The rising popularity of gaming has made a tremendous impact on Southern Arkansas University which has met the demand by adding a Game Animation Design major, eSports teams, and a new Gaming Hub to its offerings.
Four Southern Arkansas University students have been offered admission to Pharmacy School at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock.
Magnolia Junior High School hosted its 2019 Science Fair on Monday.
Central Elementary School held its 2019 Science Fair judging on Monday, December 9.
Emerson High School will host its Homecoming Ceremony at 5:30 p.m. Friday.
Each month at Central Elementary School in Magnolia, teachers choose a "Student of the Month" from their homeroom.
Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Arkansas, Inc., has donated $100,000 to Southern Arkansas University’s new poultry science facility.
Keri Hamilton, Magnolia High School English Department teacher and chairperson, has become one of 3,831 new National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs).
Southern Arkansas University has launched the boldest fundraising initiative in its 110-year history.
The Magnolia School Board held its regular meeting Monday evening.
Karly Chambers, a senior accounting major from El Dorado, learned valuable lessons about herself and picked up some new skills to be applied to her future career goals by attending Beta Gamma Sigma’s Global Leadership Summit in Chicago.
Southern Arkansas University trustees will meet at 8:30 a.m. Friday, December 13 in Room 210 of the Reynolds Center.
The Arkansas State University System Board of Trustees approved Friday a merger agreement and transition plan with Henderson State University.
As part of a statewide education program, Columbia County Conservation District is offering a $500 scholarship for a local high school student, according to Dr. Mark Bryan, chairman of the district.
Dr. Andrew Beaupré of the Arkansas Archaeological Survey will speak to the Southern Arkansas University chapter at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Emerson Elementary School held its Spelling Bee recently.
South Arkansas Community College in El Dorado held a formal reopening of its Thomas Administration Building on November 21.
The Wesley Foundation at Southern Arkansas University will sponsor an “all you can eat” chili supper and bake sale from 5-7 p.m. Sunday at 111 E. University.
Magnolia High School hosted its first-ever Advanced Placement (AP) Banquet on Monday, honoring a number of students for their accomplishments.
Taylor Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) members received awards on Wednesday at the organization’s District 5 Fall Conference at the University of Arkansas Community-Hope.
Southern Arkansas University’s fall commencement ceremonies are scheduled for Friday, December 13 in the W.T. Watson Athletic Center.
The 36th Annual Celebration of Lights at Southern Arkansas University on Thursday will bring holiday cheer to the campus.
Erin Burch, a senior psychology major at Southern Arkansas University, has turned a research project into a springboard to deliver a presentation to a national conference in New Orleans this February.
Midnight Wednesday is the deadline to register for the 2020 Southern Arkansas University Alumni & Friends Travel Group journey to Iceland.
Emerson High School has been awarded a 2019-2020 Weyerhaeuser Giving Fund Grant in the amount of $5,000.
Henderson State University’s Department of Nursing will enhance its Health Education Simulation Center (HESC) with additional OB and pediatric simulation equipment, thanks to a $149,265 grant from the Blue & You Foundation.
Louisiana Tech University held its fall commencement ceremony Saturday, November 16 in the Thomas Assembly Center.
Azaleas, crape myrtles, Japanese maples and other thin-barked woody plants may be in for a rough year in 2020.
ARKADELPHIA -- Ouachita Baptist University music students earned 12 finalist honors at the 2019 National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Southern Region Conference and Student Auditions.
Mark Keith, superintendent of the Camden Fairview School District, announced his resignation on Wednesday in a letter to district employees.
Dr. Suzzette Shaw Goldmon, director of Hospitality and Tourism Initiatives at the University of Arkansas at Monticello, will participate in the Delta Regional Authority’s (DRA) Delta Leadership Institute (DLI.)
Southern Arkansas University Tech (SAU Tech) has announced its selection by the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program to be eligible to apply for the Aspen Prize.
Julie Workman, a doctoral student at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, recently won the Research-in-Progress Award at the Mid-South Educational Research Association conference in New Orleans.
A unique Tyson Foods grant will benefit the Department of Agricultural Education, Communications and Technology at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
Things were different in North America 90 million years ago.
Jon Merryman, Ouachita Baptist University’s director of alumni relations and the Ouachita Student Foundation, recently was appointed as a commissioner to the Alumni Affairs Directors Group with the national Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU).
Southern Arkansas University officials have dedicated a portion of Laney Farm off Columbia County Road 13 to a “Sensitive Scientific Study Area.”
Arkansas college students are invited to enter the 20th anniversary of the Arkansas Governor’s Cup Collegiate Business Plan competition.
Southern Arkansas University broke ground Monday on one new building and an expansion for another.
Tracy Young and his wife, Lisa Johnson-Young, graduates of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, will assist students from El Dorado and Eureka Springs with a new Advance Arkansas scholarship.
Southern Arkansas University will break ground today for one new building, and the expansion of another.
Dr. Barbara Rutter, a 2013 alum of Southern Arkansas University’s College of Science and Engineering, returned to her undergraduate alma mater on Wednesday, November 20, 2019, to talk to engineering freshmen about her specialty: making explosions.
The ninth grade Bible class at Columbia Christian School recently packed 16 Operation Christmas Child boxes.
Lafayette County Elementary School has named its students of the month for November.
The Alpha Gamma Iota Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society at South Arkansas Community College inducted several new members recently. Membership requires faculty and staff recommendation, at least a 3.5 grade-point average.
Louisiana Tech University has announced the names of students on its Fall 2019 quarter president’s and dean’s honor lists.
Prescott’s school district is looking at getting off the grid and going solar.
Henderson State University trustees on Thursday approved a merger and transition plan that will make the Arkadelphia institution part of the Arkansas State University system.
Six Magnolia FFA trap-shooting teams recently participated in the 2019 Arkansas FFA Shooting Sports Contest.
Two South Arkansas Community College staff members, who were children in Dallas when President John Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, will make a special presentation from noon to 1 p.m. today at the SouthArk Library.
The 36th Annual Celebration of Lights at Southern Arkansas University on Thursday, December 5 promises holiday cheer.