Rip Powell Invitational Golf Tournament

To raise funds to name the Mulerider Football Field in Coach Powell’s honor.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

8:00 a.m.

Magnolia Country Club – Magnolia, AR

Four Man Scramble

$400 a team or $100 a player

Flights:

Gold Flight (Real Golfers)

Blue Flight (Pretenders)

Red-Shirts (Freshmen Golfers

Promising Recruits (Non-golfers)

Click Here for an entry form or for more information call toll-free 1-877-235-7409.

Sponsorship Opportunities:

Sponsorships can be by individuals or businesses.

$200 – Hole Sponsor (Proper signage will be displayed at each hole.)

$100 Tee Box Sponsor (Proper signage will be displayed at each tee box.)

Click Here for sponsorship opportunities  at the Rip Powell Invitational.  For more information, please call toll-free 1-877-235-7409.

Discover Tuscany

Discover Tuscany
Presented by Southern Arkansas University Foundation

October 4 – October 13, 2011

Highlights of the trip:
Rome – Assisi – Basilica of St. Francis – Montecatini Terme – Siena – San Gimignano – Winery Tour – Florence – Tuscan Feast – Pitti Palace

10 Days – 13 Meals
(8 Breakfasts – 5 Dinners)

Per Person Rates:
Double $3349
Single $3649
Triple $3319

For more information and a detailed itinerary, please Click Here – Tuscany.

Give the gift of EDUCATION this year

No philanthropic opportunity offers a more meaningful path to impact the lives of individuals and the future of a region than education.

With state appropriations now falling to less than 40% of the University’s budget, the support of our alumni and friends has never been so crucial.  You can influence the future by making an investment in the students of SAU  today.

By giving to state-of-the-art facilities like the new University Science Center, endowed scholarships, and study abroad programs, to name but a few areas, you and your fellow alumni and friends ensure the continued excellence of the University.

Will you join with other alumni and friends to make a collective impact by making a gift before December 31,2010?  Click the Make a Gift button now to create more opportunities for our students.  For other donations forms and information on how to make a gift of stocks or bonds, please Click Here.

2010 SAU Foundation Honor Societies Dinner

2010 SAU Foundation Honors Dinner

On November 9, 2010, Southern Arkansas University Foundation recognized donors of the 2009-2010 fiscal year at a dinner in the Grand Hall of the Reynolds Campus and Community Center.  Tommy Clark, a nineteen-year-old junior from Hot Springs, AR, with a double major in finance and management, expressed appreciation on behalf of students for the generosity of the honorees.

SAU Students Tyler Orsak and Sara Caller hosted an informal art exhibit by students of Dan May, SAU Art Department Chair.

A commemorative coaster, the second in a series, was presented to those benefactors who had given over one thousand dollars during the fiscal year. Awards for lifetime giving were presented to donors who achieved membership in new lifetime giving societies; lifetime giving awards recognize donors whose cumulative lifetime giving is over ten thousand dollars. Receiving awards were the following: Stater Society, Mr. Donald Bustion, Mr. John Phillip Genestet , and Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Morrison; Tower Society, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Bearden ’61, ‘61, and Mrs. Julia Laney Machen; Hall of Honor, Dr. and Mrs. Rudy Eichenberger, and Mr. and Mrs. Therral Story ’85.

Those receiving awards but unable to attend were the following: Stater Society, Dr. and Mrs. Mark Dixon ‘78, Dr. and Mrs. B. C. Dodson, Mr. and Mrs. Don R. Johnson ‘57, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. William Mallett ’65, ‘65, Ms. DeAnna Rogers , Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Scott ‘43, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Sixbey ‘78, Dr. Betty Faye Smith ‘49, Ms. Adell Whitfield; Tower Society, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Franks, Mr. and Mrs. O. A. (Buddy) Franks, Jr. ‘54, Dr. and Mrs. James Tollett ’58, Mr. Ted Ward, Jr. ’47; Golden Circle, Mrs. Holly Hartrick Childs, Mr. James Freeman ’71.

