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Officers at The University of Texas System Police Department at SFA received three Dell laptops to use in their patrol vehicles as part of the Nacogdoches Law Enforcement Foundation’s annual support package for Nacogdoches County law enforcement. In addition to the $2,000 laptops, each officer received $150 worth of technical equipment from NACLEF. Pictured is Sgt. Clint Patterson starting patrol with his laptop.

Stephen F. Austin State University’s Friends of the Visual Arts, a community organization supporting East Texas arts and art students through fundraising, has established a new scholarship honoring Dr. Jill Carrington, retiring professor of art history at SFA, and her distinguished career as an art historian, educator and dedicated supporter of the organization. 

Stephen F. Austin State University’s IEEE Robotics Team captured first place at the IEEE Region 5 Robotics Competition in March in Boulder, Colorado. SFA engineering students competed against 25 teams from 23 universities to earn top honors at the prestigious event sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ Southwestern U.S. region. Pictured, from left, are Maegan Honeycutt, first-year electrical engineering student from Humble; Ashley Brewster, mechanical engineering senior from Center; Duston Judson, electrical engineering senior from Nacogdoches; Kevin Claypool, electrical engineering senior from Liberal, Kansas; Aaron Boehm, mechanical engineering senior from Kingwood; and Dalton Cardwell, mechanical engineering senior from Arlington.

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.