NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s Dr. Amanda M. Rudolph, professor of education studies in the James I. Perkins College of Education, was selected to participate in the inaugural Inquiry Initiative sponsored by the Association of Teacher Educators. The initiative is a unique, collaborative exploration of teacher education practices with a focus on opportunity gaps in education. 

Rudolph was one of just 80 university-based teacher education scholars from around the U.S. who was chosen to participate.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s SFA Gardens will host its annual Fabulous Fall Festival Plant Sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 1 and 2 at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center, located at 2900 Raguet St. in historic Nacogdoches. 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House will host the summer shows of the Nacogdoches Photography Club and Watercolor East Texas July 19 through Aug. 19.

Amanda Breitbach, assistant professor of art/photography at Stephen F. Austin State University, serves as juror of the annual Nacogdoches Photography Club exhibition, themed “New Beginnings.” Names of the prize winners and honorable mentions will be announced at the show’s opening reception at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 19, at the downtown gallery.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s SFA Gardens will host a floral design workshop to share methods for creating artistic flower arrangements from 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 13 in the Brundrett Conservation Education Building at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center.

Jordan Cunningham, SFA Gardens greenhouse technician, will explore the principles of floral design, including shapes, colors, materials and construction. 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University is among 17 Texas universities and community colleges to receive a grant to help fund summer science, technology, engineering and mathematics camps for students ages 14 to 21.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –– Stephen F. Austin State University’s Dr. George Avery, staff archeologist and cultural heritage coordinator, along with volunteer archeological stewards from the Texas Historical Commission, began to unearth the history of an often-neglected gem in Nacogdoches County – the Sand Hill community.

Tucked between Melrose and Chireno along Highway 21 sits Sand Hill, a community established as a freedom colony — those in which African Americans settled after they were freed. To date, there are about 500 freedom colonies recorded in Texas.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s Center for Research Advancing Identities and Student Experiences is partnering with Information Age Publishing to host a new textbook series titled “Identity and Practice in Higher Education-Student Affairs.” 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Christine “Chris” Sanner Berry and Jimmy “Jim” Berry, both 1985 graduates of Stephen F. Austin State University, have endowed the new Sanner-Berry Business Professorship in SFA’s Rusche College of Business as part of their long tradition of supporting education inside and outside the classroom.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Audiences attending the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre’s presentation of “The Jungle Book Kids” will be transported to a colorful, lively jungle filled with a host of animals and interesting characters they are sure to love.

Through the creative efforts of the production team for the children’s musical, “The Jungle Book Kids” will delight audiences of all ages with its music, choreography, costumes, and its scenic, sound and lighting designs, according to Cleo House Jr., director of the School of Theatre and of the play.