NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Faculty members in Stephen F. Austin State University’s Department of Education Studies were awarded funding through the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Community Outdoor Outreach Program to support their East Texas Adventurers program, an environmental education-focused camping initiative.

The funding will support the creation of four camping trips that invite students from Nacogdoches’ McMichael Middle School to interact with and learn from nature.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art and the Friends of the Visual Arts will present a free, one-night screening of “Kabluey,” a dark indie comedy film written and directed by and starring Scott Prendergast, at 7 p.m. Friday, April 5, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre and Dance will present the student-directed dramedy for young audiences “Nice & Slow” by Lojo Simon at 7 p.m. Friday, April 5, and at 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, April 6, in the Black Box Theatre in the Griffith Fine Arts Building, on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Clarinetist Dr. Vanguel Tangarov and pianist Ekaterina Tangarova will present a guest recital featuring works by Carl Maria von Weber, Alamiro Giampieri, Francis Poulenc and Marin Valtchanov when the duo performs at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, in Cole Concert Hall on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University.

The program will include von Weber’s “Fantasy and Rondo,” Giampieri’s “Carnival of Venice,” Sonata by Poulenc, and Rondo by Valtchanov.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Dr. Scotty Horey, instructor of percussion at the Music School of Delaware, will present “Yin and Yang, Marimba and Drums” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, in the Music Recital Hall, Wright Music Building, on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished,” will be the main feature of a concert presented by the Stephen F. Austin State University Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, in Cole Concert Hall, Wright Music Building, on the SFA campus.

The student ensemble will also perform Aaron Copland’s “Letter from Home” and Leo Delibe’s Prelude and Mazurka from the ballet “Coppelia.”

The Symphony Orchestra will be conducted by Oliver Yan, graduate assistant conductor from Hong Kong.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Two graduate students from Stephen F. Austin State University's Department of Biology have been recognized for their exceptional contributions at the 2024 annual meeting of the Texas Chapter - American Fisheries Society.

Anastasia (Umstott) Simpson, a first-year graduate student advised by Dr. Carmen Montaña-Schalk, assistant professor of biology, was awarded the best oral presentation. Her groundbreaking research focuses on the examination of fish communities in East Texas rivers and streams.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — The Sylvans, Stephen F. Austin State University’s timbersports team, won the 65th annual Southern Forestry Conclave, marking SFA’s sixth consecutive first-place title. 

Hosted by the University of Florida March 14-16 at Cuscowilla Nature and Retreat Center in Micanopy, Florida, the competition featured 12 other universities. SFA’s team placed first in technical events and second in physical events to earn an overall score of 289 points. 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s STEM Research and Learning Center supported the development of 13 high school students to advance to the Texas Science and Engineering Fair, with hopes of advancing to the International Science and Engineering Fair in Los Angeles.  

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University students learned about the humane treatment of animals in the food chain during an early March panel discussion hosted by the Rusche College of Business Department of Business Communication and Legal Studies.