Jedidiah Crisp

He's reached more than a thousand views on his YouTube channel and Crisp won 'Singer/Songwriter of 2013' as well as the 'Single of the Year' award by the East Texas Music Awards. He's also performed over 15 solos this year alone.

Crisp's secret to pulling heartstrings is in his lyrics.

"My songs are straight forward. What you see is what you get," Crisp, a senior majoring in kinesiology, said.

Piero Fenci, professor of ceramics in the SFA School of Art, will return in November to the state university of Chihuahua, Mexico, where he established a ceramics program more than a decade ago to present a week-long workshop with Maki Hajikano, right, SFA professor of sculpture.

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Emily Mitchell

NACOGDOCHES - Albany Records has recently released "A Harp for Christmas," the newest CD of Emily Mitchell, harp instructor in the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music.

NACOGDOCHES - The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art and SFA Friends of the Visual Arts will present a free one-night screening of "Calling Home the Dead" at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, in The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House in downtown Nacogdoches.

This documentary, directed and edited by Jim Hill, tells the story of the villagers of Lake Pátzcuaro, Mexico, who lovingly clean and decorate the graves of loved ones with handmade gifts, marigolds and special foods as they prepare for Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead.

The SFA Trombone Choir will perform at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus as part of the Cole Performing Arts Series.

NACOGDOCHES - The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music and Cole Performing Arts Series will present the Trombone Choir in concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES - The Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre will present the student-directed full-length play "Wit" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, and at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, in the Downstage Theatre on the SFA campus.

Written by American playwright Margaret Edson, "Wit" will be directed by Emory senior theatre major Vanessa Hendricks.

The SFA School of Music's Stone Fort Wind Quintet will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, in Cole Concert Hall as part of the Cole Performing Arts Series. Members include, from left, Christopher Ayer, clarinet; Christina Guenther, flute; Staci Spring, bassoon; Charles Gavin, horn; and John W. Goodall, oboe.

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Juwan Blanton, Lufkin music education major at SFA, will be a feature soloist during a performance of the SFA Percussion Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, in Cole Concert Hall on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES - The SFA Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Brad Meyer, director of percussion studies at Stephen F. Austin State University, will present a concert of recently composed works for chamber ensembles at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - A 100-percent online degree program is being offered through Stephen F. Austin State University's Nelson Rusche College of Business to help students complete a general business degree. The online Bachelor of Business Administration Completion Program launched in fall 2011 and currently has 76 students working toward degrees.

SFA art students, from left, Santiago Escobedo, Levi Smith and Daniel Baugh recently completed a mural depicting the history of Nacogdoches on a brick wall at the Russian River apartment complex on Austin Street. The mural is called "Winds of Change."

Three SFA senior art students spent a few weeks this summer helping to beautify Nacogdoches.