SFA president Baker Pattillo, right, congratulates Board of Regents Chairman Steve McCarty for being named athletic director emeritus at Tuesday's quarterly board meeting.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University President Baker Pattillo surprised Steve McCarty, retired athletic director and current chair of the Board of Regents, at the board's Tuesday meeting by awarding him a new title: athletic director emeritus.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Due to the success of Stephen F. Austin State University's recent marketing campaign, the Board of Regents approved extending the project through the next fiscal year, allocating $1.6 million for a two-phase plan that will include more of the popular "Lumberjacks Make Great" billboards and other advertising.

Pictured is last year's WET juried exhibition first place winner, "Monkey On Her Back" by Mary Hooper.

The 30th Watercolor East Texas juried exhibition will open with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 26, in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches. This year's juror is Michael Holter, a nationally known artist from Plano who works in watercolor figurative and oil landscapes.

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 "Jiro Dreams of Sushi" at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1, in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.

"The Last Dance," the last artwork by the late SFA Professor of Art Gary Frields, will be featured in a special auction at this year's 12X12 fundraiser for the SFA Friends of the Visual Arts to benefit SFA art students.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - This year's 12X12 scholarship fundraiser benefiting students in the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art culminates with the annual sale and party at 6 p.m.

"Sedrick Huckaby: Quiet Dialogues" features expressive oil paintings with heavy applications of impasto depicting members of the artist's African-American family. The exhibition, which includes this self-portrait, runs July 25 through Sept. 5 in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - An exhibition that runs July 25 through Sept.

Polk, a native of Lufkin, has been working at the 3D animation giant DreamWorks since 2012, contributing to several films, including "How to Train Your Dragon," "Turbo" and "Kung Fu Panda."

Whether sitting in a movie theater with his professional colleagues, his family or complete strangers, SFA graduate David Polk is relishing the response of audiences to "How to Train Your Dragon 2," the DreamWorks Animation feature film that dropped onto the b

SFA Lumberjack Marching Band feature twirler Shelby Elder is the winner of the College Miss Majorette of Texas.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - SFA Lumberjack Marching Band feature twirler Shelby Elder is the winner of numerous twirling competitions and titles at state, regional and national levels. She's the reigning Texas State Collegiate Twirl Champion, Southwest Collegiate Twirl Champion and Texas State College Solo Champion, just to name a few.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Stephen F. Austin State University is pleased to announce the debut of a new, intensive English language program for the Nacogdoches community.

The English Language Institute within the Office of International Programs will begin offering a non-credit series of courses for non-native English speakers who would like to improve their skills for personal or professional reasons.