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.

Friday, March 3, 2017

SAU Honors College Founding

I found this old e-mail recently. It speaks to the founding of the SAU Honors College. Neat!

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From: Donald Watt
Sent: Wednesday, December 4, 2002 3:47 PM
To: Ben Johnson; Betty McCollum; Bob Terry; Bradley Herzog; Cassandra Cooper; Claudell Woods; Dan Skelton; Dave Martinez; David Murphy; David Sixbey; Debi Rago; Donnis Taylor; Douglas Waterfield; E. Birmingham-Pokorny; Ed Kardas; Elizabeth Davis; Gina Bates; James Reppert; James Willis; Jan Duke; Jane Becnel; Japhet Makia; Joe Bates; John Cary; John Dudley; John Otey; Judith Vasser; Juping Wang; Kathleen Mallory; Kristin Larson; Linda Selman; Lynne Belcher; Margie Farris; Mark Fichter; Mary Thurlkill; Michel Hallot; Natalia Murphy; Paul Babbitt; Paul Shaver; Richard Ambler; Scotland Stout; Shannin Schroeder; Stacy Clanton; Steven Ochs; Tommy Milford; Yonghu Dai
Subject: Honors College - Programs

This afternoon at Deans' Council, I was asked by the VPAA to get input from LPA faculty regarding whether or not we would like to see and Honors College or Honors Programs at SAU.  I need this prior to next Wednesday's Deans' Council meeting.

Please give me your thoughts (brief or comprehensive) as to whether or not you would like to see SAU start:

An Honors College (more comprehensive program)

An Honors Programs (departmental honors)

Some other type of Honors opportunities.

Thanks for your help.  Good luck with finals!

Don
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