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Brylee Adams, marketing senior from Houston in Stephen F. Austin State University’s Rusche College of Business, placed 14th out of nearly 500 students competing in Fastenal’s online National Sales Invitational in November. Adams advanced through two rounds of competition by making compelling “elevator pitches” for fictional companies as part of pre-announced case studies to reach the national final round. As part of this round, she met with the chief financial officer of a fictional company over Microsoft Teams for 30 minutes. During this proposal and negotiation stage of the sales process, Adams was judged on her ability to gain attention and build rapport, match her solutions with the buyer’s challenges and concerns, and apply her professional sales skills. She earned a total of $300 in scholarships from the Rusche College of Business. Fastenal provides supply chain solutions for a variety of industrial products in 25 countries.

Chris A. Bagley, president and chief credit officer of Cadence Bank, will give the commencement address during Stephen F. Austin State University’s fall 2024 graduation ceremonies Friday and Saturday, Dec. 13-14, in Johnson Coliseum.

Stephen F. Austin State University dietetics and nutritional sciences students, from left, Tesla Maxwell and Hannah Spring teach alongside Justin Pelham, food, nutrition and dietetics clinical instructor, during the final course of Cooking Matters, a six-week community nutrition initiative offered through the School of Human Sciences in collaboration with the Nacogdoches HOPE Food Pantry.

Two Stephen F. Austin State University students in the James I. Perkins College of Education’s aviation sciences program were awarded the Wings Over Houston Airshow scholarship for the 2024-25 academic year.  

Senior Johnna Edwards from Athens, Texas, and sophomore Sayer Swinford from Magnolia received the $1,000 scholarship intended to assist and reward students who have demonstrated academic potential, leadership and extracurricular involvement.

“Johnna is a leader among her peers and is always one of the first ones to step up to help the under classmates,” said Allen Wilson, SFA’s aviation program director. “Sayer is a natural born leader and promotes camaraderie and teamwork among his classmates. They’re both very deserving of this honor.”

For more information about SFA’s aviation sciences program, visit sfasu.edu/hms/academics/aviation.