NACOGDOCHES, Texas - In 2003, Stephen F. Austin State University's School of Human Sciences was among the first to offer an online Master of Science in human sciences. Today, the program continues to have impact.

"This program was one of the first of its kind," said Dr. Lynda Martin, director of SFA's School of Human Sciences. "Most universities offered only face-to-face programs, but after many stakeholders expressed their interest in an online program, we began to address the need."

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The 32nd Watercolor East Texas juried exhibition will open with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 30, in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.

This year's juror is Ann Bell, a full-time professional artist for more than 30 years. Bell, who is a member of the Visual Arts Alliance and Women in the Visual and Literary Arts, has a studio in Houston and teaches a business of art class that covers websites, pricing, publicity and marketing art.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Music Preparatory Division in the School of Music at Stephen F. Austin State University will offer Piano Safari Camp Monday through Friday, Aug. 1 through 5.

Taught by Dr. Mario Ajero, associate professor of piano at SFA, the class will meet for one hour each day in Room 223 of the Boynton Building on the SFA campus. The camp, which is limited to 10 participants, is for beginning students with no piano experience in the first through third grades.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - History books can fall short when describing the sights, sounds and thrills of standing on some of America's earliest colonized lands.

Stephen F. Austin State University history undergraduate Hannah Russell of Houston had the opportunity to close her books and experience her favorite historical period firsthand this summer through an internship at Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation in Virginia.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - A group of Stephen F. Austin State University mass communication students recently spent two weeks in Europe meeting with high-profile journalism and media agencies in London and Paris.

Participants were accompanied on the trip by Dr. John Hendricks, chair of the Department of Mass Communication, and Dr. Linda Bond, associate professor of mass communication.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Only a few days are left for silent bidding on artwork for this year's 12X12 scholarship fundraiser of the Friends of the Visual Arts at Stephen F. Austin State University.

The silent auction features 12-by-12-inch pieces created by approximately 70 artists from Nacogdoches, Lufkin and other areas of East Texas. The art is on display in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches. Anyone may silently bid on the pieces. Bidding will continue until Saturday evening, July 16.

Stephen F. Austin State University senior hospitality administration major Nancy Layden of Houston has been interning at the Three Bears Restaurant in West Yellowstone since May.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - A family vacation to Yellowstone National Park started it all. When she was 14 years old, Stephen F.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art and the Nacogdoches Film Festival will host "An Evening With Levie Isaacks, A.S.C." at 6:30 p.m. Friday, July 8, in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.