•Adult Swimming: June 2-12, Monday-Thursday at 2:30- 3:30 p.m.
•Youth Swimming: June 2-12 or 16-26, Monday-Thursday at multiple times
•Scuba Diving for Beginners: June 2- July 3, Monday-Thursday at 5:30-7:30 p.m.
•Scuba Refresher: June 2-July 3, Monday-Thursday at 5:30-7:30 p.m.
•Horse Riding for Beginners: June 2- July 26, by appointment only
•Aquacize: June 3-July 31, Tuesday and Thursday at 6-7 p.m.
•Summer Art Workshop: June 9-12 or 16-19, Monday-Thursday at 1-3 p.m.
•Youth Tennis Clinic: June 9-13, Monday-Thursday at 9-10 a.m.
•Youth Fundamentals of Golf: June 23-26, Monday-Thursday at 8 a.m.-noon
•Advanced Golf: June 30-July 3, Monday-Thursday at 8 a.m.-noon
•Lifeguard Course: July 7-10, Monday- Thursday at 12-7 p.m.
•Smart Sitter: July 14-17, Monday-Thursday at 9-11 a.m.
•Children’s Art Workshop: July 14-17, 9:30-11:30 a.m.
•Youth Theater: July 21-31, Monday-Friday at 2-5 p.m.
•Instant Piano for Hopelessly Busy People: July 23, 6-9:30 p.m.

For more information about registration, class locations, instructors and costs, please contact the Office of Continuing Education at 870-235-4005.

The guest speaker this year will be W. Dan Hendrix, president and CEO of the Arkansas World Trade Center, which connects Arkansas to the world by providing international trade services to companies and individuals. Hendrix has had a diverse career in transportation, import/export operations, marketing, development, logistics, administration and consulting.

Before heading up the Arkansas World Trade Center, he was on the team that raised over one billion dollars for the University of Arkansas in the Campaign for the Twenty-First Century. He has held such ranks as president/CEO and chairman of ABF Frieght System, senior vice president of Trans-States Lines, and senior vice president and general manager of an Oklahoma transportation company involved in U.S., Mexican and Canadian transportation.

The GTEDC is a regional economic development group consisting of members from Camden, El Dorado, Magnolia, Smackover, and Hampton. It is committed to supporting existing business and industry and attracting new business and industry to the Golden Triangle area. David Rankin, chairman of the GTEDC, will give the annual report for the year’s activities and events.

“Now, more than ever, it is essential for cities and counties to work together on a regional basis,” said Rankin. “I appreciate everyone who has helped make the GTEDC a leading economic development effort.”

Tickets are $20 per person and include the meal. For more information or to purchase tickets, contact GTEDC Administrative Coordinator Deborah Lewis at (870) 235-4924 or email at gtedc@saumag.edu. You may also purchase tickets at your local chamber of commerce or economic development office.

Dr. Kim Bloss, Dean of the School of Graduate Studies at Southern Arkansas University, discusses class offerings with a prospective student Friday, May 4, at the SAU Graduate Studies Open House at their Texarkana location in the Landmark Buildling in downtown Texarkana. SAU has the entire second floor of the building.

A tour of the spacious second floor of the Landmark Building. Only a few of the rooms are currently being utilized, so the Graduate Studies program has plenty of room to expand.

SAU Graduate Studies advisors speak to prospective students about the various programs offered.

Children of an incoming graduate student in Texarkana get a piece of cake.

The School of Graduate Studies at Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, will sponsor an open house from 12 to 6 p.m. on Friday, May 4, to discuss programs and classes it will offer in Texarkana beginning in the fall of 2007.

The open house will be held at the Landmark Building, located at the corner of State Line Avenue and Broad Street, in Texarkana. All classes offered in Texarkana will be held on the second floor of the Landmark Building.

Interested students will learn about weekend, once-a-month, and on-line classes. Advisors from the various graduate school programs will be available to answer questions, and representatives from the Office of Financial Aid will also be present.
Door prizes will be given away every 30 minutes, and there will be food served.

Programs offered by the School of Graduate Studies include a Master of Education in Elementary or Secondary Education, the online Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction, Master of Science in Counseling, Master of Education in School Counseling, Master of Education in College Student Affairs, Master of Education in Educational Leadership, Master of Education in Library and Media Information Specialist, Master of Science in Kinesiology, Master of Arts in Teaching, Executive Master of Public Administration, and Master of Science in Computer and Information Science.

If you are unable to attend but are still interested in the graduate programs offered at SAU, please send a representative to pick up the materials.

For more information call the School of Graduate Studies at 870-235-4150.

Activities are designed so all children can participate at an appropriate level and include creative writing, illustrating, book making, creative dramatics, poetry reading, choral reading, story telling, author sharing, as well as book selection and reading. Parents are welcome to stay and participate.

The cost of the class is $20.

