South Arkansas Community College (SouthArk) is a public two-year college in downtown El Dorado in Union County, Arkansas.
Historical summary>
South Arkansas Community College, known locally as SouthArk, is a public, comprehensive community college with an open-door policy, providing educational programs, workforce development, civic and cultural enrichment, and support services to students and residents in its service area.
Formed from a merger of the El Dorado branch of Southern Arkansas University and Oil Belt Technical College, South Arkansas Community College was approved by a 62 percent majority vote in Union County in March 1992. Then Governor Bill Clinton appointed a nine-member Board of Trustees, and all assets and liabilities of Oil Belt and SAU-El Dorado were transferred by June 30, 1992, to SouthArk. The former Oil Belt campus became known as the East Campus and the former SAU-El Dorado the West Campus.
SouthArk today
SouthArk's official service area, as defined by the State of Arkansas, is Union, Bradley, Chicot and Ashley Counties. In addition to the two campuses in El Dorado, the college also offers instruction at a location in Warren, Arkansas.
External links
- South Arkansas Community College
