SAUT’s event for black history is set for today

— By TAMMY

FRAZIER

Managing

editor

Southern Arkansas University Tech will hold its 2019 Black History Celebration at 6 p.m. today and the guest speaker will be Dr. Rick Rigsby.

The program will be held in the SAU Tech Student Center on the college’s main campus in East Camden.

Tickets can be purchased through Rita Givens at 870-574-4495 or [email protected]. Tickets are $25 and include dinner and admission. The funds raised go to the SAU Tech Foundation Betty J. Lewis Minority Scholarship Fund. Learn more at www.sautech.edu/black-history-celebration.

Rigsby is a USA Today, Amazon, and Wall Street Journal best-selling author, according to a news release. He became an internet sensation when his speech on hope produced by Goalcast was viewed by more than 200 million people worldwide.

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