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Cleo House Jr., director of the SFA School of Theatre and Dance, runs lines with Houston sophomore Erik Colbert Jr., who plays the role of Boy Willie in SFA’s presentation of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” running Sept. 28 through Oct. 1 in the new Flex Theatre, Griffith Fine Arts Building, on the university campus.

 Dr. Allen Owings, emeritus professor of horticulture at the Louisiana State University AgCenter, will present “Common Landscape Shrubs: Varieties and Keys to Success” Oct. 12 for Stephen F. Austin State University Gardens’ monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series.

An attendee takes a photo in front of the new Stephen F. Austin State University ring statue during the Centennial Ring Plaza dedication event Monday. Located at the corner of Vista and Alumni drives across from the Austin Building, the plaza is a bricked area featuring the 9-foot-tall statue of the revered SFA ring.

Emma Villafranco, daughter of Stephen F. Austin State University alumni Enrique Villafranco ’13 and Erika Rangel Villafranco ’13, won the centennial design contest’s child category. She created a design with a multicolored background and lots of purple.