NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stone Fort Wind Quintet at Stephen F. Austin State University will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, in Cole Concert Hall as part of the School of Music’s Calliope Concert Series.

The quintet includes SFA music faculty members Christina Guenther, flute; Kerry Hughes, oboe; Christopher Ayer, clarinet; Charles Gavin, horn; and Lee Goodhew, bassoon.

The program opens with “Pastorale” by Amy Beach.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - On the heels of Halloween, students enrolled in Stephen F. Austin State University’s DeWitt School of Nursing held a disaster drill that incorporated a zombie attack to help nursing students better prepare for a crisis.

During the crisis simulation, fourth-semester nursing students divided into two groups. One group acted as medics and cared for patients who had been affected by a natural disaster while the other group acted as the patients. To further complicate the scenario, both groups had to endure a zombie attack during the drill.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s SFA Gardens will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, in the Brundrett Conservation Education Building at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center, located at 2900 Raguet St. Andrew Bunting, assistant director of the Chicago Botanic Garden, will present “Magnolias: Queen of the Garden.”

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Trombone Choir at Stephen F. Austin State University will present a program that features a mix of musical styles when the choir performs at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, in Cole Concert Hall in the Wright Music Building on the SFA campus.

Directed by Dr. Deb Scott, professor of trombone, and Dr. Daniel Chapa, adjunct professor of trombone and euphonium, the Trombone Choir will present a variety of musical styles ranging from 16th century Renaissance to current compositions, according to Scott.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Begun in 2007 by Stephen F. Austin State University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs, the 10th annual Tunnel of Oppression will offer the SFA and Nacogdoches communities a glimpse inside often complex yet subtle forms of oppression.

“The Tunnel of Oppression is an interactive museum that spotlights many forms of oppression through interactive theater,” said OMA Director Veronica Beavers. “The purpose of the tunnel is to enlighten and educate participants in the areas of diversity and social justice.”

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art and the SFA Galleries will host the exhibition “The Patriotic Art of World War I in France” Oct. 31 through Dec. 30 in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.

Event to include lessons about Latin America
 
NACOGDOCHES, Texas - A renowned Latin American scholar who frequently serves as a guest expert to the PBS series “The Desert Speaks” and “In the Americas with David Yetman” will host Stephen F. Austin State University’s first History Student Forum, a four-day event that includes a lecture open to both students and community members.
 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University students in the Rusche College of Business recently provided feedback on a new sewing machine branding and marketing campaign while serving as focus group members for ABM International, a three-generation, family-owned-and-operated manufacturing company of industrial quilting machines that has expanded into the home quilting market with a line of longarm quilting machines.  

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s food, nutrition and dietetics program recently partnered with the Department of Kinesiology and Health Science to provide nutrition counseling students with a hands-on learning experience in the Human Performance Lab on the university’s campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Cello Club at Stephen F. Austin State University will present “Game of Cellos” at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus as part of the School of Music’s Calliope Concert Series.

The music will feature baroque and romanticism works as well as some arrangements from video games, pop songs and TV shows, according to Dr. Evgeni Raychev, cello instructor in the School of Music. The concert will also include the premieres of several works.