SFA 101 Special Event Series
CONVOCATION
Convocation for the seniors of 2012 will be held Thursday, August 28, 2008
FINE ARTS
During the fall semester each SFA 101 class has a choice of attending either this years Theatre Arts Production or one of the Fine Arts Events listed below.
Theatre Arts Production
This upcoming years theatre production will be Winner of the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play, Brighton Beach Memoirs is Neil Simon's semi-autobiographical coming-of-age comedy about 15-year-old Eugene Jerome, who comes to terms with girls, his family and his dreams of playing for the New York Yankees. Kyle Kennedy directs. Recommended for mature audiences.
Observatory
See stars, planets, and moons like never before! Discover one of SFA’s best kept secrets. Visit the largest teaching astronomical observatory in the state of Texas. See the largest reflecting telescope to be found in America between Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the McDonald Observatory in West Texas.
Learn some astronomy, one of the original disciplines taught in western universities. View stars, planets, constellations, nebulae, and more. Be able to impress your friends with your knowledge of the night sky.
Bus departure times from Commuter Bus Stop (Behind Steen Library) are listed below:
Monday, November 3, 2008
7:00 p.m., sections 19 through 28
8:00 p.m., sections 1 through 9
9:00 p.m., sections 10 through 18
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
7:00 p.m., sections 49 through 61
8:00 p.m., sections 29 through 38
9:00 p.m., sections 39 through 48
Make sure you are there 15 minutes prior to the departing time so you will not be left behind.
The SFA Observatory and the buses are drug and alcohol free areas. That means no smoking or drinking. Also, do not use insect repellant sprays or any other kinds of aerosols on the observatory grounds.
Access to the observatory is by bus only. No personal cars may be used.
All persons riding the bus need to sign in with the SFA 101 staff person present at the commuter bus stop.