Dr. David Rankin, President, Southern Arkansas University, and Mr. Louis Blanchard, President of the SAU Foundation presented special awards to the Top Five donors of 09-10: (in alphabetical order) Dr. and Mrs. Rudy Eichenberger of Magnolia, Arkansas, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Fincher of Waldo, Arkansas, Ms. Cinda Ann Hallman Estate, Mrs. Mary Harsh of Magnolia, Arkansas, and Mr. and Mrs. Therral Story ’85 of Magnolia, Arkansas.

The highlight of the evening was the induction of Mr. and Mrs. Therral Story into the Mulerider Society, the highest recognition given by Southern Arkansas University Foundation.

Endowments Tell a Story

Endowments tell a story …

Each of the named endowments at Southern Arkansas University represents a treasured relationship – with a friend, teacher, mentor, family member. The endowments and the relationships they commemorate become a permanent part of the memory and the history of SAU. Three recent endowments exemplify the kinds of relationships that endowments celebrate.

Former students of the College of Business will remember Dr. James (Jim) Kimbell who taught accounting classes in the basement of Old Main under the Home Economics kitchen and later in Peace Hall. To celebrate his 80^th birthday, Kimbell’s family recently established a scholarship endowment for accounting students in his name. Although the Kimbells left Magnolia years ago when Kimbell accepted a position at Clemson University, Diane Lambert Kimbell ’77 expressed the ties commemorated by this endowment:

“Southern Arkansas University has remained close to my heart all these years.  Jim and I met there in the fall of 1962 when it was Southern State College.  As a graduate, former employee, and faculty wife, I felt it was a special way to honor my husband whom I met, dated, and married while at SAU in Magnolia.  Since Jim’s 80th birthday is a special time in our family, and SAU is special to me, I felt this was a wonderful way to combine the two while at the same time giving future students the same opportunity that I had for the quality education that SAU offers.”

At Homecoming 2010, members of Phi Lambda Chi gathered to remember their brother Trey Von Sutton with an endowed scholarship in his name. Sutton inspired his brothers and many others on campus as he courageously fought cancer while attending classes.  Sutton’s family were special guests for the occasion.

Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Dodson were first introduced to young SAU student Corbet Lamkin by Orval Childs, head of the Agri Department.  Later the Dodsons initiated an endowment to benefit the Business Agri Department in honor of Dr. Lamkin. At the recent Honors Society Dinner, the three gathered to celebrate the completion of the endowment.

All completed endowments are permanently recognized on the Endowment Honor Wall at the entrance of the Reynolds Campus and Community Center. Endowments added to the wall this fall include the following:

Class of 1948 Scholarship Endowment initiated by Mr. Ken Crain and funded by him and his classmates of 1948.

Harold and Betty Jameson endowment to benefit the Athletic Department

Dr. Corbet Lamkin endowment to benefit the Business Agri Department  initiated by Mr. and Mrs. Cameron Dodson and funded by Dr. and Mrs. Lamkin and their friends.

Earl Miller endowment to benefit the Athletic Department was initiated by Jay Adcox and Dr. Jack Harrington and funded by the friends of Earl Miller.

Patty Newton Hague (Hague) Miller endowment to benefit Magale Library was initiated and funded by Dr. and Mrs. Rudy Eichenberger in memory of Mrs. Eichenberger’s paternal grandmother.

Coach Rip Powell endowment to benefit the intercollegiate football program at SAU was initiated by Mr. Homer Stout and was funded by many of Coach Powell’s friends and former players.

Diana N. Pyle endowment to benefit the Special Education Department in the College of Education was initiated by Dr. Robert Terry and Dr. Diana Pyle and was funded by Drs. Jerry and Diana Pyle and their friends and family.

Ted G. and Maxine Harmon Ward scholarship endowment was initiated and funded by Ted G. and Maxine Harmon Ward.

For a listing of all endowments, please visit the SAU Foundation website at www.saufoundation.org/giving. State appropriations now provide less than forty percent of the University’s budget, making endowments critical for the pursuit of excellence.  We ask you to consider beginning your endowment today.