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.

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Honors Enrollment by College

Here are the latest SAU Honors College enrollment figures by College:


College          Honors           Regular         %honors
CoB                 24                   407                 5.90
CoE                 9                      489                 1.84
LPA                 38                   602                 6.31
S&T                77                   1019               7.56
ALL                 152                 2517               6.04

CoB = Business, CoE = Education, LPA = Liberal & Performing Arts, S&T = Science & Tech

Notice that the Honors College now enrolls 6% or more of all the students in three out of the four colleges. So, an obvious place for internal expansion is the College of Education. 

Soon, these numbers should grow as the Honors 2 + 2 program kicks in. Our two current partners, SAU Tech and College of the Ouachitas, already report enrolling 18 students. The Honors College is in discussion with three other two-years colleges so, eventually, Honors 2 + 2 enrollment could account for as many as 30 new students per year.

Finally, the Honors College has May graduation applications for 28 students thus far, a record number.

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