NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Swingin’ Axes and Swingin’ Aces jazz bands at Stephen F. Austin State University will return from performances at the Wichita Jazz Festival on Saturday, April 23, to present their final concert of the academic year at 7:30 that night in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

The night’s performance will also be the “Last Call” for Dr. Deb Scott as director of the Swingin’ Axes. Scott has decided to step down from leading the Axes to focus more on teaching and performing as professor of trombone at SFA.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Micky Elliott College of Fine Arts Dean’s Circle at Stephen F. Austin State University will recognize seven students and the newest recipient of the endowed fine arts professorship during the presentation of the annual Dean’s Awards at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 26, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s Early Childhood Laboratory was awarded $650,827 through the 2022 Child Care Relief Fund. The funding will be received in four installments and will be used for professional development, supplies, personnel, equipment, facilities and food services programs.  

The funding was designed to help child care centers recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.  

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University graduate student Stephan McLawrence always dreamed of being a successful entrepreneur who could take care of his family and create jobs for young people from his homeland, Carriacou, Grenada. SFA’s Rusche College of Business has helped him get closer to achieving that dream through its corporate partnerships.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre will present the student-directed one-act play “Sing to Me Through Open Windows” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 22, and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 23, in Regents Suite A in the Baker Pattillo Student Center on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — The Stephen F. Austin State University Spirit Teams traveled to Daytona Beach, Florida, for the National Cheerleaders Association and National Dance Alliance national championships, where they garnered first-, second- and third-place finishes. 

The spirit programs are led by T.J. Maple, an adjunct professor in kinesiology.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s James I. Perkins College of Education has partnered with Lufkin Independent School District to staff up to 10 paid, one-semester internships.
 
Sponsorships of new and attractive programs like these internships are examples of the willingness SFA and its partners have to adapt to changes in education, according to Michelle Miller, SFA clinical experience coordinator.
 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Dr. Hans Williams, dean of Stephen F. Austin State University’s Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture, received the Laurence C. Walker Distinguished Service to Forestry Award at the Texas chapter of the Society of American Foresters meeting held this month in Lufkin.