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.

Monday, May 12, 2025

2025 Spring Graduates

We had 11 honors graduates for Spring 2025. We are extremely proud of the accomplishments these graduates have made. 

(From left to right) Grace Edwards, Jonathan Parker, Aiden Thacker, Gage Ward, Rylee Griffis

(From left to right) Ashlyn Broughton, Teressa Hedglin, Jacob Stroman, Brooke Burton, Carmen Lok, Alexis Goodwin











Friday, May 9, 2025

Electric Guitar Show

The Electric Guitar Show was a hit! The students got to show off their guitars for the first portion of the event, then a jam session followed. 

The early crowd for the event

The Brinson Fine Arts lobby was full as soon as the event started, everyone excited to see what the students had been working so hard on all year.


The jam session group

Various people played for the jam session including some of the honors students, SAU faculty, and even SAU's President Hicks!

President Hicks played his acoustic guitar

Honors student Jonathan Parker played saxophone




Thursday, May 1, 2025

Senior Projects 2025

Honors College seniors Gage Ward and Jonathon Parker  along with another computer science student presented Computer Science Senior Design Projects yesterday. The group created their senior project on how to get cows to eat in smaller areas. 

Pictured above is their presentation
 
Pictured above on the left is Gage Ward and on the right is Jonathon Parker 


Honors students Christian Wiggins and Aiden Thacker presented their senior project of a game called, Blight's Grasp. The group of computer science students along with a few art students designed the game over the course of two semesters.

 
Pictured above on the right hand side on the left is Christian Wiggins, and on the right is Aiden Thacker

Pictured above is their presentation


The Honors College is so proud of its students, and the hard work they've put in! Congratulations seniors!