NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Stephen F. Austin State University’s SFA Gardens will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7 p.m. May 9 in the Brundrett Conservation Education Building at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center.

Greg Grant, award-winning horticulturist, writer, conservationist, bulb farmer and seventh-generation East Texan, will present “Pines, Pawpaws and Pocket Prairies.”

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Six Stephen F. Austin State University faculty members recently were selected to receive the university’s inaugural Scholarly Excellence Award.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Trombone Choir at Stephen F. Austin State University will present an eclectic program of works composed in the last 50 years when the student ensemble performs at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The steel drum band at Stephen F. Austin State University, also known as Jacks of Steel, will present the program “A Night of Latin and Friends” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

“A Night of Latin and Friends” focuses mainly on the music of Central and South America including music from Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil and Cuba, as well as popular Latin artists like Santana and Gloria Estefan, according to Dr. Jamie Vilseck, adjunct instructor of percussion and director of the Jacks of Steel.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – A world premiere of “Meet Your Maker” by David Reeves will be a highlight of a concert by the Stephen F. Austin State University Wind Symphony when the student ensemble performs at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 28, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the SFA campus.

Directed by Dr. Dan Haddad, associate director of bands at SFA, the Wind Symphony will also perform standard pieces in the wind band repertoire in addition to newer works.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — A newly formed partnership between global bedding manufacturer Temper Sealy International and Stephen F. Austin State University’s Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture promises to make progress toward the company’s goal of achieving carbon neutrality in its global operations by 2040 while giving SFA students access to hundreds of acres of living labs to reforest and manage.

Partnership in the initiative also sets the college up to fund future scholarships, assistantships and professional development for faculty members.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Six Stephen F. Austin State University faculty members recently were selected to receive the university’s inaugural Service Excellence Awards. 

Since 1994, SFA has recognized faculty contributions to teaching with the Teaching Excellence Award, with one recipient from each of the university’s six colleges and one nontenure track recipient from the Faculty Senate. This year, the program expanded to include the Scholarly Excellence and Service Excellence awards to complement the longstanding Teaching Excellence Award. 

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The bands of Stephen F. Austin State University will present the annual Concert in the Park at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 28, in the wooded area along Vista Drive and in front of the Wright Music Building on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Stephen F. Austin State University’s Sound Recording Technology groups, the Popular Music Ensemble and Commercial Music Ensemble, will perform concerts starting at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 26, in W.M. Turner Auditorium on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Percussion Ensemble at Stephen F. Austin State University will present its annual spring concert, which will include the world premiere of SFA percussionist Carson Chlup’s “Shattered Hearts,” when the student music group performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 26, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.