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Stephen F. Austin State University’s Arnold Center for Entrepreneurship in the Rusche College of Business recently held the third annual Lumberjack Entrepreneurship Competition, inspired by ABC’s TV show “Shark Tank.” Pictured, from left, are Brady Dill, a senior history major from Spring, who won the first-place prize of $10,000 for Sauce Dudes; Jordan Gonzales, a senior entrepreneurship major from Nacogdoches, who earned the $5,000 second-place prize with Beyond the Vine Cellars; Wyatt Brasher, an entrepreneurship junior from Texas City, who received the $2,500 third-place prize for Immersify; and Nykia Benit, a first-year hospitality administration major from Hutchins, and Paulina Salazar, a management senior from Center, who earned $1,250 each for Kingdom Kitchen and JackTrack Parking, respectively.

Project Raíces, a grant-funded program facilitated by Stephen F. Austin State University’s Department of Education Studies to enhance bilingual and multilingual education for school districts in East Texas, completed its first year of Language and Literacy Academias. Pictured during one of their workshops are members of the Project Raíces team, from left, Dr. Marisol Diaz, faculty member from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Dr. Lauren Burrow, SFA professor; Dr. Chrissy Cross, SFA associate professor; Carrie Wright, Project Raíces program director; Dr. Heather Olson Beal, SFA professor; and Darius Tubbs, associate program director.

Launa Castañeda, Stephen F. Austin State University political science major from Garland, received a Best of SFA Award.

Dr. Jared Barnes, Stephen F. Austin State University associate professor of horticulture, was recently interviewed by The New York Times about his horticultural knowledge and experiences.