NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University students interested in making a difference in lives across the globe now have that opportunity with the student chapter of the medical outreach program Volunteers Around the World.

Students involved in the program can work with patients and doctors, distribute medications, and teach classes on health hygiene and nutrition in clinics located in Central and South America and Asia.

The student chapter was started by Mary Dang, junior biology major from Sugar Land, after a medical mission trip to Costa Rica.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Rockin’ Axes at Stephen F. Austin State University will continue performing music of “The ’90s and the New Millennium” when the student group performs at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 3, in Cole Concert Hall in the Wright Music Building on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Wind Symphony at Stephen F. Austin State University will present “Red Sky,” a concert featuring the music of J. Clifton Williams, Anthony Barfield and Steven Reineke, at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 30, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the SFA campus.

Dr. Deb Scott, professor of trombone in the SFA School of Music, will perform on Barfield’s composition for trombone and band, “Red Sky.”

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The bands at Stephen F. Austin State University will present the annual Concert in the Park Sunday, April 29, in the wooded area along Vista Drive and in front of the Wright Music Building on the SFA campus. The concert begins at 2 p.m. and is free to the public.

All four SFA concert bands will perform. Opening the concert will be the University Band, under the direction of David Campo, associate director of bands, and graduate assistant Brandon Beavers.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Dr. Patrick Jenlink, Stephen F. Austin State University’s 2017-18 Regents Professor, will present at the Regents Lecture Series at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, in the Janice A. Pattillo Early Childhood Research Center, Room 212.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The SummerStage Festival at Stephen F. Austin State University will present a fun and funny children’s musical and an emotionally powerful American play in its 2018 summer theatre season.

Make plans early to enjoy this year’s SummerStage Festival, which is slated for June 29 through July 19 with performances in W.M. Turner Auditorium and the Downstage Theatre. Both venues are in Griffith Fine Arts Building on the SFA campus. This year’s plays are “Pinkalicious the Musical” and “Crimes of the Heart.” The festival is sponsored in part by Tipton Ford Lincoln.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Do you like classical music? What about pop, rock, blues or jazz? Do you prefer an evening of modern dance or musical theatre? Is stand-up comedy more your style?

The Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts is seeking input in planning future programming for its University Series and Encore Events.

A survey seeking suggestions for the kinds of national/international touring acts audiences would like to see in Turner Auditorium will help provide direction for future seasons.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s Department of Psychology was well represented at the Southwestern Psychological Association annual convention recently in Houston.

Thirteen psychology faculty members and 26 undergraduate and graduate students presented 21 research posters, eight research discussions and two workshops during the convention.

Stephen F. Austin State University’s Center for Regional Heritage Research will host an exhibit on the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps at the Nacogdoches Railroad Depot beginning April 26.
 
Sophia Savage, a counseling graduate assistant for the CRHR, and Kierstin Smith, a DeWitt School of Nursing student, developed the idea of creating a WAAC exhibit. Savage and Smith wanted to shed light on a piece of Nacogdoches history that is often overlooked.
 

Tickets are selling quickly for the biennial Festival of New American Plays at Stephen F. Austin State University.

The popular staged-reading event, slated for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, April 24 through 28, and at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 28, in the Downstage Theatre, almost always sells out for each performance, according to Jack Heifner, director of the festival and SFA’s playwright-in-residence.