NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Stephen F. Austin State University is featured in the season 15 premiere of “The College Tour,” now streaming at TheCollegeTour.com and on Amazon Prime Video.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Stephen F. Austin State University’s Micky Elliott College of Fine Arts will welcome Grammy-winning fiddler Eileen Ivers back to campus for her holiday performance, “Joyful Christmas,” at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 9 in Turner Auditorium in the Griffith Fine Arts Building.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Amanda Sheriff, a soprano in opera and musical theater, will give the commencement address during Stephen F. Austin State University’s fall graduation ceremonies for undergraduates at 2 and 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12, in Johnson Coliseum. Sheriff will also lead the singing of the SFA school song during each of the ceremonies.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– For 10 years, Stephen F. Austin State University’s Cooking Matters program has provided families in Nacogdoches new ways to manage health and budgeting while cooking. This year’s curriculum, “Food Smarts: A Cooking and Nutrition Class,” concluded this week after six weeks of nutrition education, equipping a new group of participants with practical skills to prepare nutritious, affordable meals.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Through Stephen F. Austin State University’s “Sports and Entertainment Entrepreneurship and NIL” course and Arnold Center for Entrepreneurship, students and student-athletes are building personal brands, pitching partnerships and managing real client relationships before they ever leave campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Stephen F. Austin State University students, including graphic design and communication majors as well as members of the university’s American Marketing Association student chapter, earned top honors for their creative strategies and teamwork during the District 10 American Advertising Federation-Houston Student Conference earlier this month. Competing alongside their peers from across the region, SFA students crafted full-scale advertising campaigns in a high-stakes, industry-style challenge.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– As the number of first-generation college students continues to rise at Stephen F. Austin State University, so do the opportunities to recognize their success. With the establishment of the Nu Xi chapter of Alpha Alpha Alpha, or Tri-Alpha, SFA’s first-generation students now have an honor society of their own.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Natalie Thornton, executive director of Court Appointed Special Advocates of the Pines and former public high school teacher, will present “Connected and Compassionate: Humane Education Strategies for Trust-Based Relational Intervention” at Stephen F. Austin State University’s Montgomery Professorship for Humane Education Speaker Series. The presentation begins at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 24 in the Janice A. Pattillo Early Childhood Research Center, Room 212, and via Zoom.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Members of Stephen F. Austin State University’s Bilingual Education Student Organization shared research, volunteered and connected with bilingual education leaders from across the state during the 2025 Texas Association for Bilingual Education Conference.

The conference, billed as the largest bilingual education gathering in Texas, brought teachers, administrators and university faculty members to promote equitable education for English learners and celebrate the linguistic and cultural diversity of Texas classrooms.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Nearly 20 Stephen F. Austin State University students majoring in a variety of subjects spent the semester learning how local entrepreneurs launched their successful businesses initially as side hustles.