Southern Arkansas University
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| Established: | 1909, as Third District Agriculture School |
| Type: | Public University |
| President: | Dr. David Rankin |
| Students: | 3,109 (as of Fall 2005) |
| Undergraduates: | 2,876 |
| Postgraduates: | 233 |
| Location: | Magnolia, Arkansas, USA |
| Campus: | Co-educational; residential |
| Colors: | blue and gold |
| Nickname: | SAU Muleriders [1] |
| Mascot: | Muleriders |
| Website: | www.saumag.edu |
Southern Arkansas University, formerly the Third District Agricultural School serves as a public four-year institution. It is located in Magnolia, Arkansas.
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[edit] History
Southern Arkansas University was founded as the Third District Agricultural School in 1909. One of four such schools established by the Arkansas Legislature in that year. It officially opened in January 1911 as a district secondary school for southwest Arkansas. In 1925, the State Legislature authorized the school to add two years of college work to its curriculum and to change its name to Agricultural and Mechanical College, Third District.
It carried both high school and junior college courses until 1937, at which time the high school courses were discontinued. In the fall of 1949, the Board of Trustees, exercising authority vested in it by the State Legislature, decided to make the college into a four-year, degree-granting institution. The Board authorized the adding of third-year college courses to begin with the fall semester of 1950, and fourth-year or senior courses to begin with the fall semester of 1951. By Act Eleven, January 24, 1951, the State Legislature changed the name of the institution to Southern State College. In 1975, the college was approved and accredited to offer a master of education degree in selected academic areas. The name was changed to Southern Arkansas University on July 9, 1976. Southwest Technical Institute in Camden, Arkansas, joined the SAU system as Southern Arkansas University Tech in 1975.
[edit] Athletics
Southern Arkansas University is in the NCAA Division II as a member of the West Division of the Gulf South Conference.
The university's athletic nicknames are Muleriders and Lady Muleriders. The Muleriders take their name from the legend that the football team in the early 1900s had to ride mules from the college's agricultural department to catch the nearest train 6 miles north of the college in order to reach out-of-town football games. The teams are the only sports team in the US with the nickname and are often listed in top 10 lists of the most unusual or unique mascot names.
In each of 1953 and 1954, the then Southern State College Mulerider tennis team went undefeated winning the Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference in both singles and doubles and was invited by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to represent their district in their National Tennis Championships in 1953.
In 2006, The Mulerider baseball team won the Gulf South Conference championship.
In 2007, the Mulerider coed cheerleading squad competed at the NCA National Competition and placed 4th in Division II.
[edit] Facilities
The university operates eight residence halls: Bussey Hall (Females Only), East Hall, Greene Hall (Males Only), Harrod Hall, Honors Hall (North and South), Talbot Hall, and Talley Hall.[1] East Hall is the site of Residential College (Southern Arkansas University), a special program for freshmen which builds community and contact with faculty.[2]. SAU also has apartment-style living arrangements, called the University Village, which houses students who are at least juniors or of the age of 21.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Jordan Babineaux- NFL football player Seattle Seahawks
- Tracy Lawrence- Award winning country music performer
- Nik Lewis - CFL football player for Calgary Stampeders
- Fred Perry - CFL football player for Saskatchewan Roughriders
- Danny D. Scott - Newspaper publisher in Springhill, Louisiana
- Tommy Tuberville- Head football coach at Auburn University
[edit] Location
Southern Arkansas University is located in Magnolia, Arkansas which, as of the census of 2000, has a population of 10,858. The city is situated in the southwestern part of the state 50 miles east of Texarkana on U.S. Routes 79, 82, and 371.
[edit] Courses
Research Methods in Public Administration Research Methods in Public Administration has been offered since 2007 and is one of the core courses in the new Master's program in Public Administration
[edit] References
- ^ University Housing - Southern Arkansas University
- ^ Residential College - Southern Arkansas University
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