NACOGDOCHES, Texas — How does the government define extremism and is that definition fair? And what is the difference between terrorism and self-defense?

Hundreds of Fort Bend ISD seniors gathered at Safari Texas Ranch this month to posit these and other probing questions to academic and federal officials during the 2016 Global Citizenship Series. This year’s conference, held Oct. 7, was titled “Intolerance and Violence: A Global Perspective.”

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Trenton Littleton of Nacogdoches and Kaitlyn Tanner of Pasadena, Texas, will serve as the 2016 Stephen F. Austin State University Homecoming Children of the Court during the annual celebration Nov. 4 and 5.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Eight Stephen F. Austin State University Criminal Justice Association students attended the annual Southwestern Criminal Justice Association conference Oct. 13 through 15 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The students, accompanied by Drs. George Day and Milt Hill of the SFA Department of Government, competed in two events: the Quiz Bowl and the Crime Scene Interpretation competition.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Contemporary Ensemble at Stephen F. Austin State University will present “Michael Jackson’s Greatest Hits of the ‘80s” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

The ensemble’s purpose is to allow SFA music majors to “experience the many different functions of their instruments,” according to Andrew J. Sperandeo, SRT instructor and director/arranger for the ensemble.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s SFA Gardens will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Nov. 10 in the Brundrett Conservation Education Building at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center, located at 2900 Raguet St. Dr. Yalma Vargas will present “Sugar Maples from USA to Guatemala: Phylogeographic Patterns and Taxonomic Novelties.”

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University interior design students will host their fifth annual “Silent Night Auction” from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 1 and 2 at the Nacogdoches Convention and Visitors Bureau downtown.

SFA’s American Society of Interior Design and International Interior Design Association student chapters joined forces to orchestrate the fundraiser, which is open to the SFA and Nacogdoches communities.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University students were among the first-, second- and third-place winning teams at the American Advertising Federation-Houston Student Conference held Oct. 21 and 22 in Houston.

The federation is an association of advertising professionals encompassing all disciplines in the advertising, marketing and communications industries.

Twenty-three SFA students in the School of Art; Department of Management, Marketing and International Business; and Department of Mass Communication competed during the conference.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS – Members of the Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts Dean’s Circle recently recognized its 2016 award recipients at the annual Spotlight on the Arts and Winners’ Circle reception held in The Old Tobacco Warehouse in downtown Nacogdoches.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University biochemistry junior Carmel Tovar of San Antonio recently received an award for the best undergraduate poster in chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Texas at San Antonio’s 2016 College of Science Research Conference held Oct. 7.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts and School of Music will present the Stone Fort Wind Quintet performing a concert titled “Invitation to the Dance” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

Music selections for the program were based on the form of the Baroque instrumental dance suite, according to Charles Gavin, SFA professor of horn and chamber music and quintet member.