NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University's spatial science program now offers a third discipline specialization track which allows students to explore the broad range of geospatial applications within the field of liberal and applied arts.

"Spatial technologies and spatial analysis can be applied in many fields as long as there is spatial data," said Dr. I-Kuai Hung, Lacy Hunt professor of geographic information systems and remote sensing for SFA's Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — The Stephen F. Austin State University Department of History will host Dr. Beth Barton Schweiger, a historian and 1983 SFA alumna, at 7 p.m. Feb. 25 in Dugas Liberal Arts North, Room 142, on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Presenting three different plays in three different styles on one stage in one night takes detailed logistical planning and coordination among designers.

That’s what the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre accomplishes when it presents “Three One-Act Plays by Asian Authors” Feb. 26 through March 2 on the W.M. Turner Auditorium stage.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - A concert by pianist Hai Jin originally scheduled for Friday night, Feb. 22, in Cole Concert Hall on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus has been canceled due to inclement weather affecting the artist's travel plans.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s SFA Gardens will host a floral design workshop to share methods for creating artistic flower arrangements.

The event will run from 9 a.m. to noon March 9 in the Brundrett Conservation Education Building, Room 101, at the SFA Pineywoods Native Plant Center, located at 2900 Raguet St.

Jordan Cunningham, SFA Gardens greenhouse technician, will explore the principles of floral design including shapes, colors, materials and construction.

An eight-member screening committee will assist with the evaluation of presidential candidates for Stephen F. Austin State University. The committee will work with the Dallas-based executive search firm R. William Funk & Associates, hired during a recent meeting of the SFA board.

"The selection of the next president of SFA is the responsibility of the Board of Regents, and in accordance with the Board's Rules and Regulations, we will consider candidates whose names are brought forward by the committee," said Brigettee Henderson, chair of the Board of Regents.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The combined choirs and orchestra at Stephen F. Austin State University will present "War and Peace" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 9, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the SFA campus.

Conducted by Dr. Michael Murphy, director of choral activities at SFA, the masterwork concert features Franz Joseph Haydn's "Mass in Time of War" and Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Dona Nobis Pacem."

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Recent gender-based social movements, including #MeToo and #TimesUp, will give added weight to the Stephen F. Austin State University Office of Multicultural Affairs upcoming third annual Women's Empowerment Summit, slated for Friday, March 8, in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Twilight Ballroom.

Veronica Beavers, OMA director, said that while organizers did not directly address the movements in planning for the event, these and other similar themes will be mentioned in keynote addresses and various breakout sessions.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Friends of Music Concert Series presentation of "Zodiacal Light," a recital originally scheduled for Tuesday night, March 5, in Cole Concert Hall on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus, has been canceled. The performers plan to reschedule at a later date.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin State University Office of Multicultural Affairs will present "Bound to Repeat," the second installment in its Brave Space Series of the spring semester, at 4 p.m. Monday, March 11, in the Baker Pattillo Student Center's Multimedia Room.

Each series has a specific area of focus. The Brave Space Series provides a forum for open and honest discussion concerning difficult topics. This meeting will emphasize the ways in which people are often disconnected not only with history but also with one another.