NACOGDOCHES, Texas — From newspaper floral arrangements and locally sourced food to a fashion show featuring clothing created from recycled materials, sustainability was the name of the game last Wednesday night as Stephen F. Austin State University students presented Green is the New Black.

SFA fashion merchandising and hospitality administration students partnered to coordinate the event, which raised awareness about sustainability.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art will host two exhibitions – a showcase of alumni art work and an exhibition of artist books from the Booklyn Gallery – Oct. 27 through Jan. 14 in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.

A reception for the double opening with artists in attendance is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at Cole Art Center. The exhibitions are a presentation of the Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine arts and School of Art.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Stephen F. Austin State University’s A Cappella Choir will present its “Fall Concert” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27, in Cole Concert Hall in the Wright Music Building on the SFA campus.

Dr. Tim King, director of choral activities for the SFA School of Music, conducts the choir, which will preview music to be performed during the ensemble’s tour of Germany in May.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — The SFA Charter School joined with its Parent-Teacher Organization to host the eighth annual walk-a-thon Friday in Johnson Coliseum on the university’s campus.

Approximately 265 SFA Charter School students participated in the fundraising event, which benefits the school’s learning trips, children’s performing arts series, author visits, fitness days and social events.

Each grade and class competed to raise funds through sponsorships and walking in the coliseum. The walk-a-thon raised more than $17,100.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – This year’s Día de los Muertos Fiesta will once again feature the popular Chikawa Aztec Dancers returning to perform at the fourth annual celebration slated for 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, in downtown Nacogdoches in and around The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s Rusche College of Business will host its inaugural Nelson Rusche Distinguished Lecture Series at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Grand Ballroom on the university’s campus. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will serve as guest speaker.

“We are so pleased to launch the Nelson Rusche Distinguished Lecture Series by featuring as our speaker such a notable and accomplished businessman and politician,” said Dr. Tim Bisping, dean of SFA’s Rusche College of Business.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Dr. Linda Black, associate professor in Stephen F. Austin State University’s Department of Secondary Education and Educational Leadership, received the Billy Sills Distinguished Service Award from the Texas Council for the Social Studies, which is a nonprofit organization serving social studies educators and supporters across the state.

The award honors members who have demonstrated exemplary service to the organization and exemplify the professional social studies educator, according to the council’s website.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s Rusche College of Business has renovated a classroom on the third floor of the McGee Business Building into a One Button Studio and a 20-seat testing room.

Room 322 is now transformed into a dual-purpose area where students and faculty members can create video projects with the click of a button.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Slipping on HTC Vive goggles, Stephen F. Austin State University senior Alexandra Caballero is immediately transported hundreds of leagues under the sea. Without flippers or the typical wetsuit associated with scuba diving, Caballero stands on a wooden sunken ship at the bottom of the ocean. A tiny, silver fish swims up to her mask, and to her right, a school of manta rays zips past. Without warning, a massive figure approaches — a 32,000-pound, 67-feet-long sperm whale.