NACOGDOCHES, Texas — The Stephen F. Austin State University Charter School’s 12th annual Walkathon has raised over $24,000, a fundraising record for the school, despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We're incredibly grateful to our community of family, friends and supporters for their generous giving,” said Jordan Wright, Walkathon co-chair and secretary of the SFA Charter School Parent-Teacher Organization. “It’s because of them that we’ve had such a successful fundraiser.”

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Nacogdoches Helping Other People Eat food pantry is expanding thanks to a grant that involves a collaboration with three Stephen F. Austin State University schools.

Nacogdoches HOPE is using the funding from a large fiscal year 2021 Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge grant awarded by the East Texas Food Bank to purchase a building and property next to the food pantry and Jo’s Diner soup kitchen at 2100 E. Main St. This will help increase the number of individuals who can be served and food distribution, expand services and improve efficiency.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — When the COVID-19 pandemic moved many college students to online learning, teacher candidates at Stephen F. Austin State University were among them.

Those in SFA’s Community Responsiveness and Engaged Advocacy in Teacher Education program, or C.R.E.A.T.E., saw their usual face-to-face community engagement projects canceled, but they soon found service-learning opportunities through a new partnership formed between C.R.E.A.T.E. and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences at Whiteville.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — For the second consecutive year, the Society of American Foresters recognized the Stephen F. Austin State University student chapter among the top three in the nation during the organization’s virtual conference held in October.

“Winning this award for the second year in a row is very gratifying,” said Jacob Muggeridge, forestry major and president of the SFA student chapter. “I hope we can continue the tradition this upcoming year with further events and engagement in the spring semester.”

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — For 45 years, Dr. Harry Downing, professor and former chair of the Department of Physics, Engineering and Astronomy, has made a career of serving others at Stephen F. Austin State University.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The A Cappella Choir at Stephen F. Austin State University will perform at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, in a livestreamed concert.

The program, titled “Eternal Companion,” will feature works by Felix Mendelssohn, Elaine Hagenberg, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Aleksandr Kopylow.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Student vocalists at Stephen F. Austin State University will present “Magical, Mystical and Merry: An Evening of Opera Scenes” in a virtual concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, that can be accessed free of charge through livestreaming at music.sfasu.edu.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Art education students at Stephen F. Austin State University are continuing to explore new and innovative ways to teach art to members of the Boys and Girls Club of Deep East Texas.

In another collaborative effort, the SFA School of Art, the Boys and Girls Club and the Community Arts Center of East Texas helped students create a colorful mural completely online.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas –  An exhibition showcasing the work of five graduating students in the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art is showing now through Dec. 1 in the Art Building just off of Wilson Drive and adjacent to the SFA Mast Arboretum on campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Graduate and undergraduate singers at Stephen F. Austin State University will present a virtual concert that will feature recitatives and arias from Part 1 of George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah.”

Dr. Ron Petti, coordinator of collaborative piano at SFA will accompany soloists at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, in the free online concert that will be accessible at music.sfasu.edu on the day of the performance.