from 8 a.m. to noon and 1-5 p.m. Mulerider Teen College (MTC) is set for 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. July

Megan (Maye) McCurdy has been named Southern Arkansas University’s Director of Alumni Relations in an announcement by SAU President Dr. Trey Berry and SAU Alumni Association Board of Directors Chair Bobby Thompson.

The Office of Community Education at Southern Arkansas University has an interesting selection of affordable non-credit class options available for the public this fall.

Benjamin Facundo, a senior at Southern Arkansas University, recently participated in the World Saxophone Congress in Zagreb, Croatia. Facundo performed with the Arkansas Saxophones Choir, an ensemble comprised of professionals, teachers and students of the saxophone.