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Tim L. Wood, pictured fourth from left, has been named entrepreneur in residence and director of a new in-house advertising agency for Stephen F. Austin State University’s Arnold Center for Entrepreneurship. Wood attended the ACE building groundbreaking June 22 with, from left, Monica Loa, ACE associate director; Dr. Amy Mehaffey, entrepreneurship faculty fellow and lecturer in SFA’s Department of Management and Marketing; Dr. Raymond Jones, director of SFA’s entrepreneurship academic program; Dr. Todd Brown, SFA associate vice president for academic affairs; Dr. Hollie Smith, ACE executive director of community partnerships; and John Chambers, ACE recruiting and marketing specialist.
 

Five Stephen F. Austin State University students were selected to attend the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education’s Washington Week from May 31 to June 3. Pictured, front row from left, are Dr. Heather Olson Beal, professor in SFA’s Department of Education Studies; Harper Hyde, junior education studies major from Huntsville; Emily Awtrey, junior deaf and hard of hearing major from Zavalla; Caitlin Calhoun, senior English major from Carthage. Pictured, back row from left, are Madeline Turner, a recent education studies graduate from League City; Karina Bandaru, a recent English graduate from Pennington, New Jersey; and Erica Dillard, lecturer in the Department of Education Studies.

Stephen F. Austin State University is continuing its strong enrollment momentum, with summer 2026 headcount currently up 6% and semester credit hours increasing 7% compared to summer 2025. To apply for summer II and fall courses, visit sfasu.edu/apply.
 

Stephen F. Austin State University’s Future Business Leaders of America chapter was named Outstanding Chapter at the collegiate FBLA National Leadership Conference June 6-8 in Las Vegas. Ty Powers, first-year economics major from Lufkin, also earned seventh place in the Foundations of Economics competition. Pictured, from left, are DJ Baker, human development and family studies sophomore from Nacogdoches; Breanna Stephenson, accounting junior from La Porte; Jayce Scott, first-year finance major from Conroe; Powers; Kaylie Scalf, first-year entrepreneurship major from Rosenberg; and Dr. Marice Kelly, FBLA faculty advisor and assistant professor of business communication in SFA’s Nelson Rusche College of Business.