"Burnett Ranch" by Natalie Erwin is among the work to be featured in "Contemporary Western Art," an exhibition opening Thursday, Jan. 17, in the Griffith Gallery on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts and School of Art will open "Contemporary Western Art" with a 5:30 p.m. reception Thursday, Jan. 17, in Griffith Gallery on the SFA campus.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Two Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music faculty performances are scheduled to occur the week that students return to campus for the spring semester.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Two professors in the Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture at Stephen F. Austin State University recently received new titles. Dr. David Kulhavy received the Lacy Hunt Professorship, and Dr. Brian Oswald received the Joe C. Denman Distinguished Professorship.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - As part of its monthly independent film series, the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Art and Friends of the Visual Arts will present a free, one-night screening of "Koyaanisqatsi" at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 4, at The Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House.

"Koyaanisqatsi" is Godfrey Reggio's debut as a film director and producer. The title is a Hopi Indian word meaning "life out of balance." Created between 1975 and 1982, the film is an apocalyptic vision of the collision of two different worlds - urban life and technology versus the environment.

Dr. Stephen Lias, music professor and 1991 graduate of SFA, backpacks near the headwaters of the Killik River in Gates of the Arctic National Park. Photo courtesy of Zachary Richter.

Alone in a tiny floating cabin in Alaska's pristine Glacier Bay is perhaps the last place one would expect to find an SFA music professor composing a symphony. But that's exactly how Dr.

The Nancy C. Speck Development Award was presented to Dr. Treba Marsh at Stephen F. Austin State University's 24th annual Gala. Pictured from left are SFASU Foundation Chairman Bud Wright, SFA benefactor Gerald Schlief, Marsh, SFA President Dr. Baker Pattillo and Vice President for University Advancement Jill Still.

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Dr. Treba Marsh of Lufkin, professor in the Gerald W. Schlief School of Accountancy at Stephen F.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Registrations are now being accepted for the spring classes offered through the Stephen F. Austin State University Music Preparatory Division.

Students, including adults, may register for weekly private lessons in voice, harp, piano, classical guitar, violin, Suzuki violin, viola, cello, bass, flute, percussion and other requested instruments. The 16-week classes, taught by upper-level music preparatory faculty, begin the week of Jan. 14. The 12-week classes, taught by SFA student instructors, begin the week of Jan. 28.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Sixth through eighth grade students interested in joining the Piney Woods Chorale can audition for the group from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 4, at the Music Prep House, 3028 Raguet St.

The ensemble, directed by Nicole Stewart, who is assisted by Shelby Tillery, is offered through the Music Preparatory Division of the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - Hours for the Cole Art Center @ The Old Opera House, Stephen F. Austin State University's art gallery located in downtown Nacogdoches, will be extended during the Christmas and New Year's semester break, according to John Handley, director of galleries for SFA.

NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - "The Gift of the Magi," the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Theatre's first radio play, will once again be broadcast on Red River Radio, the region's NPR affiliate (locally KLDN 88.9 FM), at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19. The program had its regional premiere on Red River Radio last Christmas.

The half-hour adaptation of O. Henry's classic seasonal story of the same title was dramatized by Broadway veteran Jack Heifner, SFA's resident playwright, and directed by SFA Senior Lecturer Jackie Rosenfeld.