NACOGDOCHES, Texas – 3D design students in the School of Art at Stephen F. Austin State University created a large-scale inflatable as a group project. Using plastic and packing tape for the sculpture and a blower fan for inflation, the students also planned and organized a public presentation where they handed out snacks to viewers, explained the process of making the sculpture, and welcomed visitors inside through a zipper door.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — The Texas Purchasing from People with Disabilities program benefited the state’s economy in several multimillion-dollar ways during 2019 and 2020, according to a report compiled by faculty members in Stephen F. Austin State University’s Rusche College of Business. These included adding approximately $300 million to the state’s gross domestic product and about 9,000 jobs during each of those years.
 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The School of Theatre at Stephen F. Austin State University has learned that its production of Robert O’Hara’s play “Bootycandy” has earned a 2022 Artist Citizen Award from the National Committee of Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. KCACTF is a national organization affiliated with the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The organization celebrates and encourages excellence in college and university theatre.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Art lovers still have the opportunity to visit The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches to view winning entries in the 27th Texas National Competition and Exhibition. The entire exhibition will remain on display through June 30.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University economics and finance students received monetary awards and scholarships — many donated by Nacogdoches area financial institutions — during an April 20 ceremony.
 
Award and scholarship recipients were chosen by faculty members from the SFA Rusche College of Business’s Department of Economics and Finance.
 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Members of Stephen F. Austin State University’s Board of Regents met to approve a five-year Cisco wireless licensing renewal, among other actions, during a special called meeting Friday.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s SFA Gardens will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 12, in the Brundrett Conservation Education Building at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center, located at 2900 Raguet St.

Jennifer Buckner, director of horticulture at Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center, will present “Favorite Perennials for Tough Conditions.” Buckner also manages the plant displays in the Epiphyte House, Exhibition Greenhouses and Children’s Garden.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — The Austin area has made a name for itself as a hub for up-and-coming sports stars. It also offers opportunities for those mastering the business side of sports, as students from Stephen F. Austin State University’s Rusche College of Business learned on a recent trip to the capital of Texas.
 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — A career’s worth of experience teaching the blind and visually impaired — and preparing other teachers to do the same — was recently recognized at a national level for Stephen F. Austin State University’s Dr. Shannon Darst, assistant professor of education studies in the James I. Perkins College of Education.
 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Mike Karns ’86, Stephen F. Austin State University alumnus as well as founder and CEO of Dallas-based Local Favorite Restaurants and Karns Commercial Real Estate, will give the commencement addresses during the university’s four graduation ceremonies this weekend, one Friday, May 6, and three Saturday, May 7.