NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University's SFA Gardens and the university's student chapter of the National Association for Interpretation are sponsoring the Great Backyard Bird Count from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 18, at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center, 2900 Raguet St.

The Great Backyard Bird Count is a national event to capture real-time bird populations around the nation.

Participants will count birds with assistance from the Pineywoods Audubon Association and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department non-game ornithologist Cliff Shackelford.

Chloé Trevor

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Internationally renowned violinist Chloé Trevor, who will serve as an adjudicator at Saturday's prestigious George and Peggy Schmidbauer Young Artist Competition at Stephen F. Austin State University, will perform a guest recital at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - CollegeChoice.net, an independent online publication dedicated to helping students find the right college, has ranked Stephen F. Austin State University as the sixth best university in Texas to offer an online Bachelor of Business Administration.

Richard G. Leonberger (left) and Tod Fish

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Drs. Tod Fish and Richard G. Leonberger, voice faculty members in the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music, will perform in a joint recital at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, in the Music Recital Hall in the Wright Music Building on the SFA campus.

SFA School of Art and Friends of the Visual Arts will screen "Buck," the documentary about acclaimed "horse whisperer" Buck Brannaman, at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, in Cole Art Center.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art and the Friends of the Visual Arts will present a free, one-night screening of "Buck" at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Wind Ensemble at Stephen F. Austin State University will present its annual Winter Tour concert of band music at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the SFA campus.

"This concert is the final stop on our Winter Tour," said Fred J. Allen, director of bands at SFA and of the Wind Ensemble "We will perform at five east Texas schools before returning to SFA."

This year, the tour included performances in Lufkin, Carthage, Chapel Hill, Bullard and Henderson.

SFA music faculty members Jennifer Dalmas, violin; Geneva Fung, piano; and Christopher Ayer, clarinet, will perform trios for clarinet, violin and piano in a recital at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Trios for clarinet, violin and piano is the theme for a Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music faculty concert at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - A reception announcing the public opening of The Rusk Family Letters - a new collection representing Texas historical figures Thomas J. Rusk and his brother, David Rusk - will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, in the East Texas Research Center, located on the second floor of the Steen Library on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus.

Stephen Campbell

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - New music to the repertoire for trumpet and piano will be featured when Stephen Campbell, visiting professor of trumpet in the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music, performs at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.