South Arkansas Community College (SouthArk) is a public community college in El Dorado, Arkansas.
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.
In addition to the two campuses in El Dorado, the college also offers instruction at a location in Warren, as well as and EMT and Paramedic courses at Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services in Little Rock.
Athletics
In the 2019–2020 academic year, the college began intercollegiate athletics, starting men's and women's basketball programs. The team mascot is the Stars.
In 2022 athletics started a woman's softball team and also a men's baseball team.
In only the second season as a program the 2023 South Arkansas College Stars Baseball Team coached by Head Coach Cannon Lester won the NJCAA DII Region 2 Regular Season Championship and the NJCAA DII District Plains Tournament Championship held in Enid, OK. The Stars Baseball Team went on to the 2023 NJCAA DII World Series also held in Enid, OK finishing in the Top 5 Teams in NJCAAA DII in the Nation. The South Arkansas College Stars Baseball Team finished the 2023 Season with a 47–18 record and were the first Arkansas team ever in NJCAA play in any Division to ever qualify for a NJCAA World Series.