For more information or to register, call 870-235-4005 or go online at www.tmknight@saumag.edu.

The classes will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 9, Nov. 16, Nov. 30, and Dec. 7. All of the classes will be held in the Teaching/Learning Center on the University campus.

Students may attend all sessions, but individual sessions stand alone to accommodate those who can attend some, but not all sessions.

Lessons will include life, Earth, and physical science. Each class will be taught by a small group of early childhood education students providing individual attention to each learner. Parents are welcome to attend classes.

There will be a reception on the final evening of the workshop.

The registration fee is $20.

For more information or to register for any of the sessions, call the Office of Continuing Education at 870-235-4005 or Dr. Bryan McCoy at 870-235-4184.

With financial assistance through the MEDC, the Office of Continuing Education at SAU and SAU Tech were able to offer this training to the manufacturing industry in the area at a reduced cost. This enabled the businesses to fill a training class with existing employees and have the class in Magnolia at the Donald W. Reynolds Campus and Community Center located on the University campus.

“This is the very first time that Dale Carnegie has done this leadership training for industry in the Magnolia area,” said Micheal Bashford, director of business and industry training at the SAU Tech Career Service Center. “Both industry and SAU and SAU Tech are quite pleased to have this caliber of training in our area for existing employees to participate in.”

The Dale Carnegie Training program was founded in 1912. It has evolved from one man’s belief in the power of self-improvement to a performance-based training company with offices worldwide. It focuses on giving people in business the opportunity to sharpen their skills and improve their performance in order to build positive, steady, and profitable results.

Headquartered in Hauppauge, N.Y., Dale Carnegie Training is represented in all 50 of the United States and more than 70 countries. More than 2,700 instructors present Dale Carnegie Training programs in more than 25 languages. The program is dedicated to serving the business community worldwide. In fact, approximately seven million people have completed Dale Carnegie Training.

Employees include Jeff Almand, Robert Dodson, Jon David Gee, Robert Hall, Kenny Hicks, and Nita Smith, Alcoa; Shawn Andrews, Danny Casalos, Mike Sayre, Steve Waier, and Joseph Watson, Raytheon; Jeffery Barnard, Eric Burton, Don Cooper, Mike Gass, Harlan Goodwin, and Deborah Owens, Inspec Foams; Dexter Buggs, Southern Aluminum; Shelly Burgess, Unit Structures; Chris Copeland and Corey Johnson, Deltic Timber; Wendy DuPree, Shaw Group; Francis Neldon, Chris Otwell, Van D. Privitt, and James Thompson, CMC Steel Arkansas; Jeremiah Pryor, Amfuel; Kelly Sinor, Partee Flooring; and Joe Sledge, Albemarle.

These are just a few of the classes that will be offered by the Office of Continuing Education at Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, during the 2006 spring semester.

Jacques Grant will lead an LSAT review from 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 21.

This course takes one day and provides the theory and practice essential to achieving a high LSAT score. It focuses exclusively on logical and analytical reasoning skills.

The cost of the class is $180.

The Senior Wellness program consists of exercises utilizing chair, land, and water applicants. It is held each Monday, Wednesday, Friday, beginning Jan. 23. It will continue through May 5.

Water exercise will be held from 9 to 9:45 a.m. and 10 to 10:45 a.m. Land exercise is from 8 to 8:45 a.m.

The cost of the class is $60 for one course and $80 for two courses. Senior Wellness is led by Sandi Alston.

Aquacize will be offered from 6:10 to 7 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday beginning Jan. 24. The course will end on May 4.

This class includes a wide variety of water exercises that provide for cardiovascular conditioning, toning, and strengthening of muscles. Flotation devices will be provided for deep water exercises.

The cost of the class is $60, and it will be taught by Sandi Alston.

Figure Drawing will be offered from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday Jan. 31 – Feb. 23 or March 7 – 30.

Participants will draw, paint, and/or sculpt the human form. Poses will be draped and undraped. Students will study the anatomy of the model in respect to the skeletal composition. Artists must be 18 or older.

The cost of the class is $100, and it will be taught by James Thomas.

Landscape Design will be offered from 7 to 9 p.m. each Thursday beginning Feb. 2.

This class is designed for homeowners interested in self improving the appearance and value of their property. Topics will include planning and installing new flowerbeds; updating existing flowerbeds; how and when to prune landscape plants; and a question-and-answer session.

The class will be taught by an Arkansas Master Gardener, who is also a licensed landscape contractor and a certified Arkansas Nursery Person.

The cost of the class is $40.

Creative Dramatics for Children will be offered from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. each Monday beginning Feb. 6. The class will continue through March 13.

Children will explore their creative side with group exercises for the imagination that leads to a performance of a play participants help create. The class is for children ages 9 to 12.

The cost of the class is $35, and it will be led by Janet Rider-Babbitt.

