NACOGDOCHES, Texas – An April 1 deadline to register to participate as a booth exhibitor or sponsor for the Stephen F. Austin State University Music Preparatory Division’s 40th anniversary outdoor music festival is drawing close.

The all-day outdoor event on Saturday, May 1, will feature the talents of Music Prep’s outstanding student musicians and give local merchants the opportunity to showcase their businesses while showing support for the School of Music’s outreach programs, according to Alba Madrid, Music Prep director and program instructor.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre will present “Reality’s TV: The Perception Project” in virtual performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, April 1 through 3.

“Reality’s TV: The Perception Project” was created by SFA theatre students as an interactive adventure designed to be entertaining and potentially change public perception of what theatre is and can do, according to Dr. Slade Billew, assistant professor of acting and movement and the project director.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Stephen F. Austin State University music students will perform works from the 18th through the 21st centuries when the SFA Wind Ensemble and Friends present “The Evolution of Chamber Winds” in a virtual performance at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 1.

The concert features chamber music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Charles Gounod, Walter Hartley, Jean-Denis Michat and Andy Akiho, according to Dr. David Campo, director of bands at SFA.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — In partnership with Stephen F. Austin State University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs, SFA Hillel, a student group that builds connections with emerging adults and inspires them to direct their own Jewish journey, will host the university’s first official Holocaust Remembrance Day event, or Yom Hashoah in Hebrew, on April 8 as part of the OMA’s Diversity Week event slate.

Hungarian Holocaust survivor Dr. Zsuzsanna Ozsváth will be the event’s keynote speaker. She will share her Holocaust experience and engage in a Q&A with attendees.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — The Association of Teacher Educators Board of Directors has selected three faculty members in Stephen F. Austin State University’s James I. Perkins College of Education as editors of its journal, Action in Teacher Education.

Drs. Heather Olson Beal and Amanda Rudolph, professors of education studies, and Dr. Chrissy Cross, associate professor of education studies, are serving as part of a team for a three-year editing term beginning in July.

The team was selected for its strong application, according to Alisa Chapman, ATE executive director.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre will present the student-directed one-act play “Hand Gestures” in virtual-only performances at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 26, and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 27.

Directed by Sara Clark, Plano senior theatre major, the play by Caitlin Turnage is about finding the courage to come to terms with the person you really are.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Symphony Orchestra at Stephen F. Austin State University will perform works by Jean Sibelius, Antonín Dvorák and Camille Saint-Saëns when the ensemble performs at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 30, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

Conducted by Dr. Gregory Grabowski, director of orchestral activities for the SFA School of Music, the Symphony Orchestra’s centerpiece in the program will be Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor featuring SFA music faculty member Dr. Evgeni Rachev, cello.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — For Camille Schrier, Miss America 2020, using her position to promote STEM education is one of her most important roles. The featured speaker at Stephen F. Austin State University’s Women in STEM luncheon, Schrier will tell her journey so far as a woman in STEM in hopes of encouraging others to pursue STEM fields.

“My goal is to show that although pursuing a STEM career is rarely easy, it is incredibly worth it,” Schrier said. “I hope that my story can inspire those thinking about or currently pursuing science to keep working hard!”