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.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Honors College Report: August 31, 2011


Full enrollment: Honors College admitted 58 students and has current enrollment of 127. We hope to reach 150 students soon.
iPads: Honors College will order 62 iPads soon. All 58 students in Honors Seminar will use them in class. Four continuing honors students also used their stipend funds to purchase iPads for themselves.

Activities:
  • We held our first full meeting of year and pizza bash on Sunday, August 28. It was attended by over 100 honors students. We gave out door prizes donated by Jennifer's, Merle Norman, and Steve's Marine.
  • The annual Pool Party was held Monday, August 29 at Magnolia Country Club.
  • Dustin McDaniel, Arkansas' Attorney General will be the keynote speaker at the 2011 Matriculation ceremony held Sunday, September 25 at 5 p.m.
  • On Saturday, September 10, honors students will travel to Shreveport to visit the Sci-Port, watch the IMAX movie Tornado Alley, and eat at the Louisiana Boardwalk.
  • The Honors College will take a busload of students to see the Chinese Acrobats at the Perot Theatre in Texarkana on Tuesday, October 11.
  • The last trip of the year will be to the Clinton Presidential Library on the day of its 7th anniversary and after to tour the Heifer building.

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