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.

Sunday, October 5, 2014

Cooper, Dakotah: Bucket List


            A bucket list—a collection of experiences or achievements a person wishes to have before they miss their chance because of age or financial restrictions. My bucket list is simple. I don’t wish to do anything crazy like climb Mt. Everest, or even be the president. The experiences and achievements I wish to have are to graduate college, have a connected family, and grow old with that one special someone. 

            Graduating from college will be a life time achievement for me. Not because I will be the first in my family to do so, but because it’s something that I have personally been looking forward to since the moment I started Greenbrier High School. My teachers showed me just how important graduating from college really is if I wanted to have a comfortable life. Now that I am in college and only a few more years away from accomplishing this achievement, I get excited that I am about to cross off a major item on my bucket list.

            Having a connected family and having a special someone to grow old with go well together. This item comes from seeing how happy my grandpa is always. For the last ten years, after my parents were divorced, I observed that my grandpa was always happy and my dad was always unhappy. When I compared their level of  happiness, I realized that my grandpa’s happiness came from having a successful family and having that one special someone to grow old with; making those two things a necessity on my bucket list.

            A bucket list should provide happiness to one’s life. Nothing could make this soul any happier than graduating from college, having a connected family, and having that one special someone to grow old with.

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