Vice President for Student Affairs
Southern Arkansas University subscribes to the tenet that the educational
experience of students consists of both academic efforts in the classroom and
co-curricular opportunities through student services on and about the campus and
the community in which the students interact. The Southern Arkansas University
division of student affairs strives to be purposeful and coherent, based on or
related to theories and knowledge of human development and learning
characteristics, and reflective of the demographic and developmental profiles of
the Southern Arkansas University student body.
The programs and services within the division of student affairs become part
of a continuing growth experience which promote student development by
encouraging positive, realistic self-appraisal, intellectual development,
appropriate personal and occupational choices, clarification of values, physical
fitness and wellness, the ability to relate meaningfully with others, the
capacity to engage in a personally satisfying and effective style of living, to
understand leadership in order to work interdependently and independently.
The Southern Arkansas University division of student affairs is
administratively organized into seventeen departments consisting of the
Office
of Student Life, Office of Student Activities,
University Health Services,
University Housing,
Employment Resource Center, Counseling and Testing Center,
Alcohol and Drug
Prevention Team, Communications Center,
Financial Aid, Enrollment Services,
Alumni Affairs,
International Student Services,
Academic Advising and Assistance
Center, Student Support Services, Upward Bound,
University Police Department,
Multicultural Affairs and
Student Advancement, Writing Center, Talent
Search and
University Food Services (Campus Dining).
Dr. Donna
Allen has been at Southern Arkansas University for 19 years. She has served as
the director of the Counseling & Testing Center, associate professor of
education in counseling, and as graduate dean prior to her position as vice
president for student affairs. The vice president for student affairs is also
the retention coordinator for the University.
Dr. Donna Y. Allen
Vice President for Student Affairs - Associate Professor of Education
P.O. Box 9412
Magnolia, Ar 71754-9412
(870) 235-4012 Office
(870) 235-5001 Fax
dyallen@saumag.edu
