Two historic milestones are being celebrated this month at Stephen F. Austin State University. In addition to the 95th anniversary since its founding in 1923, the university has marked its first enrollment of more than 13,000 students.

The total enrollment increased more than 4 percent, from 12,614 students in fall 2017 to 13,144 students this fall. An increase in undergraduate students, from 10,985 to 11,398, accounts for a portion of the increase, along with more than 100 additional students in the graduate school, which currently enrolls 1,746.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s Department of History will host Dr. Kurt Kemper for a discussion on “Sports, Values and Anxiety in American Culture” at 7 p.m. Sept. 25, in Dugas Liberal Arts North, Room 142, on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Music Preparatory Division in the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music will host its annual fall Middle School All-Region Choir Camp from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, in the Wright Music Building on the SFA campus.

The choir camp is designed to help East Texas area middle school students learn their UIL all-region competition music, according to Pat Barnett, director of the Music Preparatory Division.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – A play that speaks to working class Americans with real-life issues opens the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre’s Mainstage Series this fall.

Lynn Nottage’s “Sweat” won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play opens at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, for a five-night run at SFA in what will be the play’s Texas premiere.

Using a backdrop of industry job cuts, downsizing and poverty, “Sweat” gives working class people a voice, according to Cleo House Jr., director of the SFA School of Theatre and of the play.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Playwright Don Nigro’s “Seascape with Sharks and Dancer” will open the fall semester of the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre’s student-directed plays.

Directed by Center senior Avery Tindol, the full-length play will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, in the Downstage Theatre on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Faculty members of the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music will be the featured performers during the annual Pi Kappa Lambda Music Faculty Showcase at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

The concert showcases the talents of the diverse School of Music performing faculty, according to Dr. Jamie Weaver, associate professor of music history at SFA and president of Pi Kappa Lambda honors society. Proceeds from the concert fund scholarships for deserving SFA music majors selected by the honors society.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s College of Liberal and Applied Arts has announced the recipient of the fall 2018 Research Apprenticeship Program scholarship. The scholarship is awarded each semester to an undergraduate student who completes a substantial research or collaborative project with a faculty member.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University will celebrate its 95-year history at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Plaza. The event will pay homage to a tradition that dates all the way back to SFA's opening day – birthday cake – along with a newer tradition: purple ice cream.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs is hosting Noche de Gala to celebrate Hispanic-Latinx Heritage Month at 7 p.m. Sept. 27 in the Twilight Ballroom in the Baker Pattillo Student Center on the SFA campus.

Keynote speaker Zahira Kelly, an African-Latina writer, artist, international speaker and award-winning sociocultural critic, will discuss her experiences as an African-Latinx woman and address current issues within the Latinx community.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University and Houston Community College will kick off the semester and their interior design partnership with an open house showcasing HCC’s Central campus facilities from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 19 in the Learning Hub Building, Room 100, on the HCC Central campus.

Students, faculty, staff, interior design alumni and community members are invited to attend the free event.

Sally Ann Swearingen, SFA associate professor of interior design, said the event is a celebration.