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 recently 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.

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

SAU NCHC Student Presentations 2013 NOLA

 The SAU Honors College is proud that the following students will present their work at the annual meeting of the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) in November in New Orleans.

Comparative Study of Motivation between Honors and Non-Honors University Students

Friday, November 8, 2013: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Napoleon B3-C3 (Sheraton New Orleans Hotel)

Pui Tan, Southern Arkansas University

Are honors students more academically motivated than their non-honors peers? This study sought to determine motivational differences between honors and non-honors university students. This study also attempted to measure the correlation between academic motivation and academic performance.



Stalking: What Information Is Conveyed to College Student Victims?

Friday, November 8, 2013: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Napoleon B3-C3 (Sheraton New Orleans Hotel)

Jesse Castleberry, Southern Arkansas University

Taylor Duke, Southern Arkansas University

Valerie Maangi, Southern Arkansas University

Taryn Sorsby, Southern Arkansas University

Deborah Wilson , Southern Arkansas University

Lindsey Witham, Southern Arkansas University

The study replicates research by Truman and Mustaine (2009) who examined webpages of higher learning institutes to determine if information was provided about stalking,and ease with which the information was located. Institutes' websites were reviewed to ascertain the extent to which campuses provide informationand resources to victims.



Life Changing: The Grand Canyon Semester as Text

Saturday, November 9, 2013: 10:30 AM - 11:20 AM

Borgne (Sheraton New Orleans Hotel)

Jessica Beutler , Portland State University

George Gumerman , Northern Arizona University

Deana Hughes, Southern Arkansas University

Katie Marascio , University of Arizona

Clara Nibbelink , University of Georgia

Jesse Peters , University of North Carolina at Pembroke

Sara Quay , Endicott College

Ariel Weiner , Northern Arizona University

The 2012 Grand Canyon Semester offered a life-changing immersion in the high mountains of northern Arizona and the deep canyon country of the Colorado Plateau. Faculty, students, and NCHC Semester Committee members discuss how participants were pushed to consider the world through different lenses and therefore transformed their own learning.

 Prospective Job Satisfaction of Male and Female Undergraduate Engineering Students in Arkansas

Friday, November 8, 2013: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Napoleon B3-C3 (Sheraton New Orleans Hotel)

Michelle Beavers, Southern Arkansas University

Hali Pinson, Southern Arkansas University

Zachary Pinson, Southern Arkansas University

NASA supported research inspired by studies showing that women engineers leave the profession at a higher rate led to development of a questionnaire from interviews of NASA engineers and previous research. Preliminary data show that female undergraduates have lower mathematical self-confidence and lower expectations of success in their engineering subfields.