Southern Arkansas University

South Arkansas historian presents lecture on prohibition

Kate Archer Kent — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:25:41 +0000

Eighty years after the repeal of prohibition, author and historian Ben Johnson will present a program on Arkansas’ history of regulating alcohol manufacturing, sales and consumption. Johnson is a history professor at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, and author of “John Barleycorn Must Die: The War Against Drink in Arkansas.” Johnson said the tug-of-war over alcohol in dry counties still prevails.

Southern Arkansas University adds game development to arts degree

Kate Archer Kent — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:46:16 +0000

Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia is expanding its bachelor of fine arts program to train students in the areas of game design, animation and emerging media. The school has a new job posting for an assistant professor with this expertise. SAU's art and design department head Dan May says students will begin formal course work in this area next fall.

Southern Arkansas University remembers slain horse through scholarship

Kate Archer Kent — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:16:57 +0000

Southern Arkansas University's foundation director Jeanie Bismark says a surge of online contributions made an endowed scholarship possible in honor of rodeo horse Credit Card. Five horses were stolen from Mulerider Stables last year and Credit Card was later found with a slashed throat. Bismark says the scholarship will benefit a rodeo student and enhance this intercollegiate sport at SAU.

Designers from New York and San Francisco meet in Magnolia, Ark., for a forum

Kate Archer Kent — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:43:04 +0000

Designers from the likes of Apple and Nike will be in Magnolia, Arkansas, April 3 to discuss this question: Are the arts necessary in a depressed economy? The forum is at Southern Arkansas University's Foundation Hall at 2 p.m.