An Introduction to Computers for Adults class will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. each Thursday beginning March 2. The class will continue through March 23.

This class is designed to introduce students to computer terminology, the use of hardware and software, and a sample of the Internet, Windows, and Word. It is intended for beginners.

The cost of the class is $40, and it will be taught by Antonio Hoof.

Carl Bailey will lead a Basic Floral Design course from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. each Tuesday beginning March 7. The class will continue through March 28.

Principles of floral arranging, including bow typing and arranging fresh and silk flowers, will be demonstrated. Participants are asked to bring scissors and wire cutters. Fresh flowers and greenery will be furnished.

The cost of the class is $50.

Barbara Boudreaux will teach an introductory course on Microsoft Access, a relational database management system that allows users to store, organize, and easily retrieve information.

The class will be offered from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 4, or Saturday, March 11.

With this Windows software, participants will learn how to develop a database from beginning to end as well as locate the information needed using filters and queries.

The cost of the class is $55 plus a book.

The AARP Driver Safety course is designed to teach students how to compensate for age-related physical changes, vision changes, hearing changes, etc., and how these changes affect driving.

The course will be offered from 1 to 5 p.m. on Monday, March 20, and Wednesday, March 22.

The class will also discuss recognition of road signs by shape and color, what to do during tire failure, and many other driving-related situations. This is a classroom setting and no tests are given. The classes are enjoyable as well as informative. Participants must pre-register.

The cost of the class is $10, and it will be led by Bob Williams.

Dr. David Ashby, the Peoples Bank Professor of Economics at SAU, will advise people about investing for retirement. This course will cover the basics of retirement planning from calculating how much is needed, to what type of accounts to use, to where to invest the money. Participants will learn how to save income taxes while saving for retirement. The class will also look at how mutual funds can simplify the whole process.

This class will be offered from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4.

There is no charge to participate in this course.

Children ages 8 to 11 can take part in Beginning Spanish Kids that will be offered from 6 to 6:30 p.m. each Tuesday, beginning April 4. The course will continue through April 25.

This course will provide an introduction to the Spanish language. Emphasis will be on colors, numbers, and other basic skills. Sessions will be informal with a lot of student participation.

The cost of the class is $45, and it will be taught by Ginger Herzog.

Students ages 16 and above will receive expert instruction, demonstration, and presentation of various techniques and tools of pottery/ceramics.

The class will meet from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday beginning April 4.

The cost of the class is $125 plus materials, and it will be led by James Thomas.

Cake Decorating for Adults will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. each Thursday beginning April 6. It will continue through April 27.

Participants will learn basic skills and techniques of cake decorating. This course includes tips for a variety of embellishments, including borders, flowers, special effects, and more. Also, the class will include a discussion of colors, cake mixes, and icing recipes. All materials will be supplied for use in the class.

The cost of the class is $60, and will be taught by Shirley Berry.

Scuba Diving and Scuba Diving Refresher courses will be offered from 5 to 7 p.m. each Monday and Thursday beginning April 13. The classes will continue through May 11.

In the scuba diving course, participants will obtain the knowledge and skills required to become a P.A.D.I. certified diver. The Professional Association of Diving Instructors is the largest and most recognized training program in the world. The course consists of classroom, pool sessions, and open water checkouts at Lake DeGray.

The cost of this course is $239 and that includes equipment rental and textbook.

In the refresher course, divers can refresh their skills to build confidence and proficiency under the supervision of P.A.D.I. professionals.

The cost of the refresher course is $75 and that includes equipment rental.

Both classes will be led by Clay Raborn.

For more information or to register for any of the classes offered by the Office of Continuing Education at SAU, call 870-235-4005.

This is an overview of fundamentals: creating and formatting a worksheet, editing a worksheet, creating a chart, enhancing a worksheet file, using named ranges, and using simple functions.

The cost of the class is $55 plus a book, and it will be taught by Traci Hughes.

For more information or to register, call 870-235-4005.

This class is designed for those who want to learn the basics of film, shutter speed, F-stop, flash, and how to choose the correct lens focal length for portraits, scenic landscapes, and candid snapshots. It includes practical how-to knowledge about composition and lighting and how to get the best performance out of a camera and how to get rid of red eye and blurry faces in pictures. Participants are asked to bring a digital or film camera to class and encouraged to have fun with self-selected assignments and projects.

The cost of the class is $30, and it will be led by Danny Fitzpatrick.

For more information or to register, call 870-235-4005.

This course is designed for first-time players as well as the more experienced pickers. Beginners start on basics while picking techniques can be demonstrated simultaneously for advanced students. It covers everything anyone needs to know to play guitar. Reading music is not required. The class is intended for ages 16 through adult.

The cost of the class is $75, and it will be led by Sherrill Kendall.

For more information or to register, call 870-235-4005.