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Actor Dennis Quaid and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick discussed the job opportunities created for the state’s film industry through Senate Bill 22 at the fifth installment of Stephen F. Austin State University’s Nelson Rusche Distinguished Lecture Series April 9. Pictured, from left, are Peaches, Quaid’s English bulldog, Patrick and Quaid.

Stephen F. Austin State University’s construction management students will host the Hard Hats Open House to present their capstone project work from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 1 at The Village Nac at 1188 County Road 823 in Nacogdoches. The event is free and open to the public.
 

Students from Stephen F. Austin State University’s Future Business Leaders of America student chapter earned honors at the collegiate FBLA State Leadership Conference in March in Dallas. They advance to the collegiate FBLA National Leadership Conference in June in Las Vegas. Pictured, from left, are Dr. Marice Kelly, faculty advisor for the student FBLA chapter and assistant professor of business communication and legal studies in SFA’s Nelson Rusche College of Business; Ty Powers, first-year economics major from Lufkin; Breanna Stephenson, accounting junior from La Porte; Jayce Scott, first-year finance major from Conroe; Kaylie Scalf, first-year entrepreneurship major from Rosenberg; DJ Baker, human development and family studies sophomore from Nacogdoches; and Lena Taylor, general business senior from Groveton. Not pictured are E'nailey Willis, finance junior from Arlington; Gaby Nelson, social work sophomore from Katy; and Rylee Bing, marketing sophomore from Jacksonville.

Dr. Gina Harden, associate professor of management information systems in Stephen F. Austin State University’s Nelson Rusche College of Business, was recently named the recipient of this year’s Phil Carroll Advancement of Management Award in Information Systems Management by the Society for Advancement of Management. The national award honors Harden for her excellence in advancing the integration of technology and management practices through teaching, research and service. For her work as the SFA SAM chapter faculty advisor, Harden received the Silver Outstanding Advisor Award. After nearly three decades in higher education, the last 13 with SFA, she is retiring this year.