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The 36th Annual Celebration of Lights at Southern Arkansas University on December 5, 2019, promises holiday cheer with joyful displays, festive food and song, free photos with Santa, and a special holiday presentation of “The Santa Clause 3: Escape Clause.”

Southern Arkansas University’s Theatre Department will entertain audiences with its production of “Little Women,” the timeless story of Louisa May Alcott, November 20-24, 2019, at Harton Theatre.

Emma Reed and Morgan Seymore were honored with the selection to serve as volunteers for the Educational Development & Evaluation Team during the 2019 National FFA Convention. Only 20 students were chosen from across the United States to serve in this leadership role. As future agricultural educators, this service will provide them with countless learning opportunities.

An enthusiastic crowd gathered at Southern Arkansas University’s Alumni Center on Monday, Nov. 4, 2019, to hear Hollywood producer and SAU alumnus Harry Thomason celebrate his first book.

Wear your patriotic colors to Southern Arkansas University’s annual Veterans Day tribute from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Monday, November 11, 2019. The event will be held at the Reynolds Center, Grand Hall, on the University campus.

Famed Hollywood producer Harry Thomason, an alumnus of Southern Arkansas University, will be in Magnolia on Monday, November 4, 2019, to celebrate the publication of his first book. The newly released book Brother Dog: Southern Tales and Hollywood Adventures, is a collection of personal stories from Thomason’s childhood in Arkansas.

SAU’s eSports and Competitive Gaming program is growing by leaps and bounds, having doubled in size since its inception last year and looking to add more options to its already generous slate of game offerings.

JB and the Moonshine Band will headline the annual Free Fall Concert at Southern Arkansas University on Thursday, October 24, at the SAU Alumni Center. Gates open at 7 p.m. and the concert begins at 8 p.m. Admission is free for everyone.

Southern Arkansas University is proud to celebrate Homecoming the week of October 14-19, 2019, with a full week of exciting events and activities.

The increasingly global world is demanding graduates that can solve cross-cultural problems and think globally. Southern Arkansas University is satisfying this demand by continuing to diversify their degree offerings with the addition of a BBA in International Business. The approval of this degree program was just one of the items on the agenda for the Southern Arkansas University Board of Trustee

Sisters Reagan and Ryann Grubbs, both graduates of Southern Arkansas University, will have the unique distinction of competing simultaneously in the Miss Arkansas 2020 Pageant.

With a grateful heart and a passion for her alma mater, Caleigh Moyer accepts the promotion to Director of Communications and Marketing. She is a 2017 Agriculture Business graduate and recently received her MBA in Supply Chain Management, both from Southern Arkansas University.