Jim Gunter to speak at Honors Matriculation

Associate Justice Jim Gunter of the Arkansas Supreme Court.

Associate Justice Jim Gunter of the Arkansas Supreme Court will be the main speaker at the SAU Honors College annual Matriculation Ceremony. Gunter received his BBA from Texas A&M University and his JD from the University of Houston. He was elected to the Arkansas Supreme Court in 2004.

Previously, he practiced law in Hope, Arkansas. He also was a prosecuting attorney in the 8th Judicial District. Since 1991 he has served as a circuit judge and a chancery judge in the 8th Judicial District. Gunter is a member of the American Bar Association, the Arkansas Bar Association, the Southwest Arkansas Bar Association, and the Hempstead County Bar Association. He is also a past president of the Arkansas Judicial Council.

He serves on several committees of the Arkansas Supreme court, is chair of the Arkansas Judicial College Education Committee and the Alternate Dispute Committee. He is active in several community organizations including the Calvary Baptist Church of Hope, the Boy Scouts of America, the Lions Club, and Habitat for Humanity.

The SAU Honors College is privileged to host Judge Gunter's visit to our campus and is grateful to SAU graduate and Honors Council member Dr. David Peppers for making it possible.

The Matriculation Ceremony will be held in the Foundation Hall of the Donald W. Reynold Campus and Community Center starting at 2 p.m. on Sunday, August 29, 2010. A reception will follow the ceremony in the Grand Hall. The Honors College will welcome 52 new students, a record number that represents a 62.5% increase in enrollment over last year's class. The public is invited to attend both the ceremony and the reception.

For further information, contact Edward P. Kardas, PhD, Director of the SAU Honors College at (870) 904-8897 or by e-mailing epkardas@saumag.edu.