NACOGDOCHES, Texas – A concert by the Stephen F. Austin State University Symphony Orchestra, originally scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 23, is rescheduled for Friday night, Feb. 26, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

The Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Gregory Grabowski, will perform Max Richter’s “The Four Seasons Recomposed” at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Seating is limited, and audience members must wear facial coverings and socially distance themselves from others not in their immediate group.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art will host talks with artists Sarah Fisher and Karen Eisele via Zoom from 5 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18.

Two exhibitions – Fisher and Rachel Anderson’s “Found/Loaded” and Eisele’s “Encoded” – are showing in The Ed and Gwen Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House, SFA’s historic downtown art gallery. The shows can be viewed in person through March 20.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – A highlight of an upcoming concert of the Symphony Orchestra at Stephen F. Austin State University will be a performance of composer Max Richter’s “The Four Seasons Recomposed.”

The Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Gregory Grabowski, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, in Cole Concert Hall. Seating is limited, and audience members must wear facial coverings and socially distance themselves from others not in their immediate group.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Kasey Jobe will represent Stephen F. Austin State University at the 2021 Texas Undergraduate Research Day held virtually at the state Capitol Feb. 23 and 24.

Jobe, pursuing a Bachelor of Science in biology with a minor in forestry, worked with Dr. Christopher Schalk, assistant professor of forest wildlife management at SFA’s Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture, to investigate how installation methods affect snake entanglement in erosion control blankets.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre will present the student-directed one-act play “Last Chance” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, in Regents Suite A in the Baker Pattillo Student Center on the SFA campus. The show will also be livestreamed.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Celebrations honoring Black History Month, held annually each February, may be especially poignant this year as Americans continue to process the racial unrest that escalated throughout 2020. Staff members in Stephen F. Austin State University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs hope to unpack some of those events as they discuss Black history and culture during the annual Black History Month Celebration.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Rick Jones believes that working on plays like Jean Genet’s “The Maids” is “how you get better.”

“Any actor or director who isn’t a little scared of this play isn’t paying sufficient attention,” the Stephen F. Austin State University professor of theatre said of the final play he will direct before his retirement from SFA at the end of the academic year.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs will discuss self-reflection, empowerment, community building and radical empathy during the first Brave Space Series of the spring semester.

Solo El Pueblo Salva Al Pueblo (Only the People Save The People) is a workshop where participants will have the opportunity to discuss how the power of the people can help overturn worldwide systems of oppression, as well as participate in activities that demonstrate the steps individuals can take in their own sphere of influence.

Nacogdoches will become a more pedestrian-friendly community thanks to actions taken by members of the Stephen F. Austin State University Board of Regents during their quarterly meeting Tuesday.

SFA will provide $13,282 to the Texas Department of Transportation in support of a pedestrian improvement project along Starr Avenue from Clark Boulevard to Cardinal Street.

An award-winning author and poet was approved to serve as interim dean of the College of Liberal and Applied Arts during a quarterly meeting of the Stephen F. Austin State University Board of Regents.  

Dr. Mark Sanders, associate dean and professor of English, has received awards including the Western Heritage Award and the Poetry Nebraska Book Award. His poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction and literary criticism have been published in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain and Australia.