SAU Honors College: Class of 2010 to Matriculate Sunday

SAU Honors College

The SAU Honors College was founded in 2003 by Dr. David Rankin, president of SAU. Dr. Lynne Belcher served as founding director and is retired from SAU. The Honors College seeks and admits qualified students who seek to pursue a serious academic program with equally gifted peers and committed teachers. Honors classes are small and provide academically enriching opportunities for students and the faculty who teach them. Currently, SAU enrolls nearly 170 honors students and graduates about 66% of admitees in four years or less. Anyone interested in applying to the Honors College or seeking further information should contact the director, Dr. Edward P. Kardas at epkardas@saumag.edu or at 870 904-8897.

Friday, August 27, 2010

Class of 2010 to Matriculate Sunday

Composite photograph of the SAU Honors College 2010 entering class (click on photo to see a larger version).

On Sunday, August 29 the SAU Honors College will hold its annual Matriculation Ceremony. This year we welcome 52 new students, our largest class ever. Included in that class are four sophomores who successfully petitioned for admission based upon their freshman grades at SAU. Also included in this year's class is a junior transfer student from SAU Tech in Camden.

Thanks to the generosity of the governor and the legislature the largest contingent of honors students hails from Arkansas. Thirty two students, including six from Magnolia, chose to enroll in the Honors College. Texas and the world tied for second with eight students apiece. The Honors College class includes international students from Nepal (3), Nigeria, Korea, Malaysia, and Bulgaria. The remaining four students came from the states of Louisiana, Florida, Minnesota, and California.

SAU Honors College